Looks like rumored NASA announcement is gonna be about going back to the MOON.

ancient Aliens

Hmmmmmm......... Blow their budget to bits........ Yep that about sums it up.

It would be fun though...... Or maybe not.

Just think about the first time, when experienced engineers made $12K-15K a year and were happy to do it. They were so much more technologically handicapped than the engineers of today. What a challenge they faced...... magnificent!

You mean 18 in 6 don't you?

coincidence?

George Lucas just got a check for 4 billion dollars

Nice, I hope they do it again.

beep beep crrrzzz
"We're back to stay."
beep

The only frustrating part is our technique. Rockets aka controlled explosions is really old fashion. We'd need a breakthrough anti-gravity device to lift off Falcon style.

True, but 12-15 was a decent salary back then. All the same, Apollo was much more heavily funded (in today's dollars) than NASA is right now. The technological advancements allow for some new tricks like laser ranging with radar as only a backup option, glass cockpits and all of that, but the engineering challenges are even bigger now because the vehicle will be required to take more astronauts, stay longer, and perhaps even leave a lander in orbit for months before the astronauts lauch up to it to go to the moon. Considering they're talking about using cryogenic fuels in the lander's descent stage, that poses a tricky problem of minimizing boil-off for up to 4 months in orbit prior to a mission actually going somewhere. Considering that the Soyuz capsules can only remain in orbit for about 6 months max while docked to ISS due to losses in non-cryogenic hydrogen peroxide... it should be interesting to see how NASA pulls it off if this really does go through.

depr derp derpity derp

Which then leads to creating fusion drive engines for spacecraft.

You had me until: Re: Looks like rumored NASA announcement is gonna be about going back to the MOON.

Hm, we don't go back because it wasn't worth the money and now we are going back while we are in an even worse financial situation for... what?

Hey Trin.. Sorry, Astro. I thought you left? Made a whole thread about leaving due to "death threats"?

Why now

YOU know as well as I do that the gigantic black silent antigravity triangle ufos with yellow running lights are ours. Quit with the charade.

They may have lied about the dates and things, but they did get there eventually. The cover up is what they found when they got there. (alien bases etc). THAT'S why we never went back. We're not welcome.

So it'll be interesting to see what all this current huff and bluster is a distraction for...

Do votes really count in a communist state? Do they really count here for that matter??/

Awesome. I got a lot of responses in this thread.

Probably should have put /sarc when it came to fake moon landing that some believed in but I'm one of them that thought it happened but as I've learned past 10 years, sadly it could be true that they faked it. I don't know what to believe anymore...

They don't have the budget for ANY manned space programs

WHY is it supposedly impossible? And why is it that no actual scientist agrees with you?

Ugh, I'm not Trinity. I specifically said I wasn't leaving, I said I was done actively debunking astronomical bullshit on the threads. That's why I'm discussing NASA's plans here, not the bullshit about them hoaxing it.

never ever gonna happen

Plus of course the other three trips that orbited but didn't land. Of course he probably didn't know about those.

no money for that u kidden dude.

the ONLY thing ALL scientists agree on is that there actually is a moon...the rest of your post is horseshit.

Check out the link below

[link to www.lunatruth.com]

Government spending for war or for new lunar expedition is traditional way of boosting American economy since WW2.
IMHO lunar exploration is better that Bush endless wars.

At least it push science ahead, create new technologies, workplace. And the most important thing it's a great dream in this boring, consumer-oriented world.

People need dream to be people.

Don't worry. It was real. :)

Maybe they finally figured out how to actually land on it and take off again.

Oh I didn't mean spending on NASA by itself, I understand that is down significantly. I meant spending on everything combined. That is WAAAY too much. :)

And do what, collect a bunch of rocks. Total waste of money. If they were going to mine, then it would be a different story

Obama is finally fulfilling George W. Bush's dream of going to the moon....wait a minute....we already went there. W must have been drunk when we landed in the 70s.

Last Edited by ranger_lp on 11/08/2012 10:57 PM

lol really? they found something that our telescopes can't?