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Like I said, going to the moon is so easy that they could do it 50 years ago.  They could leave the moon and come back home.  Yet, Mars is too difficult to leave.  What a surprise. 

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy

Just repeating the strawman over again doesn't make it any more valid.

Going to the moon is not easy.  Nor cheap.

I'll ask again:  why do you think they should send a manned mission to the moon?  What would be the point?

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy that they could do it 50 years ago.  They could leave the moon and come back home.  Yet, Mars is too difficult to leave.  What a surprise.

So you are saying they did go to the moon.

Quote from: jroa on April 06, 2014, 01:17:34 AM

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy that they could do it 50 years ago.  They could leave the moon and come back home.  Yet, Mars is too difficult to leave.  What a surprise.

So you are saying they did go to the moon.

No, I am saying if they did go to the moon.

Quote from: Starman on April 06, 2014, 04:21:16 AM

Quote from: jroa on April 06, 2014, 01:17:34 AM

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy that they could do it 50 years ago.  They could leave the moon and come back home.  Yet, Mars is too difficult to leave.  What a surprise.

So you are saying they did go to the moon.

No, I am saying if they did go to the moon.

If they did not go to the moon then they can "not do it again". They can do that every year.

Then why don't they?  It was so important for a few years, then it is not important anymore?  Or, maybe it was just not worth the effort to fake? 

Then why don't they?  It was so important for a few years, then it is not important anymore?  Or, maybe it was just not worth the effort to fake?

Cost, risks, benefits.

Why would anyone fake all this space stuff?

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy that they could do it 50 years ago.  They could leave the moon and come back home.  Yet, Mars is too difficult to leave.  What a surprise.

First of all, the moon is still in Earth's gravitational pull!  It orbits the Earth. This means that it's always roughly the same distance from Earth.  Mars however, is not orbiting the Earth.  What could be a 6 month trip on the way there could be twice as long on the way back.

Mars is a totally different kind of trip than the trip to the moon.

Quote from: jroa on April 06, 2014, 01:17:34 AM

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy

Just repeating the strawman over again doesn't make it any more valid.

Going to the moon is not easy.  Nor cheap.

I'll ask again:  why do you think they should send a manned mission to the moon?  What would be the point?

6 times from 69 to72, well 7 if we include Apollo 13. Man they were the days eh! money to burn, fun times go anywhere. F....K the expense. Now everyone is a tight arse with their money.

Quote from: JimmyTheCrab on April 06, 2014, 03:17:58 AM

Quote from: jroa on April 06, 2014, 01:17:34 AM

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy

Just repeating the strawman over again doesn't make it any more valid.

Going to the moon is not easy.  Nor cheap.

I'll ask again:  why do you think they should send a manned mission to the moon?  What would be the point?

6 times from 69 to72, well 7 if we include Apollo 13. Man they were the days eh! money to burn, fun times go anywhere. F....K the expense. Now everyone is a tight arse with their money.

And your point is?

Quote from: tappet on April 06, 2014, 05:01:01 PM

Quote from: JimmyTheCrab on April 06, 2014, 03:17:58 AM

Quote from: jroa on April 06, 2014, 01:17:34 AM

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy

Just repeating the strawman over again doesn't make it any more valid.

Going to the moon is not easy.  Nor cheap.

I'll ask again:  why do you think they should send a manned mission to the moon?  What would be the point?

6 times from 69 to72, well 7 if we include Apollo 13. Man they were the days eh! money to burn, fun times go anywhere. F....K the expense. Now everyone is a tight arse with their money.

And your point is?

Nothing in particular.
Just thinking about the good ole days when we had enough money to go to the moon and back 7 times in a few years.

Quote from: Starman on April 06, 2014, 05:48:08 PM

Quote from: tappet on April 06, 2014, 05:01:01 PM

Quote from: JimmyTheCrab on April 06, 2014, 03:17:58 AM

Quote from: jroa on April 06, 2014, 01:17:34 AM

Like I said, going to the moon is so easy

Just repeating the strawman over again doesn't make it any more valid.

Going to the moon is not easy.  Nor cheap.

I'll ask again:  why do you think they should send a manned mission to the moon?  What would be the point?

6 times from 69 to72, well 7 if we include Apollo 13. Man they were the days eh! money to burn, fun times go anywhere. F....K the expense. Now everyone is a tight arse with their money.

And your point is?

Nothing in particular.
Just thinking about the good ole days when we had enough money to go to the moon and back 7 times in a few years.

they did not call it the space race for nothing. It was the USA way to speed up technology during the cold war with Russia.