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NASA's Last Apollo 7 Astronaut Dies at 90

  • #Space
  • #Engineering
  • #Bermuda
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JAN 2023
Image copyright: NASA/Getty Images [via NBC News]
story last updated JAN 2023

The Spin

Narrative A

Although the Apollo 7 mission was designed to test the abilities of the Command Service Module (CSM), the mission served a much greater and more immediate social purpose. At the time of the launch, NASA was suffering from low morale amid concerns about the agency's viability and its mission. The success of the flight crew saved the Apollo program — which would see a lunar landing in less than a year — and their efforts will have a lasting impact on human space exploration.

New Atlas

Narrative B

While NASA's Apollo missions undoubtedly took considerable strides in the race to conquest outer space, the technological landscape has changed, and it's time NASA does too. Sending humans into space — as the agency's latest Artemis mission intends to continue — is not only a massive expenditure, but it also carries significant risk. With viable alternatives, such as robotic exploration, it may be time to close the chapter on another human moon landing.

Inverse

Metaculus Prediction


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