NASA gets a spanking of epic proportions

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There are many reasons. To begin with we could go there, again. The Apollo missions and vehicle were designed for a moon landing. Nothing we have today is. The Apollos were also a LOT more dangerous than todays missions. If we tried and failed it would be very bad. Accidents are bad for public opinion.

The other major reason is cost and assets. Focusing NASA on a moon landing serves very little purpose until we have a permanent, large, and capable space station in orbit here.

There are mirrors and artifacts on the moon that can be seen by telescope and laser. We've been there and will be again.

I'll finish with an observation about Russian rockets and capsules. They are cheap, dangerous, and effective. If someone gets killed there are many people standing in line willing to take the same risk. Unfortunately that spirit doesn't exist in the USA, at least not with the public and politicians.
 
I don't won't to get real into it, but in the 60's people really worked out there, now they get paid to stand around. Nobody really wants to work anymore. It's sad as american's we could be so much better. I watch the shuttles and rockets from my backyard and know personally alot of people that work there. It just seems we did more long ago with less technology then we could do now. I my own opinion nobody really wants to be a space hero like they did in the 60's.
 
SWEET!!! My thread turned into a debate about a conspiracy theory! By the way, I'm open to evidence either way. Right now I lean towards the "we really did land" side, but if the evidence shows otherwise...

Personally, I don't see any real purpose in the majority of the space program. Why on earth do we need to land on a big lump of rock orbiting Earth? Just so we could one-up the Soviets. Nothing has ever really come of the Apollo program except a small body count and that many wasted dollars.

Just my cynical 2 cents.
 
Yea' dont think tang is worth what we spent.
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Moon landing may not mean much now but they will to the future. Its the first step in being able to explore outer space.

I do think Russia has been to the moon. I also think we may have been just not when we said we did.
 

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