That comes from Obama saying that line first, so consider the source.
A lot of TV manufacturers wouldn't know how to make new CRTs in a short time period for example, especially when it comes to modernizing the technology.
Old technologies can absolutely sort of "age out" and be "forgotten" without a way to rectify it in the short term as sad as that actually is
You make some good points but usually when old tech gets aged out, its because it's been replaced by better, more capable technology. In this case they supposedly "aged out" the shit needed to go to the moon, and only replaced it with shit that can't go to the moon. This from nasa, which has a budget of $20 million per day. I feel like most organizations in possession of technology that could go to and land on a place that isn't earth, would not only value that technology, but continue to improve upon it, especially after 5 decades have gone by.
That comes from Obama saying that line first, so consider the source.
A lot of TV manufacturers wouldn't know how to make new CRTs in a short time period for example, especially when it comes to modernizing the technology.
Old technologies can absolutely sort of "age out" and be "forgotten" without a way to rectify it in the short term as sad as that actually is
You make some good points but usually when old tech gets aged out, its because it's been replaced by better, more capable technology. In this case they supposedly "aged out" the shit needed to go to the moon, and only replaced it with shit that can't go to the moon. This from nasa, which has a budget of $20 million per day. I feel like most organizations in possession of technology that could go to and land on a place that isn't earth, would not only value that technology, but continue to improve upon it, especially after 5 decades have gone by.