In your lifetime, do you see a man mission happening to Earth's Moon?

Answer 1

Yeah, I was born just in time to see the last apollo mission fly there.

Will they go back? I sure hope so. Just because there's no oil doesn't mean it's a worthless rock. That worthless rock can be built into electronics, and solar panels. A band of bottom line quality solar panels of a kilometer in width made to span the equator of the moon would put out a third of the energy needs for the world today. There's a lot of lunar surface out there, and microwave relay stations can send that power anywhere you want.

There's also the whole helium three thing, but I dunno if that's really going to work or not.

And of course, there's space tourism. The old folks are sure to love spending some time on the moon, what with the romance of a full earth in view, and one sixth gravity to help them get around (and get it on!)

Plus, the earth is so close, that you could use remote controlled robots operated by people on earth to do the construction work, so lunar colonies could make for more jobs down here.

Answer 2

Definitely. China has stated it's intentions for a moon mission. I believe India is interested as well. Probably by 2020 there will be astronauts on the moon. The US has a plan to be there by 2020.

We need to figure out a way to "live off the land" as Robert Zurbrin discussed in his book "the case for Mars". When the pioneers and settlers of north American sailled across the ocean they could live off the land in the new world. This is a bigger problem on the moon as you can't even breathe the atmosphere or drink the water. Once, it becomes doable to convert breathable air and drinking water from the moons resources then settlement will proceed faster.

Answer 3

Maybe, if not for the wrong reason (political pride).

I mean, whats the point? What can we get out of going to the Moon that we have not done before? There is nothing for us in the Moon, nor Mars or any other planet.

How can the government justify the expense just for the pride!

Answer 4

It already happened, in fact, about 37 years ago. Will they do it again? Perhaps, once the new spacecrafts prove reliable and safe. Also if they feel it necassary. I think the goals may be a bit higher now, like a manned mission to another planet. That would be great!

Answer 5

buddy, that already happened. We need to have a permanent out Post on the moon to facilitate manned missions to the other planets efficiently. 1/6 gravity = lower costs in the long run.

Answer 6

I hope I live long enough, but NASA is currently building the "Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV)" as a shuttle replacement, and to get back to the moon, perhaps building a base there!

Hope this helps!

Regarding NASA's budget (a sore point with me), it was $17 billion
out of the total Federal budget in 2006 of $2,613 billion. That is only
0.65% of the entire budget! So quit whining!

Answer 7

Hi
I really doubt anyone is going to back to the moon because there is nothing very exiting there anyways. The next big thing is mars and nasa promised that man is going to put foot on mars in the next 20 years. I hope that happens soon.

Answer 8

Actually, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" were not the first words spoken on the moon by Armstrong. His first words were, "Go for it, Mr. Smith!". Apparently Armstrong grew up in a very poor area and lived in an apartment that had very thin walls. When he was a young boy, he heard his next door neighbors arguing constantly. One night he heard his neighbor trying to get his wife to perform some new things in bed, when he heard the wife say, "Oh, sure I'll do that, I'll do that the day a man walks on the moon".

Answer 9

Yes, absolutely. I watched six different manned landings on the moon. It was awesome.

Answer 10

I think they did it a while ago, but in the future? No. There isn't any point. The only reason you'd need to go there is to assemble something which can't be assembled in space or on earth.