why didn't the russians still try for the moon. after we got there?
2006-09-01 09:58:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There were no geo-political advantages and no prestige to be gained.
Sputnik is a great example. It went up first and everyone remembers it. Explorer I went up second and almost no one remembers it.
Sputnik lasted 87 days and beeped a radio signal to help measure the electron density of the ionosphere. Explorer I lasted 413 days and carried radiation measuring equipment to study the Van Allen radiation belts.
Even though Explorer I was far more successful, it's Sputnik that everyone remembers with pride -- even Americans.
2006-09-01 13:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by Otis F 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have a few different angles here...
#1. My grandfather (Test Engineer on Apollo 10) said that the Russian could never get their technology small and light enough. A moon shot is 'easy'. Getting people back? That requires a light craft with power. That's the sticky point.
#2. Me. I think the Russians became disinterested with the Moon once they had been beaten. They focused on being the first or best in other areas, for example long term space flight (Mir).
China is probably the next nation to land on the moon. Wonder what they'll do there?
2006-09-01 10:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by Polymath 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 16:22:25 · answer #3 · answered by biedrzycki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their big rocket, N-1, which was even more powerful than our Saturn 5 (the moon rocket), had a bad habit of exploding. They couldn't get it fixed until after we Americans had already landed on the Moon.
After Apollo 11, the USSR focused more on space stations.
2006-09-01 15:10:07 · answer #4 · answered by usarocketman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I sat the tracking console in Goddard and got the Russians in trouble.I came to work and the person on told me the Russians had a problem every time they acquired them they got a loud tone and it bombed out everything for 30 seconds. I red the log and waited for the acquisition,sure enough there was that tone but to me it just sounded like someone turned the pa system too loud,thus feed back.I figured they were monitoring the link on a speaker., when we called them they would key there mike with the speaker on. Ask the network director what we should do,and he didn't think so because with our speaker on anybody could key the mike and the system would auto mute the speaker.
There technology was more of fly by the seat of your pants.
2006-09-01 10:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Since going to the moon was only a political manifestation, there was no point in going there after USA did it.
No points for second place.
2006-09-01 10:03:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Their "Energira" rocket exploded on the launch pad, ending the race for the moon.
2006-09-01 12:33:41 · answer #7 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research your facts, they were their before us my friend. they've also got us beat at one part of space travel that always cracks me up, we spent billions of dollars in researching a pen that would right in space, the Russians used a pencil. Funny, pathetic, true.
EDIT - My bad, i thoght you meant into space, i should pay more attention, anyhow, yea the whole thing was political even if we break apart the moon to a completely chemical level it would be pointless.
2006-09-01 10:04:44 · answer #8 · answered by warior916 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They gave up since they couldn't be #1 and score political points against the US.
2006-09-01 10:15:22 · answer #9 · answered by Answers1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lack of money & technology...
And lack of political will once we got there first...
2006-09-01 10:04:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋