pretty amazing what we did at times
That's what balls and innovation do... both seem to be long gone in our society.
yup, our space program pretty much pussed out, along with a lot of other innovation in this country.
We should have gone back to the moon as well.
We should have gone back to the moon as well.
Why? We've already been. NASA is one of the few government agencies that seems to be working. For the cost of ~6 useless, hangar-queen F-22s, they put a probe the size of a small car on (*#$(#*$ing MARS, complete with LASERS and SOIL ANALYSI...LASERS!
What for? Unless we've got a technique for mining He-3 (or whatever they believe the moon has a ton of) and a reason for needing it, there's not a lot of reason to be there right now.
We already went.And, I'm sure somebody told Columbus, Francis Drake, Cook, Magellan, and the others something similar. You go because it's there!
We already went.
Be Rich beat me to it.And, I'm sure somebody told Columbus, Francis Drake, Cook, Magellan, and the others something similar. You go because it's there!
What for? Unless we've got a technique for mining He-3 (or whatever they believe the moon has a ton of) and a reason for needing it, there's not a lot of reason to be there right now.
It is actually an excellent potential stepping off point for other manned missions (as in, future Mars colonization), based on the difference in gravity there.