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0 pointsmarviio10mo ago0 comments

OTOH: First flight: 1903. Moon landing: 1969. Humanity went from ”Look, we’re 3 meters off the ground!” to “We just parked on the Moon” in barely a lifetime. 66 years.

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CagedCoder10mo ago

And how much further have we gotten past the moon since then?

This isn't an OTOH, it's just another example of looking at the exponential part of the S-curve.

Yossarrian2210mo ago

And has gone no further in almost 60 years

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