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So why exactly have we not gone back to the moon? Been watching some UFO videos (here comes the calvary!) and I do find it a bit weird that over 50 years ago we went to the moon and somehow have not been back, when god knows what we may discover (not referring to aliens, referring to evolution of the moon, history of, etc).

We need to go back! We weren't supposed to leave!



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The Soviets claim that it would be impossible due to the VanAllen belt (an area between the earth and the moon) that is so highly radoactive that Neil Armstrongs Ball's would have fallen off, after the ONE STEP FOR MAN speech, I myself have not done alot of research on this subject of fatal radioactivity in this area, but experts claim the apollo capsules would not have had the sheilding necessary to sustaian the men on board on the way there nevermind the trip back ,and for them to still be alive today.

Uh, there's nothing of value on the moon? Are you kidding?

There's Helium-3 (I think that's the right number) on the moon. That would be well worth the investment.

 

[Dolphin]

50 years lol wut

 

[CharlieDigital]

Because there is no sense of competition and superiority driving it (vs. USSR).

 

[birdman]

Because we were never there in the first place, man!

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

What you don't know is that they secretly moved everyone to the moon!

 

[VAIL]

We have to actually go there in the first place.

 

[Dark Octave]

We need to build a moon base to we can have a solid defense against Unicron.

But even that may not be enough...

 

[bud]

i thought this thread would be about lost

 

[Ninjew]

Because there is no sense of competition and superiority driving it (vs. USSR).

I'm assuming that's part of it. Maybe the cost, and they want to see other things.. teh moon is old news dewd

 

[smarties00]

i thought this thread would be about lost

Me too

 

[Nickovic]

Me too

Me three, I was happy it wasn't.

Why go back there now anyway, it's all been there done that.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Because they've been focused on Mars for awhile now. NASA doesn't have an endless amount of resources.

 

[JayDubya]

Because there is no sense of competition and superiority driving it (vs. USSR).

Pretty much.

Big expensive pissing contest, but with that achieved and all, the moon isn't exactly teeming with natural resources to be utilized. At this point, it's just a chunk of real estate that's significantly less hospitable than even the South Pole.

A lunar base could certainly be a factor in long distance space travel in the distant future, but now? What's the point? Very expensive, if not currently impossible, with what utility?

 

[kurahadol]

Would you eat the moon if it was made of spare ribs?

 

[Justin Bailey]

I do remember reading somewhere that they are interested in setting up a base on the moon at some point as a precursor to a Mars settlement.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Because we were never there in the first place, boy!

 

[pringles]

Man, is it 50 years already? Feels just like 40..

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

I actually think it was '69, but I may be wrong

 

[Walshicus]

so highly radoactive that Neil Armstrongs Ball's would have fallen off

Awesome.

EDIT: Isn't the Van Allen belt's status as a death zone just a myth?

 

[teruterubozu]

36 years to be exact - Apollo 17 in '72 (the 11th manned mission). Ignorant moon hoaxers tend to think there was only one w/Neil Armstrong.

 

[Escape Goat]

We're in an interstellar detente with the moon aliens. They dont come down and we don't go up.

 

[Phobophile]

i thought this thread would be about lost

Thank god it's not.

Because they've been focused on Mars for awhile now. NASA doesn't have an endless amount of resources.

But the military does!

 

[rostocker]

Fuck, I thought this was a thread about our crybaby Jack Shephard

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Fuck, I thought this was a thread about our crybaby Jack Shephard

Likewise.

Also, anyone thinks he looks a bit like Paddy Considine in that pic?

 

[joelseph]

Lost where are you?

 

[DrEvil]

Lost where are you?

They moved the island, now we need to find them.

 

[monchi-kun]

We have to do something about the Anti Spiral System in the moon

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Waiting for China to do it.

 

[birdman]

36 years to be exact - Apollo 17 in '72 (the 11th manned mission). Ignorant moon hoaxers tend to think there was only one w/Neil Armstrong.

That and it was a sound stage on Mars.

 

[hc2]

I have been back twice now. They did sexual testing. I got a 100.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

 

[jey_16]

Jack's beard is awesome....i want one like it

 

[notsol337]

NASA has plans underway to go back to the Moon guys.

Also, all you naysayers that are like "We haven't been to the Moon yet" need to PM that to Fallout.

Please :lol

 

[Flo_Evans]

We are going back (to strip mine it!) Supposedly Helium 3 is the answer to all of our energy needs for the next 1000 years. Fun fact too, they have found a way to extract oxygen and water along with helium 3 from moon rocks.

 

[Outcast2004]

So why exactly have we not gone back to the moon? Been watching some UFO videos (here comes the calvary!) and I do find it a bit weird that over 50 years ago we went to the moon and somehow have not been back, when god knows what we may discover (not referring to aliens, referring to evolution of the moon, history of, etc).

We need to go back! We weren't supposed to leave!



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You're a few years off there skippy.....