According to my teacher eventually the moon could be used as a source for oxygen so I know we might go back out of necessity one day, but why are we no longer really interested in practical space exploration like we are satisfied with our scarce knowledge of our solar neighborhood?
2006-12-01 13:57:13 · 13 answers · asked by Snap J 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A "been there, done that, got the moon dust" attitude.
2006-12-01 14:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by Clycs 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are up in space an awful lot for exploration. The space station is manned and the folks who are up there return and others take their place routinely in the shuttle. Have you seen the shuttles or space station? I have seen it 4 times in two years orbiting the earth when they tell us when it can be sighted on the news. I don't know if where you live you can see it, but it seems about as far away as a plane (10,000 ft or so) even though it is much higher.
2006-12-01 15:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Necessity drives the expeditions. Right now there is not an objective demanding moon visiting. Earth these years is in serious peril and space travel isn't as exciting for the crowds as it use to.
2006-12-01 14:01:11 · answer #3 · answered by cyberbob2or12 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The next generation of space vehicle, dubbed "Orion" will be setting their sites on the moon and Mars. At this point, we have no choice, what with the planet reaching 10 billion souls in 50 years and prospects of zero fossil fuels, zero coal and other natural resources.
2006-12-01 20:08:31 · answer #4 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not worth the money. I bet you that the trip to the moon was a pure product of the Cold War to show the Russians we were smarter, better equipped and not impressed by their Sputnik and other satellites business...
2006-12-01 14:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by Mimi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A source of oxygen? well..A lot of people believe that we never actually went and that it was just faked because everyone was so freaked out by Sputnik that the USA had to appear superior .There is a radiation belt that must be passed through and people believe that you could not survive .
2006-12-01 14:05:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the main reason is it isn't cost-effective right now. There is little to learn by being there that we don't already know, and to send people up there is so expensive it isn't practical.
2006-12-01 13:58:57 · answer #7 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as space exploration goes, it's old news. They've moved on to other things.
2006-12-01 14:01:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
becuz a teacher exploded in the launch in 1984. the shuttle was the challenger and it was launch in 32 deg. weeather. but that
2006-12-01 14:05:05 · answer #9 · answered by Tone Massacre 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's only a base for weaponry..$billions for a piece of nothing from which to kill orselves? Toledo is much cheaper..
2006-12-01 14:04:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋