India just landed on the Moon for less than it cost to make Interstellar
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Some houses cost less than Indian space agency spent on getting to the Moon

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  • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
    24·
    2 years ago

    A world with only “real” science and progress but without any entertainment would be quite boring.

    • ours@lemmy.filmEnglish
      24·
      2 years ago

      And fiction has been key to inspiring the next generation of scientists/engineers. So many NASA people have claimed to be inspired by Star Trek just to pick one.

      • scmstr@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        TOS ran 1966-june3rd1969, Russia first landed unmanned in 1959, and the human race through NASA and the Apollo program first landed on the moon on june 20th 1969

        Isaac Asimov was a biochemist born in 1920, started writing published sci-fi in 1939 and full on scifi novels in 1950 (seriously, this stuff was wayyyyy ahead of its time). Died in 1992.

        Gene Roddenberry was born in 1921, died in 1991.