You're thinking of this as a fiscal problem when the person you're talking to is referring to solving a physics problem.
Maybe if we all club together Era can donate enough to name a moon colony?
We know that zero/micro gravity is bad, but we actually have no idea how much gravity we need. While the Moon has less gravity than Earth, it still has some, and that could be enough to reduce or eliminate the health problems we see in zero-gWherever they want to go, they need to make sure, they can simulate gravitiy acurately. Human bodies get absolutely destroyed when there is no gravitational force around them.
NASA stopped the Apollo missions for a reason. They've been airbrushing photos of the lunar surface for decades. It's a common topic online, especially since the advent of YouTube has allowed people to see these images. A few people have come forward to share their own testimonies about what saw in the labs, where the original photos were processed.
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If the goal is Mars, then let's go to Mars. The moon as a "hopping off point" is just a distraction (or a delaying tactic, depending on your cynicism).
NASA stopped the Apollo missions for a reason. They've been airbrushing photos of the lunar surface for decades. It's a common topic online, especially since the advent of YouTube has allowed people to see these images. A few people have come forward to share their own testimonies about what saw in the labs, where the original photos were processed.
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I hope you're joking.NASA stopped the Apollo missions for a reason. They've been airbrushing photos of the lunar surface for decades. It's a common topic online, especially since the advent of YouTube has allowed people to see these images. A few people have come forward to share their own testimonies about what saw in the labs, where the original photos were processed.
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NASA stopped the Apollo missions for a reason. They've been airbrushing photos of the lunar surface for decades. It's a common topic online, especially since the advent of YouTube has allowed people to see these images. A few people have come forward to share their own testimonies about what saw in the labs, where the original photos were processed.
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This whole 'put humans on planets just to say we did' is a huge waste of money just for dumb publicity stunts. Rovers do their job well, and can explore planets for a fraction of the cost, which means more exploration done.
NASA stopped the Apollo missions for a reason. They've been airbrushing photos of the lunar surface for decades. It's a common topic online, especially since the advent of YouTube has allowed people to see these images. A few people have come forward to share their own testimonies about what saw in the labs, where the original photos were processed.
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Didn't they announce this before or am i confusing this with the "We found water on Mars" thing? Which i'm pretty sure was announced more than once through the years and makes me not want to believe anything NASA says until they actually do it.
I mean provided there is a base over there it wouldn't be that much harder because they would already need to send supplies for the people on the base.Sure, if the moon is actually your starting point... But everything we send to Mars is going to start on Earth, and Earth->Moon->Mars is FAR FAR FAR more difficult than straight Earth->Mars, both in terms of delta-v (propellant) requirements and mission complexity.
There are literally million of cubic km of verified water on Mars. There may also be water in deep subsurface deposits beyond the reach of available sensors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_on_Mars
The moon has water, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_water
I'm not saying there is no water on mars but NASA has announced this several times. What are we supposed to be amazed that they found water on mars again? How is it news exactly?
I'm at work is this an announcement or just a hype video for an employment drive
What benefits could Amazon Prime offer me as a lunar resident?
Launching a hypothetical rocket from the Moon actually has advantages... Much lower escape velocity needed, for one.If the goal is Mars, then let's go to Mars. The moon as a "hopping off point" is just a distraction (or a delaying tactic, depending on your cynicism).
They keep finding more water, and more about the water that's there. As they're a publicly funded agency they wouldn't be allowed to stop announcing these findings even if they wanted to. It would also be dumb to stop talking about mineralogical findings on the planets because they have to justify their spending.
Cool but that does not make me exactly have much faith in this announcement. What's stopping them from not going to the Moon and then announcing it again that they are "going to the moon" again in a few years?
Also i found this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_discoveries_of_water_on_Mars
It just makes me lose a bit faith in these announcements that would normally sound exciting, that's all.
Launching a hypothetical rocket from the Moon actually has advantages... Much lower escape velocity needed, for one.
That's fine and everything, but how long and how much money would it take to be in a position where both rocket manufacture and launch capability is possible on the moon?
A lunar launch facility makes some sense if you are fulfilling highly regular interplanetary missions, but we are hundreds of years from that.
I know, I'm just saying it's better to wait on things like this before making definitve statements.
From the surface of the Moon, let's say you might be able to do a Mars landing and return mission with a rocket in the ballpark of the size of an Atlas V, which is 335 metric tons. A Saturn V (the US moon rocket, largest rocket ever successfully launched) could land about 20 tons on the Moon. So it would take 16-17 Saturn V launches to put all the parts and fuel on the lunar surface to construct an Atlas V.I mean provided there is a base over there it wouldn't be that much harder because they would already need to send supplies for the people on the base.
Add to the fact it would take less fuel to launch ships from there and you get a much less expansive way.