Voyager, Apollo, and Hubble. Everything else NASA has done is a distant 4th place. And it's not like 4th place is trash, it's just that the big 3 are just so impressive.

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throwaway27448 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think Apollo was very interesting or useful beyond cold war propaganda. Yes, we're capable of amazing things—but putting a man on the moon pales in comparison to basic healthcare funding. Why must we insist on wasting billions on histrionic braggadocio when we can't perform the basics of a modern society?

https://youtu.be/otwkXZ0SmTs?si=DqEyklYpEbUO69HL

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aorloff 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Which country do you think got basic healthcare funding right ?

	▲	stx5 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		China
	▲	throwaway27448 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Relative to what, the US? I'd say the thirty wealthiest countries on the planet... except us.

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pja 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

James Webb Telescope is up there with Hubble.

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hparadiz 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The rovers on Mars as well and New Horizons that went to Pluto. That is also at escape velocity so it will leave this solar system and most likely no human will ever lay eyes on it again. Voy 1 and 2 are still faster but hey they're all going in different directions so it's not exactly a race.

	▲	bigiain 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'm really impressed by Ingenuity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter) It was sent to Mars with a plan for 5 flights and a total of 7 or 8 minutes flight time. It ended up flying for over 2 hours in 72 seperate flights before it damaged itself with a bad landing. Not quite the "this thing is still doing science almost 50 years later" that Voyager can claim, but impressively engineered so it lasted way beyond it's initial mission plan.