What happened with the moon

[ginscpy]

No followups tp the moon landingin the late 60s .early 70s

 

[oldernwiser]

The Russians lost interest, and with that, NASA's budget was sliced so that we could afford to bomb Cambodia. Once we got some rocks back, congress wasn't so supportive anymore and the public lost interest.

 

[ScienceRocks]

We'd rather waste lives in a war half way around the world then expand humanity through the solar system. Sad but true.

 

[oldernwiser]

It's been a long time, so I don't remember whether it was Goddard or Oppenheimer who was asked where the 1st manned flights should go. I remember his response though - he said Mars. The moon was closer, but if that's where we went first, it would be the only place we'd go for a long time.

Guess he was right.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Mars would of been a suicide mission in the late 1960's. The moon was hard as it is but nearly all the attempts to send probes to Mars failed before 1970.

Today we could easily go to the moon without breaking a sweet if we build the new rocket coming out next year.

 

[eots]

according to several Nasa Moon mission Astronauts it has something to do with aliens

 

[ScienceRocks]

Challenge the fucking aliens. We have a right to our solar system.

 

[eots]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qffIx2GWDo]UFO Shoots Missile - YouTube[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYuIeJD_AcE]UFO disarmed nuclear missiles! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[oldernwiser]

according to several Nasa Moon mission Astronauts it has something to do with aliens

Hey - if they're anything like American Indians, they won't stand a chance...

 

[editec]

Just imagine if mankind spend as much exploring the universe as they spend killing each other.


Who knows how far we'd have come by now?

 

[eots]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSBSd_z9lmY]Operation Elevation...The Space elevator..music by eots - YouTube[/ame]

 

[waltky]

Bright Explosion On Moon Witnessed Without Telescope...

Bright explosion on moon visible from Earth, NASA says
Sun May 19, 2013 | The explosion was caused by a meteoroid that hit the lunar surface; It was visible on Earth without a telescope; NASA sees hundreds of lunar meteoroid impacts on the moon each year; The meteoroid was traveling 56,000 mph when it banged into the moon

A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it only lasted about a second. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we've ever seen before," said Bill Cooke, of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. NASA astronomers have been monitoring the moon for the past eight years, looking for explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. It's part of a program to find new fields of space debris that could hit Earth. NASA says it sees hundreds of detectable lunar meteoroid impacts a year.

Moon blast equal to 5 tons of TNT

None however can match the size of the explosion they say they saw March 17. NASA says the meteoroid was about 40 kilograms and less than a meter wide, and it hit the moon's surface at 56,000 mph. It glowed like a 4th magnitude star, NASA says, thanks to an explosion equivalent to 5 tons of TNT. "It jumped right out at me, it was so bright," said Ron Suggs of the Marshall Space Flight Center. Cooke says Earth was pelted by meteoroids at about the same time, but they hit the moon because it has no atmosphere to protect it. "We'll be keeping an eye out for signs of a repeat performance next year when the Earth-moon system passes through the same region of space," Cooke said.

If you're wondering how there can be an explosion on the moon, without oxygen, NASA has the answer for you. It says the flash of light comes not from any type of combustion -- as we typically think of explosions -- but rather by the glowing molten rock at the impact site.

Bright explosion on moon visible from Earth, NASA says - CNN.com

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It's the USAF X-37 destroying anomalous features on the lunar surface

 

[ScienceRocks]

No followups tp the moon landingin the late 60s .early 70s

The nation lost its will to advance in space. No wonder the EU, Japan, China are now moving ahead of us. We're not acting like a first rate nation.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Just imagine if mankind spend as much exploring the universe as they spend killing each other.


Who knows how far we'd have come by now?

Sounds like a far better use of resources.