Would it be very difficult to recreate the Apollo moon missions?

Question

Would it be very difficult for NASA to recreate Apollo 11 exactly the same way it was done in 1969 today?
I heard that we no longer have the capibility to go to the moon.

Answer 1

Since we developed the technology to do it once, there's no reason we couldn't do it again. We currently have no boosters capable of launching manned payloads for the moon, but that doesn't mean we couldn't do it, particularly since our aerospace engineering has become orders of magnitude better than it was in 1969.

Answer 2

all of them have been puzzling. Apollo 11 had it quite is proportion of matters as pronounced till now. Apollo 12 had to land in an extremely particular section (strolling distance of the Surveyor 3 probe released 2 years till now. however the missions became extra formidable and required longer intervals with each and every next launch, so i'd would desire to declare: Apollo 17, the 1st nighttime launch, spent approximately seventy 5 hours on the moon, gathered the main samples (109 kg or 240 pounds of rocks) treked the furthest (34 km or 21 miles) in the rover, and left the main finished set of contraptions in the ALSEP on the lunar floor. BTW Tracy, great query! If I sound condescending I ask for forgiveness, yet i'm used to you asking questions approximately approximately pink Spacesuits or putting disco balls in the return and forth. somewhat, those approximately Apollo 7 and spacecraft 204 have been superb besides, i will would desire to take decrease back all the undesirable issues i've got pronounced in the previous.

Answer 3

You've heard wrong. NASA's Constellation Project has been under construction for years. This is their mission back to the Moon. They are aiming to go back by 2020 & start constructing a lunar base by 2024. See the links below for confirmation, photos & information of the new lunar & command moduels.

Answer 4

Even better. George Bush has directed NASA to plan to build a permanent moon settlement. Read the details about how it will be built. It's every bit as ambitious as the Apollo missions were.

Answer 5

I would suppose it is possible, however it would waste a huge amount of money. I suppose that before the Bush and National Debt era, we could have easily done it, with some major improvements. The theory wouldn't be too bad, getting back to the basics. I believe that it is a good idea, and what NASA is planning on doing (sticking closely to the plans of the Saturn rockets) in making a same-type-looking rocket. The design seems to be very efficent.

Answer 6

We no longer have the rocket capability that we used to have in the 60's for launching humans to the moon. Right now we have the aged Shuttle but it can only take humans to low earth orbit. the next generation space people carrier is the orion craft which is aiming to be in service starting in 2015. This vehicle is to be used to get humans to the moon and eventually to mars but in order for this to work NASA has contracted out work to develop a new rocket that will be able to lift the vehicle plus passengers to the moon. The new rocket is dubbed Ares and it will lift the Orion vehicle to space. This is all being done under the constellation project. More information can be found here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/index.html

Answer 7

its not the technology thats hard, its the funding, money thats stopping the program. and, yes, we don't have the capibility to go to the moon because we don't have the rocket power anymore. there are no more saturn v rockets around to boost the capsule and we don't have the capsules eather or the lunar landers. they would have to start from scratch again.

Answer 8

Not at all. But why do you want to do something that you have done already? In your case it would be like going back to second grade (I assume you are a little bit more advanced than that!?).

Would you like to do that? Do you think any school would like you to do that? Sit there like an idiot between the second graders?

Or do you feel you really lost emotionally and intellectually out on something and it would be better if you did?

:-)

Answer 9

you dont just lose technology. we still have the technology to go to the moon, we just dont have the need. its a giant waste of money. we already have moon rocks, we can simulate moon gravity here, and theres really nothing left to explore.

Answer 10

thats a good one you should call nasa and ask them