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When will humans return to the moon?
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(Score: 2) by istartedi on Wednesday December 13 2023, @09:18PM
WW2 and to a lesser extent, the Civil War actually spurred the development of new technology. The US space program was full of German rocket scientists who developed the V2 ballistic missile for the nazis. Most famously Werner Von Braun, but many others who deliberately headed towards American lines because boy-howdy does Russia ever suck!
The most noteworthy tech development of WW3 so far is cheaper military drones. That might ultimately result in more capable, cheaper drones for exploration and preparation of other planetary surfaces. I maintain that if we're serious about Mars, there should be a robot-built habitat there waiting for us. 20 years from now, Ukrainians will build the bots that build the habs on Mars and the Moon, and they will come with us to establish an outpost.
Rome and China had their days and stalled, creating 1000-year stagnation periods. It can't be pinned down to a single conflict. China's shut-down of its budding trade/exploitation via the Treasure Fleet was due to internal political divisions. Rome fell apart gradually. What global trade that continued brought plagues, for which they didn't know the cure. The Black Death took out a lot more people than any war, and there were also climate upheavals, with a severe cold period hitting Europe. Aside from that, the "Dark Ages" were not as dark as often portrayed; although the lack of literacy is stark. The point being, it took more than war to hold Europe back--it was a long running head-wind of climate, politics, war, and epidemics.
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