why did we not go back to the moon after the 60s apllo missons?

Question

Is it becouses we did not go there or if we did did we find somethig the scared us

Answer 1

The "moon race" was an extension of the cold war. It was mostly about national prestige. We got there first and achieved our primary objective. There was some good science: surveys, measurements, sample collection. But it was mostly about being there first. Once we achieved our primary objective, there was no political will to go back. There still isn't. Perhaps, if we discover He3 or something else valuable, there will be.

And for the hoax lovers ...

1) Twelve 12 American astronauts have walked on the moon.

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 12: Pete Conrad & Alan Bean
Apollo 13: << failed to land on the moon >>
Apollo 14: Alan Shepard & Edgar (Ed) Mitchell
Apollo 15: David Scott & James Irwin
Apollo 16: John Young & Charles Duke
Apollo 17: Eugene (Gene) Cernan & Harrison Schmidt


2) Why haven't we been back?

a) American astronauts visited the moon on six occasions.

b) The "moon race" was an extension of the cold war. It was mostly about national prestige. We got there first and achieved our primary objective. There was some good science: surveys, measurements, sample collection. But it was mostly about being there first. Once we achieved our primary objective, there was no political will to go back. There still isn't. Perhaps, if we discover He3 or something else valuable, there will be.

c) I used to travel to Crested Butte, Colorado every year to ski. Because I don't go anymore, does it mean that I never went?


3) What about the Van Allen radiation belts? Wouldn't it have killed the astronauts?

The existence of the Van Allen radiation belts postulated in the 1940s by Nicholas Christofilos. Their existence was confirmed in *1958* by the Explorer I satellite launched by the USA.

The radiation in the Van Allen radiation belts is not particularly strong. You would have to hang out there for a week or so in order to get radiation sickness. And, because the radiation is not particularly strong, a few millimeters of metal is all that is required for protection. "An object satellite shielded by 3 mm of aluminum will receive about 2500 rem (25 Sv) per *year*."

"In practice, Apollo astronauts who travelled to the moon spent very little time in the belts and received a harmless dose. [6]. Nevertheless NASA deliberately timed Apollo launches, and used lunar transfer orbits that only skirted the edge of the belt over the equator to minimise the radiation." When the astronauts returned to Earth, their dosimeters showed that they had received about as much radiation as a couple of medical X-rays.


4) The U.S. government scammed everyone?

In 1972, there was a politically motivated burglary of a hotel room in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. There were only about six or eight people who knew about it. However, those people, including Richard M. Nixon, the President of the United States, failed to keep that burglary a secret. It exploded into a scandal that drove the President and a number of others from office.

If six or eight people couldn't keep a hotel room burglary a secret, then how could literally thousands of people could have kept their mouths shut about six faked moon landings? Not just one moon landing, but six of them!


5) What about the USSR?

Even if NASA and other government agencies could have faked the six moon landings well enough to fool the general public, they could NOT have fooled the space agency or military intelligence types in the USSR. The Soviets were just dying to beat us. If the landings were faked, the Soviets would have re-engineered their N-1 booster and landed on the moon just to prove what liars Americans are. Why didn't they? Because the landings were real and the Soviets knew it.


6) Why does the flag shake? Where are the stars? Who took the video of Neil Armstrong?

Take a look at the first two websites listed below. They deal well with all of the technical questions.


7) Finally, please tell us what you would accept as definitive evidence that the six moon landings were real. Is there anything?

Answer 2

No, nothing scared us except the cost! The Apollo missions were not just technical, but political. The USA was in a race with the USSR to reach the moon. Lots of $$$ were spent by the USA and USSR. Once the moon race was won, the budget for NASA was considerably reduced.

Today, funds are again being provided to NASA to return to the moon and possibly Mars. The reason is that the shuttle is getting too old and needs replacing, so a new spacecrafts are being designed (Ares & Orion) to both replace the shuttle and support moon/Mars missions.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

NASA did go there, but they offended the locals too much that they got a restraining order. Poor Neil and Edwin, they must have been really upset when they got the notice.

Apollo 12 was sent to the moon to pay for the damages.

You know what happened to 13.

As for 14, 15, 16, and 17, God knows.


In addition of Cape Kennedy, a copy of the restraining order was also Cc-ed to Baikonur since they both unofficially are under the same hierarchy.


As for now. Who knows? Maybe the restraining order has a time limit?

Answer 4

i think its the relatio of how expensive it is to the scientific outcome. We already collected samples and it appears that the lunar soil is a thread too, putting people up there in danger.
We in fact found something scary
the dust has sharp edges for the missing erosion and smaller particles act like asbestos.
This would even be a concern for rovers or other landers, since it would glue to almost everything.
Not to speak about the radiation and its impact on people trying to build a lunar station which was one of the visions people had in the early 70's.
Naaa i think the risk and cost isn't worth the results

Answer 5

Good question! I just heard on the news that they ARE planning expeditions by 2020 though and I waas wondering what casued the renewed interest in the moon! I was always under the impression that there wasn't anything there worth the expense but who knows why these government agencies do what they do!

Answer 6

Hey Everyone,
Yes I believe we went to the moon, but we did it late we are so far behind in space exploration that its ashame. Just now they are building a space station on the moon that will be completed and fully staffed by 2024 It will be a permanent NASA based station.

Answer 7

The first moon landing was in 69 and we went back a bunch of times but the science gained from the moon was finished. The main reason we went in the first place was to beat the soviets.

Answer 8

There was no reason to go back. They have been sending unmanned satellites to the moon since .....

Answer 9

The budget was not approved by Congress and poor leadership at NASA!!!!

Answer 10

We were ordered off of it. Seems it's already been colonized by aliens.