Why has man not been to moon for about 20 years or more despite advancement of technology ?

Answer 1

Because the cost of such an expensive and complex project is highly above the benefits that would be achieved. It is financially unfeasible by today’s standards. Therefore sending probes and robots to explore other worlds (and moons) instead of sending manned missions is simpler today due to the huge technologic advancement in robotics and data processing.

We have to consider that the risk and complexity of sending a human crew is truly higher than sending computer controlled vehicles. Robots do not breath, eat and aren't as fragile as a human being. Despite that losing human lives in a mission today would be disastrous to any space exploration program. On the other hand nobody would cry if an unmanned mission fails and the machines are lost. The engineers may learn from the failure and send another mission better designed. And more: robots and probes do not have to return to earth after the mission is accomplished (half costs!).

Answer 2

The official reasoning are these:

- the USA won the 'Space Race', so the others just quit
- other countries than the USA couldn't do it, due technological and political problems
- the USA couldn't do it now due to other focus and political problems

Which makes nonsense due:

- there are other 'firsts' one can do, like first base, first colony, first anything else
- technological and political problems can be resolved, besides if the 'Space Race' is true, then other countries will definetly be persistance enough
- other focus and political problems exist before the manned moon flight, what make them can't be dealt with now?



A more logical explanation:

- the USA did go there, but the locals were upset, maybe more toward the sponsor of the USA than the USA themself. The USA and other sponsored countries were banned until they get a new sponsor

- Apollo 12 is a second attempt, but forgiven. Apollo 13 is a third attempt, denied. Apollo 14, 15, 16, and 17 are up to anyone's guest

- since the USA, the USSR, and the PRC are sponsored by the same sponsor, in the 70's they all cancel their manned moon flight programs

But of course, these are not cnsidered logical if one hold to the thinking that there were no locals on the moon. Plus also hold the thinking that the USA, the USSR, and the PRC are sponsored by the same sponsor.



Anyway. It's correct that humans are by default in nature do not want to go to the moon. For hundreds and thousands of years, the moon isn't a place humans want to stay, visit maybe, but not stay.

But why did there were attempts in the 60's? Was it due to human nature? Or was it because there's an outside non human sponsor?

Answer 3

Because sending man to the Moon is phenomenally expensive, and NASA is funded by taxpayers' money. Apollo ws publicised as an exercise to demonstrate superiority in space by getting to the Moon before the Russians. Once that was achieved no-one wanted to fund an expensive manned lunar program any more. NASA's funding was cut and their mandate directed more to unmanned exploration.

Because of the way NASA is funded, technology is not as relevant as you'd think. We could go to the Moon now. We have the technology. But the organisations that can build the stuff we need to go there have not, until recently, been given the funding needed to do it.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, no one has the money or the will to return. There is a whole fascinating world to explore and countless things to discover. The Moon has the same surface area as the Earth has land area, and all we've done is make six short visits to six very small areas. That we haven't returned is a very sad commentary on mankind's priorities.

Answer 5

Your question answers itself. The advancement of technology has allowed robots to explore where people don't need to. There is no point in risking human life when we can send a robot to do all the work. And the person above me is right. We pretty much only sent the first people to the moon just because we could, to beat the USSR. Since then there have been other missions, but it has gotten to the point where risking human life just isn't worth it.

Answer 6

because there is no point. it is just a big floating rock, unlike the other planets on which we can learn why the earth is able to support life, the moon was never a life supporting body like many of the other planets and moons in our solar system, its just a big nothing.

Answer 7

Because there is no reason to send people to the moon - even when there were manned flights to the moon in 69 and early 70's the only real reason was to out do the USSR.

Answer 8

that can be answered in two possible ways..depending on your beleif

1.) because the "greys" are using it as an base/observatory to monitor earth's condition and our spiritual progression and the last time we were on the moon they told us to leave or they would remove us from the moon and we havent been back since.

2.) we were never on the moon, it was all a production.....and different areas of science have proven it.

Answer 9

For the same reason we don't build giant stone pyramids any more. Nobody cares and it is too expensive for eccentric individuals to do it for their own reasons all by themselves.

Answer 10

It's a very long way to go for a few rocks and a bit of dust.