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| BFR said: Pem: "And I would argue the USA lacks the ambition to reach for the stars these days as well." Wanna go further than Mars? "Voyager 1 is the most distant man-made object in space, currently 164.7 Astronomical Units (AU) from Earth. It's traveling at a speed of 38,026.79 miles per hour (17.0 kilometers per second) relative to the Sun." |
What the US has done is incredibly impressive but those days are dying down, particularly putting a car chassis size rover on Mars eith a helicopter that was designed long before drones and the amazing JWTS which is such an amazing feat and moving an asteroid which didn't get the buzz it deserved. We moved a celestial body and it barely made news. Thing is, these things are often a decade behind in technology and planning stuff happening at NASA is a reflection of where the US was in 2014 rather than a reflection cause that's when it was planned and solidified. In my view private space companies have been doing more, Space X landing rockets. The Star link network. The blue origin fight etc. Same with robotics, private companies are impressing more than DARPA (of what we know).
