No real reason to send humans back to the moon when we can send robots. Right now it seems confirming water on the moon is the next step, if there is plenty of water, humans may go back.
Challenges of a moon base are pretty daunting, but if we find plentiful water we can use the hydrogen in the water for fuel to get back to earth. So that's really the first hurdle, no water, too expensive to go back and forth.
I'm rolling with Finnthehuman's answer it makes sense. I don't trust the FDA re poisoning food or any other "department" why would I trust NASA , what makes me curious though is NO humans have been back...
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badp4nd4 ago
No real reason to send humans back to the moon when we can send robots. Right now it seems confirming water on the moon is the next step, if there is plenty of water, humans may go back.
Challenges of a moon base are pretty daunting, but if we find plentiful water we can use the hydrogen in the water for fuel to get back to earth. So that's really the first hurdle, no water, too expensive to go back and forth.
k_digi ago
I'm rolling with Finnthehuman's answer it makes sense. I don't trust the FDA re poisoning food or any other "department" why would I trust NASA , what makes me curious though is NO humans have been back...
CatManDew ago
Japan is planning on both a human and robotic mission to the moon, planned for 2018. Japanese Lunar Exploration Program.
Edit: I will agree though, it is odd that no other manned missions have been sent to the moon.
gabeh73 ago
ya because they can't do it yet. They lied when they said they could do it safely 7 different round trips with Apollo
CatManDew ago
So how do you explain the Lunar Laser Ranging experiment? (Serious question)