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DaOld Man:
Maybe we havent went back because there is nothing of value there?
I know there MAY be minerals and gasses there that will be valuable, but the cost to retrieve them (with todays technology) would be enormous.
Plus we have people like Al Gore down here telling everyone that we shouldnt drill for oil even in our own back yard.
Or maybe the whole romantic idea of the moon would be spoiled if we had to watch people like Gore chastising us for wanting to mine it.
I think the moon race was just that, a race. And we won it baby!
Level42:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on July 18, 2008, 09:23:49 am ---I think the moon race was just that, a race. And we won it baby!
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Well congratulations ! And what has it brought us ?
I think people thought this was the first baby-step for interstellar travel. But then, reality set-in and we all know that it's simply impossible.
We're stuck on this planet, yeah we could visit Mars, heck maybe even a colony there, but would you want to live there ?
It's something like nucleair fusion power. Acc. to what we were told about it at school, we would already be using it now....well don't you believe it. Not in another 50 years and research programs are at a very low level (probably because of that).
saint:
--- Quote from: Level42 on July 18, 2008, 09:47:35 am ---
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on July 18, 2008, 09:23:49 am ---I think the moon race was just that, a race. And we won it baby!
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Well congratulations ! And what has it brought us ?
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A staggering number of technological advances used in everyday life.
mountain:
NASA plans on returning to the moon is 2020.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: mountain on July 18, 2008, 11:17:32 am ---NASA plans on returning to the moon is 2020.
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Good. I need a new moon-rock needle for my turntable.
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