the real reason is----we never got there in the first place it was all a hoax noone can live through the van allen belt and you have to pass through it to get to the moon., the whole thing was filmed in nevada.
2007-07-20 10:26:26 · 14 answers · asked by ribuckeye 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
We haven't returned because NASA's budget was slashed during the Apollo program. We went to the Moon for political reasons; it was a matter of national pride. Once we beat the Soviets, the taxpayers didn't want to see their money wasted on a project that they believed wouldn't benefit them. It's not cheap to go to the Moon, and NASA was forced to realign its priorities.
According to your reasoning: I went to Florida last year, but not this year. Therefore, since I didn't go this year, I couldn't have gone last year. It's preposterous.
If you had done any research, you would've found that the Van Allen belts aren't lethal to astronauts passing through them. Read my source (written by a professional scientist) for a mathematical analysis.
I'm tired of trying to convince conspiracy theorists that we went to the Moon. There's an overwhelming load of conclusive scientific evidence that proves, to the highest standard, that we did go.
What a wonderful way to mark the anniversary of humankind's greatest scientific achievement - calling some of history's most courageous people dishonorable liars.
2007-07-20 12:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by clitt1234 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My God, you're right, it's so obvious, now that you point it out! Bless you for bringing this to our attention! It's a wonder that no one ever thought of this before!
Obviously, the massive amount of evidence that the landings took place, not to mention the eyewitness testimony of the people who were actually there, the fact that the length of radiation the astronauts would have absorbed during their short and shielded transit through the Van Allen belt amounted to about the same as a dental X-ray, lunar samples that could not have come from anywhere else, the Soviet Union not challenging the validity of the claim, and the fact that such a coverup would be, for all intents and purposes, impossible to pull off and would be more difficult to achieve than actually landing on the Moon, is all just so much irrevelant hogwash.
Check the source below for an example of some misguided soul's pathetic attempts to debunk the many possible reasons that might be given as to why it would have been impossible to land on the Moon. Except, of course, you are the first person to actually make the claim, so you'd have to admit that they've done an excellent job of anticipating your charges. I'm sure that every one of their so-called logical and knowledgeable explanations can be refuted merely with a well-uttered, "Sez You!"
2007-07-20 20:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by gamblin man 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because it was expensive as all hell. I think it WAS dumb not to go to Apollo 19 or 20 as originally planned (as they didn't know how many attempts it would take to make a first landing. The Apollo equipment was all built up to either 19 or 20. Including enough rockets and command modules for Skylab, I think even MORE than enough, they could have flown more Skylab missions if they had wanted to. But, by then, no one was interested in space anymore. We were stupid.......
NASA management was really truly afraid something was going to happen on those last missions. Kennedys goal was met and it was all turning into scientific missions and NASA thought it was all grandstanding and they were chicken. After all, Kennedy never said anything about science on the moon. But it just made sense, WHY just keep going back if you're not going to try to learn something about the moon??
2007-07-20 21:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by Baron_von_Party 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We did go back. Several times. Six crews landed on the surface. But when the Apollo program was over there was no more reason to go back. The russians began building spacestations in low earth orbit after they lost the race to the moon and so NASA shifted its attention to operations in low earth orbit too. Its that simple. Faking the moon landings would have been impossible.
2007-07-20 17:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Right, we've never gone there, I think we've covered in that in like the 10 other "moon visiting" topics on this board. We're not going back because we've never been there, the people that say "there's nothing there" Yesss.... that'll be like dropping a pin in on the floor, and because you didn't find anything cool in that one spot, just bu dropping the pin, to be able to say there's nothing there on the rest of the floor. I really think we should send a "Moon Rover" there, but of course if we did that, NASA's cover will be gone because the rover would never find the landing site.
2007-07-20 17:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by dedarkchylde 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No money, no desire.
The last three fights to the moon didn't even rate TV airtime.
Seeing as how that was really PR for NASA and Space, they gave up.
Decided to work on the space station.
2007-07-20 22:40:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How Do you know all that stuff you are claiming . Is it your opinion, someone else's opinion, or do you have proof?
We did go back several times. We stopped when there was no other objective to accomplish that was worth spending the money for.
2007-07-20 17:39:56 · answer #7 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's too expensive,simple as that.You have a lot to learn.Start now before it's too late.
2007-07-20 17:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. NG 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thank you for opening our eyes. We shall all be eternally grateful for pulling back the wool that has covered our eyes for so long. Bless you good person. You have set us free from ignorance.
2007-07-20 17:29:21 · answer #9 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
If they faked it in 1969, why don't they fake it again. After all, we have MUCH better special effects now than we did in 1969.
2007-07-20 17:33:24 · answer #10 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋