Why NASA stopped sending humans to the moon?

Answer 1

Money, and also an unwillingness of the public to fund more moon trips. The first one was WOW!!! The sixth one was, oh yeah, some more astronauts on the moon, so what else is new? The spark was lost.

Further, we are a culture of usefulness. If something requires millions of dollars and a lot of people to make it happen, then it must be perceived as useful somehow to people. A calculator can instantly multiply a restaurant bill by a tip rate. That's useful. A moon trip? What use can we get out of that? That's what our elected Congress thought and they cut the program. We haven't been there since.

Since then we have explored the solar system, visiting each and every single planet without sending humans to any of them. Humans are just too expensive to send up there with all the life support required.It's too bad in a way because we need something to capture the imagination of our people. There ought to be more to life than Wal-Mart.

Answer 2

a million) Too high priced. You waste a brilliant form of components and get no new supplies or seen comparatively cheap reward from it. 2) Political motives. See a million. Tax payers do no longer like it whilst the government spends billions of greenbacks whilst they have already gained the race against the "enemy" (on the time, the soviets). 3) risk-free practices. Going into the gap is risky. there is not any way around it. human beings will DIE finally, and that they already did. We basically remember the successes because of the fact they have been very few tries. If human beings start up loss of existence in area commute, it impacts on public opinion and the quantity of money allotted for area commute (returned, see a million and a couple of). 4) The "there is greater important issues down right here in the international" crowd. See 2. Going to area isn't an instantaneous difficulty whilst in comparison with others, so that is greater a sort of "we are going to deliver somebody there if there is a few money left for it" difficulty. 5) long and boring. It takes a brilliant form of coaching. Astronauts could learn for YEARS, and basically very few are chosen. however the main important motives are a million and a couple of.

Answer 3

The media got bored with covering the story, so public interest dropped off. Once this happened, the NASA budget started getting reduced, so they focused more on shuttle development.

The same thing is happening now with the ISS. It is 13 flights from being finished, but NASA is already looking toward manned missions to Mars.

Answer 4

Too expensive and according to a recent documentary too dangerous. Many of the moon mission had more than one close call including Apollo 11. NASA figured it was only a matter of time before they lost a crew.

Answer 5

Too expensive for the return. Space is far enough for the research they are doing.
Getting to the moon was never about anything useful, it was about beating the Communists at something. They beat us into space with the first satellite, the first human, the first woman... everything. But we planted a flag on a floating rock! Yeah, we won that one.

Answer 6

Here's what you should know about NASA, the Moon, Mars, and some other information...
http://www.reptilianagenda.com/research/r110199u.shtml

Answer 7

It's too expensive and there's no reason to send people there. The last time that people went there, they got al the scientific data and rocks that they needed. So, basically, there's no point in going to the moon anymore.

Answer 8

There more interested in studing MARS right know( trying to find aliens......lol). Plus NASA more worried about trying to keep are
space shuttle from crashing like it did 2 years ago.

Answer 9

Because it's been done, and there's nothing there to further investigate. However with technology's progress NASA can gather other data from different sources such as comets other solar systems etc...

Answer 10

Um... did they ever get them there to begin with? Some people believe it was a hoax. Maybe it's because they've spent enough time there already, and decided it wasn't wort another visit. Or maybe it just costs way too much money.