We Never Went to the Moon

[manolia]

i would tend to agree with that but it doesn't address the central question as to whether the moon landings were genuine.

True..that's why i responted to the thread in the first place

Yes sleepy, i have heard that explanation before..but is sending robots the same as sending people, scientists, geologists etc? I don't think that robots can replace scientists in field work. I don't know. You may be right..but it's not what i was taught in uni..i spent two years of my life (almost) studying rocks for my dissertation..and instead of studying the rock shambles available in the lab we took a few excursions to see them in their natural environment (to study fractures, joints, ground displacements using topographic organs and such)..i am aware of the costs and the difficulties-impossibilities to do that on the moon..but still..??
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One could think that after 40 years they could get there?

The point of making the original moon landind was to beat the Russians during the Cold War (in a nutshell.) After doing so, and winning, there was no political purpose to another (massively publicised) landing. As a previous poster said, NASA did in fact conduct six manned moon landings between '69 and '72. Also- do you have any idea how expensive sending men to the moon is??? One just can't take up and do it on a whim. After the original landings, and discovering most of what they wanted to about the moon, they moved on to other things. Funding for NASA (I don't know about other space programmes) has been less and less and less every year since the first landing. >.< Even if they wanted to, they couldn't afford to do it now.

[1n50mn14]

Why the eye-roll? I think that's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

[Emil Miller]

True..that's why i responted to the thread in the first place

Yes and thank's for doing so. At least you and some other members have taken an interest in one of the more comment worthy threads to appear on this forum.
I hope others will also express an opinion about the moon landings.

[manolia]

@ Becca
Yep it is, but like i said i am aware of the costs..they are huge..i know there were other landings-in fact i remember who was the one who first passed this particular piece of information a few years ago- it was shortly after i had heard of the whole moan hoax theory..hehe (i wasn't clear enough in my first post, bad phrasing perhaps, but me and B Bean have established that already) and i think that in order to learn enough about a place whether on earth or everywhere scientists have to get there (especially when it comes to soils, rock formations, land displacements, geological strata and suchlike stuff). So i don't think they discovered much as it is. And i disagree that the whole research concerning the moon is a whim (perhaps i don't understand what you mean)
The whole cutting down of the costs is perfectly acceptable as an explanation..i wasn't aware of that..it makes one interested to know what programs NASA has chosen instead of learning more about the moon.

Yes and thank's for doing so. At least you and some other members have taken an interest in one of the more comment worthy threads to appear on this forum.
I hope others will also express an opinion about the moon landings.

You are welcome

[librarius_qui]

But really, I have no idea what the truth is, and it doesn't really interest me. The whole Imperialist race to conquer the moon (...) seems a silly form of escapism to me.

As a race I agree.

Even though, it HAS BEEN a race as well, back then, when people like a "mythical"* C. Columbus (C. Colón) looked at the ocean and thought with himself "I want to see the other side of the world", or "lets get to China through the other side of the world" (...), a race between Spain and Portugal (soon later, with the Dutch, and the French, and the English).

I agree that the race isn't good in itself, because it means competition, and, among nations -- sports apart -- it's never been good. But we've been through this, so, why not thinking about colonizing the Solar system? (We DON'T and probably WON'T have means of going beyond that but, even if we come to do, it'll only happen if we give a first step (...)) It sounds exciting to me, and not easy, though.

I like the idea of getting to Mars and to Europa, up there. A ... 'n achievement, a new achievement to mankind. Possibly one that we might hope to do "the right way" (haha!) this time ...

If noone believed, there would be no discovery~


[& I'm still not here ...]


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*Not doubting he existed, only emphasizing the romantic look (I myself, but not only) many people have on such (historical) figure (...)--

[ClaesGefvenberg]

OK, that is quite enough. Let's keep things civil, shall we?

/Claes

[Scheherazade]

Since we have proved once more that we, as a group, are not able to discuss certain topics civilly, this thread will now be closed.

Some offensive posts have also been deleted.