Why haven't we did another attempt for landing on the moon after 30 years also?

Question

In 1969, NASA, sent two astronauts to moon and they landed on it.Why haven't we made another attempt? We are now technically advanced than those days...so why we are unable to send man to moon?

Answer 1

Our reasons for going to the moon in the sixties were to show that we could do it, to be first, to search for signs of life, and to get some moon rocks for study to help determine the origin of the moon. Once that was accomplished, there was no further impetus to risk lives or spend money.

But in the nineties and since, a series of lunar probes (unmanned robots), beginning with a mission called Clementine, showed that the moon not only had precious water stores, something the moon rocks suggested was absent there, but that the moon also had huge deposits of titanium and helium 3. These substances alone are worth trillions of dollars and have spurred a renewed interest not only in visiting the moon, but also in establishing permanent settlements to mine these resources.

We can and will be back soon. But there are still some obstacles to overcome that weren't relevant in the Apollo days, such as transporting tons of equipment to the moon and tons of natural resources back, and survival in the presence of high levels of radiation and low levels of gravity and human companionship.

We will undoubtedly lose many astronauts this time. We were lucky not to have lost the Apollo 11 and 13 crews, and this time, it will be an order of magnitude more dangerous. But that won't stop us.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This is another question that comes up on Answer all the time---- check the archive.---------

Simply------ we do NOT have the NATIONAL desire or will to do this again-- after 6 times in the 1970s. In fact it is doubtful if we could even RE-construct the Saturn 5 rocket again as I have read that the plans and expertise used in the design have been largely lost, and would need to be almost recreated again from scratch!

NASA denies this "rumor- book article" and says they have the plans and blueprints stored away-------- however it is quit an engineering LEAP from blueprints to a finished working model.
NASA STORY:
http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/saturn_five_000313.html

EDIT----- and of course the "young" conspiracy theorists who did not SEE the entire program from start to finish first hand---- come out of the woodwork with "it was done in a movie studio" and do little reading about all the scientific proof available that we actually went there----- the simple one being that the radio signals originated from a SPOT on the surface of the moon-------- and of course the moon rocks themselves are proof based on their composition and makeup.

Answer 4

I doubt anyone will bother in the near future - its not cost effective. Someone once worked out that if the moon was covered in diamonds, it wouldn't be worth flying there to bring them back.

the only use for the moon (apart from looking nice, and making the tides go) would be for a base for deep space exploration. Because of the reduced gravity, shuttles (or whatever) could land there, restock/refuel and take off again at a fraction of the fuel cost than to land on earth.

Answer 5

We HAVE been back. After Apollo 11 there was Apollo 12, 13 (which failed to land), 14, 15 ,16, and 17. Apollo 17 flew in 1972. Twelve men have walked on the Moon.

But congress cut the funding. Nobody cares enough to spend the money needed to keep doing it.

Answer 6

Look..next time you want to send people, it would be because of some plotting business on moon. 1969 explorations were all the beginning. No longer the moon is a mystery.

Answer 7

They made six further attempts. Five were successful. We are able to send a man to the moon. At the time, those in power decided it was not worth continuing. Simple as that.

Answer 8

"Another attempt"? The US was successful at many other manned Moon landings. And no, we are not more technically advanced than in those days.

Answer 9

NASA's working on it. That's what the Orion Prpject & thet next generation space craft is all about. The first manned tests of the craft will be in 2014. Our schedualed return to the moon is in 2020.

Answer 10

FYI, we have sent more than one mission to the moon. We have gathered all scientific materials we could, conducted all the research and experiments we could. Although there is talk of going back now that the Chinese are getting into the space race. The amazing thing to me is we made it there and back many times with 1960's technology, when computers were the size of your bedroom.