moon shots
Apollo program launches
Moon shot originally meant a spacecraft launch toward the moon, especially the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s.
The term now describes any ambitious, expensive, long-odds project aimed at a breakthrough: The startup is taking a moon shot at curing Alzheimer's.
A moon shot accepts high risk of failure in pursuit of transformative reward.
Also spelled moonshot or moon-shot.
- astronautsCrew of spacecraft
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- moonshotBold, unlikely endeavor
big dreams · audacity · pie in the sky · missions · Apollo 11 · orbits · Neil Armstrong · one small step · ambition · visionary · risk-taking · Buzz Aldrin · Sea of Tranquility · rockets · space race · giant leap · explorations · Kennedy
- space photosnebula, galaxy, supernova, black hole, star cluster
- Astrophotographyastrophotography, star trails, eclipse photos, Hubble images, deep sky
- long exposurelight trails, star trails, light painting, motion blur, streaks
- Moon featurescraters, maria, lunar surface, lunar phases, regolith
moon shotssmall steps
baby steps · safe bets · low-hanging fruit · business as usual · tinkering
moon shotssure things
Guaranteed outcomes
safe bets · slam dunks · certainties · no-brainers · foregone conclusions
moon, shot, moons, shots, mooned, mooning, moonlit, moonlight, moonless