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SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land...
Huh. I always just assumed they were copying the Andy Weir book of the same name. Guess I am going to have to add Greek mythology to the todo.
Galaxity
on April 17, 2021
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You thought NASA named a program after a random sci-fi book and not for a Greek god like the Apollo program?
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To be fair, a lot of science is named after and even inspired from sci-fi works. The Alcubierre drive comes to mind, which was inspired by Star Trek.
But yeah, Andy Weir is far from a classic in that regard.
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