How come we have NEVER re-visited the MOON?

Question

Its not because We've already been there and its not because we dont hav enough money to...

Answer 1

For one thing, it is a dangerous mission. Had the astronauts gone there a month later, at the time of a massive solar flare, they would all have been killed. Once moon rocks and other information was brought back, we learned a lot about Earth's satellite. The beachfront property development idea was junked since the lunar seas were just so much sand, so there was not much of an incentive to take that risk again. And if you recall, Appollo 11 had a close call. "Houston, we have one #&#^$&# of a problem."

However, there is interest that there may be water underneath the mantle of the moon's south pole. If such a thing can be determined by another mission there, the risk might be worth it. If water can be tapped as a source, then the moon could be open for business. There is still the problem of solar radiation, but with a water supply a sheltering habitat could be constructed that could utilize the water for sustaining life through hydroponics and other means. Liquid water is key. Same goes for Mars, which is why the current planned Mars probe is targeted at Mars' polar cap.

Answer 2

i'm yet to be completely confident that we visited the moon on the 1st occassion and that would perhaps be a area of the clarification that no person has ever long previous back. I bear in recommendations sitting in my front room room observing the moon touchdown and that i could say that thinking the kinds of autos and pcs that have been obtainable on the time i discover it somewhat stressful to have self assurance that any one walked on the moon in any respect. the subjects with todays area shuttles has a tendency to lend credit to the actuality that no person might have walked on the moon before then. i'm beneficial that many would be offended with my opinion and if actuality learn that that's in simple terms an opinion and that i think that if it replaced into able to being achieved interior the 1960's then why hasnt absolutely everyone been back?

Answer 3

It IS because there isn't enough funding. The government doesn't have unlimited financial resources - have you heard about the future of Social Security? The government is trying to reform Social Security because it knows that, in the not-so-distant future, it won't be able to fund the system. I've even heard talk of cutting back on the number of days that mail is delivered in order to save money. By the same token, there isn't enough funding for NASA to return to the Moon.

Taxpayers don't like to see billions of dollars spent on something that doesn't offer an immediate, tangible benefit. During the Space Race, it was a political necessity - and a matter of national pride - to go the Moon. After that, the taxpayers lost interest, and politicians, eager to keep their jobs, voted to slash NASA's budget. NASA has always been a puppet of political forces.

Answer 4

Hello my friend, this is WayneP contacting you. Once we landed on the moon, and was first to explore the moon our ego was satisfied. The USA must be no. 1 in everything. We found out that the moon was not all that great. The aliens use the moon as there homebase. Someday mankind will find out that the moon is more valuable than they thought! Our military should have used the moon as a space fort to watch our planet.

Answer 5

Money and the public will to do it. When the Apollo project was winding down NASA was told that a further extension of that project or a Moon base was beyond the budget.

The Viet Nam war was eating our lunch financially and NASA, everyone of them always worried about the future of their jobs, decided that in order to continue a manned space program the Shuttle and a Space Station were the logical next step.

The Shuttle project was grossly underfunded. One of the results was the solid rocket boosters, which were deemed cheaper to develop than reusable liquid fueled version.

Answer 6

The Americans re-visited the moon many times.

Answer 7

Politics... Going to the moon, was an ideology race between USA and USSR, now that its relegated to past history, there is no more political will to reach the moon once again... Only now, Bush want to go back to the moon, as the Chinese are looking forward putting a base there in 20 years, so the race will heats up again pretty soon I guess!

Answer 8

So what's your reason? You think they never went? You think you know more than the 400,000 people who worked on the Apollo missions.

I detest this denigration of what was a fantastic effort by a lot of dedicated people.

And what have all these conspiracy lovers done, except spout about something they know nothing about.

It is so easy for people to use dodgy science to pull the wool over the eyes of people like you, who have no science at all.

Answer 9

we have. we just didn't send humans, because that's quite expensive. since the apollo missions, robotic spacecraft have become very sophisticated, they can do almost as much as humans can for a fraction of the cost because robots don't need complicated and bulky life support systems.

for example see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Prospector

Answer 10

It's not because we don't have enough money to??

We're 8 BILLION dollars in debt!

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

We don't have enough money to maintain bridges, provide health care, educate people, etc. etc.

And NASA astronauts apparently like to fly drunk.

Would you like any more reasons?