after man first invasion to moon, why no other astronaut again landed on moon.?

Answer 1

Actually, many other astronauts have landed on the moon in other Apollo missions that took place after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. A total of 24 astronauts have been near or on the moon, and 12 of them have landed on the moon and walked on its surface, three of which are Alan Shephard (Apollo 14), Charles Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17). Armstrong and Aldrin were part of the Apollo 11 mission.

According to the Wikipedia article named, "Apollo Lunar Landings," more Apollo moon landing missions had been planned, which were to be called Apollo 18 and Apollo 20. However, NASA's budget was shrinking, so they decided to cancel the missions to provide funds for the development of the space shuttle. No one has walked on the moon since 1972 since then. So, all in all, NASA did not have enough money to pay for the missions, and wanted to use the money they had for a new project.

However, there has been news of a crew exploration vehicle for a moon landing, called Orion. This exploration vehicle will replace the space shuttle program after it ends in 2010. So, you may be seeing a moon landing in the next few years! :)

Hope this helps! Fair winds.

Answer 2

There was. The Apollo Programme consisted of 6 landings out of 12 missions. Apollo's 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 all made lunar landings. 12 men in total landed upon the moon. The Apollo programme was a success, with the notable exceptions of the disasters of Apollo 1 & 13. Following on from this success, more missions were planned, indeed in the early 70's it was planned to have lunar bases in place by the early 21st century. However constant budget cuts and wrangling over the validity of spending etc mean NASA has been practically working with a bare-bones budget ever since. As a result, a lot of the lunar landing funding was redirected into the development of a reuseable spacecraft, which was hoped could be used for moon landings, and cut the cost of discarded rockets. However, the Shuttle proved to be useful for low orbit missions, but not sustained trips away from the planet. Even the Shuttle programme, and the ISS have been suffering funding and delay setbacks to their overall goals. NASA still wishes to pursue further manned Lunar landings within the next 15 to 20 years, but at the end of the day, everything in USA has to prove how it would be profitable, so war is cheaper/better return than space exploration. It should be noted that renewed interest in Lunar landings has also come from EU, China, Japan and Russia. It would ne nice to see a single combined effort, but nationalism is too strong for that.

Answer 3

I think what this child is trying to say is after the initial lunar landing program, why did we just stop going back? The answer is that Americans got bored with the moon after a few times, and after the first lunar landing, the novelty wore off and public support and funding dwindled, and there were a few of close calls after Apollo 11 that made NASA realize that maybe the cost of going there and the possibility of losing astronauts in the process was not worth it. Most notable was Apollo 13, but Apollo 12 got hit by lightning right after liftoff, which could have caused a catastrophic failure, and Apollo 14 had a hard time docking with the Lunar Lander on the way to the moon, which would have prevented them from landing on the moon. NASA also wanted to go forward with the space shuttle and future space stations, which in the long run are much more productive in terms of research and technology.

Answer 4

There were several missions to and around the moon. 12 astronauts walked on it. Many of us ham operators still use the reflectors they left there for communication purposes. Much laser research is going on using those reflectors.

Answer 5

Exploring moon is not economically viable - colonization is. When technology is sound Man will ultimately colonize moon and other hostile planets, it's moons and will use all that is there in the solar system for his consumption.

Answer 6

there were six missions to the moon, 12 astronauts walked on the surface

Answer 7

We did. Apollo 11 landed and so did Apollo 12. We stopped after Apollo 13.

Answer 8

says who! many men landed and walked on the moon after Neil Armstrong did!

Answer 9

Why would they when the public has simply lost faith in the space program and only gives a damn when the media fluffs up a few debris smaller than previous successful missions?

Answer 10

Because the moon creatures put their foot down annd fought the invaders off.