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ELI5 Why are most Americans news outlets keep saying we are flying to the moon? When in all actuality we are flying around it? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 26 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Am I visiting (going to) Yosemite, or driving around it?

Did you visit the grand canyon if you did not go to the bottom but only stood on the rim?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Did you visit the grand canyon if you did not go to the bottom but only stood on the rim?

    Yes. Did you visit it if you flew over it on a commercial flight?

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Much more similar to a chartered helicopter flight, which are quite popular at the Grand Canyon.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Maybe if that helicopter were flying 18x higher than the International Space Station.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Am I visiting (going to) Yosemite, or driving around it?

    Well that depends, did you visit it or drive around it? These are fundamentally different things. Did you go there, enter the park, stay inside the park for a time and leave? Then you went there. Did you never enter the park and literally drove around its perimeter and went back to your starting location? Because that’s driving around it.

    We are not going to the moon with Artemis II, we just aren’t.

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