And what does the space shuttle ever do? It goes no where and is a total waste of tax payer dollars. If you think other wise convince me it has humanitarian value .
2006-07-06 12:44:55 · 10 answers · asked by Scott c 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
We never went to the Moon (No, really.)
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/184/1
2006-07-06 12:54:11 · update #1
Of course we haven't been to the moon. It's made of cheese. If a rocket tried to get close to the moon everyone on earth would be having fondue for dinner! haha!
2006-07-06 12:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The US landed a man on the moon on July 20, 1969. We were last there in 1972, I think. No other nation has ever sent a man there because no other nation has the wealth to do it. We will eventually go back, most likely to establish a base there for deeper space exploration.
The Space Shuttle has given you more than you will ever know. The Earth-bound technology that you take for granted came from dedicated men and women who spend years developing it and testing it in space, which is the only place such testing can be done. There are certain molecules that can only be formed in a zero-gravity environment-- their own weight would crush them here on Earth. These crystals are the very basic building blocks of new medicines that will someday ease someone's suffering or cure a dread disease. A great many machines used in hospitals came out of, and continue to come out of, the technology developed for the space program. People who think space exploration is a waste of time should throw away their laptops and do their math and other activities involving the massive crunching of ones and zeroes (that means playing games on your PS2 or XBox, too..) on paper. No handheld calculators allowed, either!
2006-07-06 20:01:59 · answer #2 · answered by christopher s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, yes we did go to the moon. Yes we will go back. Yes, t is absolutely one of the finest return on investment endeavors we have ever taken on.
The problem is that people have no idea how much of the technology we use today comes from NASA research and its cousins around the world. From engineering to medicine to computer technology to the very comfy beds we can now sleep on space technology surrounds us everywhere. What you have to stop and think about is the nature of space travel.
Space is an INCREDIBLY harsh environment .. the things that are developed to be used there are amazingly lightweight, tough, and dependable. There are no repair stations up there so stuff has to be made to have a very slim chance of failing even in the worst of conditions. The materials and technology developed to function there is why we routinly see cars that last 250k miles these days for one small example.
Another huge factor in space travel is economy. There are no gas stations along the way so you have to make it on what you bring with you. Because of that NASA technology is cutting edge in the areas of fuel economy, power to weight ratios and such. The more we employ these techniques in our daily lives the more efficient we become as a society and there are few things more needed in our overcrowded stressed world than that.
I could go on and on .. the things we have in medicine from NASA research is amazing as well as simple things like ultra efficient valves .. it is just everywhere.
NASA , as an orginazation is very very cheap for the return it has given us and will continue to give us if funded.
What you always have to remember is that it is not the destination of space travel that is the prize .. it is what we learn in making the journey.
2006-07-06 19:58:29 · answer #3 · answered by sam21462 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
of course we went to the moon in 1969 and another shuttle was just launched on the 4th of july
2006-07-06 19:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by KITTY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only real waste of taxpayer's money is people like you breathing our air. Get out of the house and watch a little less TV.
2006-07-06 20:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry L 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know. I wondered why we haven't gone back to the moon.
This, on the other hand, is one cool mission: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
2006-07-07 02:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by Joakim L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it was filmed in a hollywood studio (the landing shots) and the bound with the use of wires and fog
2006-07-06 19:55:27 · answer #7 · answered by hotsauce919rr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't care what people say, i WILL NOT believe that a 3mm (thin) piece of aluminum foil can keep out lethal cosmic gamma radiation! it did not happen!
2006-07-06 19:50:51 · answer #8 · answered by Weapon X 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
last time they went to the moon was like in the 60s i think i dunno y they havent gone back since.
2006-07-06 19:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same way you got there...........................silly!!!
2006-07-06 19:50:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋