Comments by "Primmakin Sofis" (@primmakinsofis614) on "NASA's Orion capsule completes lunar flyby, clears hurdle for Artemis 1 mission" video.
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Well, as unmanned tests go, it is far more ambitious than any conducted during Apollo.
It launches, enters orbit, does a TLI, travels to the Moon, enters orbit, stays for several orbits, then does a TEI, travels back to Earth, and finally reenters and lands, all entirely unmanned. That's a lot of steps that have to work without error.
The closest thing which comes to mind is the Soviet's launch of the Buran, its version of the space shuttle. It launched, went into orbit, did three orbits, then reentered and landed all entirely under computer control. This was back in 1988. It was a remarkable achievement.
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@alcazar777 No one has attempted a manned landing since 1972. The Soviets were still considering a manned landing, but after its N1 booster blew up in 1972, they finally shelved their plans. (The N1 booster failed all four of its launch attempts -- twice in 1969, once in 1971, and once in 1972.)
Unmanned missions have been done multiple times since Apollo 17. The Soviet Luna 21 mission landed a robotic rover on the Moon in 1973. In 1976 the Soviet Luna 24 mission landed successfully on the Moon, took samples of the lunar soil, and returned them to the Earth. (China accomplished the same feat in 2020.) The 'modern' era of unmanned lunar missions started in 1990. The countries flying such missions were primarily the United States, China, and India.
That you are evidently unaware of such missions does not mean they didn't happen.
After Apollo 17, interest in lunar missions had faded in the U.S. and the political will to keep funding the expensive manned program likewise faded. Hence why Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were cancelled. The Space Shuttle was already being developed, though as it happened, progress was slow and it didn't fly until 1981.
It is irritating how people don't really research the topic despite living in the internet age. So much of the historical documents have been digitized and made publicly available, yet the doubters don't even bother looking for them. They just engage in the most atrocious of "reasoning" to support their doubting.
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