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Buzz Aldrin knocks out a reporter
shmokes:
I've wondered that before too. My guess is that it's far more expensive and dangerous than a plain old trip into space. That, combined with there being very little practical (read: economic) value to it other than as an achievement, made it a low priority once it had been done. Of course there are ideas for putting the moon to use now that are pretty practical, like using it to launch a mission to Mars, among other things, which is probably putting the Moon back on our radar.
ChadTower:
I think the more telling fact is that no one else has bothered going there tells us what we need to know about why we haven't gone back.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 17, 2008, 04:43:41 pm ---
I think the more telling fact is that no one else has bothered going there tells us what we need to know about why we haven't gone back.
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Because it's impossible with our current(past) technology?
ahofle:
Interesting table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_budget#Annual_budget.2C_1958-2008
Looks like the NASA budget (adjusted to 2007 dollars of course) now is about half of what it was in its heyday according to those numbers.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 17, 2008, 05:40:27 pm ---That entire agency needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. It won't happen, so I sure hope everyone enjoys watching China and India do great things in space in our lifetimes.
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Of course it won't happen. Even if there was the political desire to do so, it won't happen because the U.S. lacks the panache, desire, or even the wherewithal to pull something like that off. A lot of fundamental things must change before NASA changes (for the better).
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