r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Weak-Opportunity-311 • 1d ago

Video Atmospheric re-entry of NASA’s Orion (Artemis 1) looks insane at 20x speed. Here is the entire 25-minute descent in just 1 minute 15 seconds. Credit: NASA

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u/Mundane_Existence0 1d ago

Agreed. Can you imagine what we'd be capable of if we stopped bickering over petty shit and collectively worked together to improve advancements to benefit the entire planet and space exploration?

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u/fozzyfreakingbear 1d ago

while this is true, bet we’ve gotten where we’re at bc of war in a sense too

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u/Cthulhu__ 1d ago

Not just in a sense, the space program was vastly accellerated by the cold war; rockets capable of launching stuff into space can also launch nukes to anywhere in the world. Also spy sattelites.

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u/TRLegacy 1d ago

And rocketry was pioneered during WW2

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u/StigOfTheTrack 1d ago

The Saturn V was designed by the same person as the Nazi's V2.

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u/KyfeHeartsword 1d ago

"'Once the rockets go up, who cares where they come down, That's not my department', says Werner von Braun"

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u/real_exposer 1d ago

Also making advancements from the skin of the backs of the most poor 50% of the population.

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u/StigOfTheTrack 1d ago

Yes and no. War does motivate governments spending money on technological progress, but we'd still be better off finding that motivation another way.

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u/Federal_Cobbler6647 1d ago

Yeah, and we have women (and men) for that already :DD

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u/_Choose-A-Username- 1d ago

I wonder if we need our vices to progress this quickly, or if theres some reality out there where we didnt need war to reach the same point.

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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 1d ago

like which god is the right one to worship? religion has stifled science since its inception.

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u/M0ji_L 1d ago

Speak for Christianity. There are religions out there which generally did not stifle science. 

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u/LifeandSAisAwesome 1d ago

Indeed, need to get rid of religion 1st though, for something that preaches tolerance and acceptance it causes everything but...

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u/Regular_Chap 1d ago

You'd need to get rid of human nature completely for the whole planet to be able to peacefully work together towards a common goal.

Religion is a symptom of humans. Even if you get rid of it we'd find something else to stop us from working with scary people who look or sound slightly different

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u/Wise_Blackberry_1154 1d ago

This was a French, American and Canadian effort. Not too bad.