.....and use it as their proof we did not go in 1969-72?
If you use that logic, then the Concorde supersonic airliner was a hoax. After all, it was 1960’s technology. It no longer flies. And we do not have an airliner that flies faster than 0.9 mach, where Concorde used to fly mach 2.2….
….well, it supposedly flew that fast. But must have been a hoax, because we haven’t got one now.
How come we had a supersonic airliner in 1970, but not in 2007?
2007-06-27 08:55:40 · 9 answers · asked by nick s 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, AR, and that is the point. The cost is excessive, and who is going to pay for it?
Of course we can go to the moon. It is simply that nobody has been willing to finance it.
And all these whackos who disbelieve it, they will be the ones who would complain like hell if their taxes were increased to pay for any manned mission beyond orbit, or if some domestic service was cut back (social welfare) to pay for an expensive manned mission.
2007-06-27 09:25:04 · update #1
Camphelp – I can see why you are a top contrib. Yes, the Pyramid analogy is great. In the absence of a metallurgy, the ancients reached a level of stone technology we find hard to understand. But that was their main technology for couple thousand years, of course they were able to do those things.
Rocket technology started in ernest in WWII, with the Germans able to launch ballistic missiles (V2) in 1944. With that background, there is no real miracle that USA (with that German technology) could go to the moon by 1969. That is not to underplay the fanatstic effort and achievement. But the technology was there. The USA committed the resources. Nobody has committed the resources since, and there is now no luanch vehicle that can take manned shots beyond Earth’s orbit.
2007-06-27 09:37:11 · update #2
People don't believe because either they don't have enough science background to see through the issues raised by the flat earth people or they simple refuse to accept the truth (see global warming and evolution). You could take these people to the moon and they still wouldn't believe (see global warming and evolution).
2007-06-27 09:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by mistofolese 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Answering your last questions...
We don't have supersonic airliners today because of the cost. When companies first built the supersonic airliners it cost them hundred of millions more than they expected. They have to be built to a specific shape which limits passenger amount.
And since there is a limit to the number of passengers, that means the cost per passenger is very large. And since people do not want to pay high fares, the companies have suffered and stopped putting them to commercial use.
Hope that helps :)
2007-06-27 16:04:24 · answer #2 · answered by A.R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think because we have not gone back in all these years. It is similar to the way people say the pyramids must have been built by aliens because we don't build them today, and it would be really hard even with heavy equipment and cranes and so on, and how could the ancient Egyptians have done it all by hand?
2007-06-27 16:15:35 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance. Some wacko with a computer came up with the idea, and people are crazy enough to believe anything, despite the hundreds and hundreds of books, witnesses, artifacts, and scientific advancements that we have learned as a result. None of that proof means anything to some crazy conspiracy nut that is not willing to look for it.
2007-06-27 16:03:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You're absolutely correct. It's great that someone's finally gone on the offensive against the conspiracy arguments. These are great analogies and really emphasize how ludicrous the conspiracy theories are. Thanks for asking this question - it needed to be asked.
2007-06-27 21:11:24 · answer #5 · answered by clitt1234 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too damn busy sending soldiers to Iraq, thats why we havent been back to the moon...i believe it's safer if we send them over there, what do you think? lol
2007-06-27 16:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cost and logistics.and were busy with more important moons.
2007-06-27 16:09:51 · answer #7 · answered by anthony conant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not made of chesse. why go back
2007-06-27 16:33:06 · answer #8 · answered by NecroDjinn Exmortus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u know wat happened when we landed on moon?
remember wat came in the news bout it..."secrete revealed"?
according to them they encountered aliens on moon which threatened them not to come back....sound unreal...but the press and govt r saying the same thing
this was kept a secret for 13 years
2007-06-28 04:30:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋