• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    10 days ago

    Because we’re flying to the moon.

    Plus from a news standpoint it sells better than to say “around”.

    Don’t get hungup on this, it’s just part of the process of eventually landing.

    Would you say Voyager didn’t go to Jupiter because it didn’t land?

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      10 days ago

      I mean, technically speaking, if you didn’t go to the place, you didn’t visit the place.

      That would be like a 6th grade boy saying that he totally got laid because he sat together with Jessica at McDonald’s for dinner. Like, just because you got closer than anyone else doesn’t mean you went all the way.