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Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade::undefined

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Furthermore, there are no GPS systems on the moon to help guide a craft to its landing spot.

The fact that this line is in the article just reminds me how ~~dumb~~ tech illiterate most people are.

[–] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

This is very much the bell curve meme, but those in the know would be aware that the US military had been working on it for a while now.

https://www.nga.mil/news/NGA_Leads_Development_of_Navigational_Reference_Sy.html

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