What was the point of going to the moon?

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Anonymous wrote:What was the point of going to the moon?

Was anyone against it ?
for some reason the more I learn about it the more I am against it

Scientific exploration in every field is the only reason humans are surviving and thriving better than all other species.

I agree with that. But as far as I can tell, we did little to no "scientific exploration" when we went there. We planted a flag and left...and haven't been back in 50 years.

In retrospect, it does seem like *that* effort was a huge waste of resources. Which isn't to say that we should not conduct space exploration now.

There have been 6 Apollo missions to the moon which have brought back various lunar samples. The chemical composition of these samples led to the theory that the moon was formed when Earth was struck by a planetary body. Also, radiation analysis of core samples show a record of solar activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the point of going to the moon?

Was anyone against it ?
for some reason the more I learn about it the more I am against it

Scientific exploration in every field is the only reason humans are surviving and thriving better than all other species.

I agree with that. But as far as I can tell, we did little to no "scientific exploration" when we went there. We planted a flag and left...and haven't been back in 50 years.

In retrospect, it does seem like *that* effort was a huge waste of resources. Which isn't to say that we should not conduct space exploration now.

Science is a process which takes trails and errors to advance and perfect. Why teach kids KG material when we know they can't do anything advance unless they study further for at least 15-20 years.

The difference is that KG students continue to learn for the next 15-20 years. We don't send them to kindergarten and then send them home for the next couple dozen years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the point of going to the moon?

Was anyone against it ?
for some reason the more I learn about it the more I am against it

Scientific exploration in every field is the only reason humans are surviving and thriving better than all other species.

I agree with that. But as far as I can tell, we did little to no "scientific exploration" when we went there. We planted a flag and left...and haven't been back in 50 years.

In retrospect, it does seem like *that* effort was a huge waste of resources. Which isn't to say that we should not conduct space exploration now.

There have been 6 Apollo missions to the moon which have brought back various lunar samples. The chemical composition of these samples led to the theory that the moon was formed when Earth was struck by a planetary body. Also, radiation analysis of core samples show a record of solar activity.

How much of that work required an astronaut to land on the moon first?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What was the point of going to the moon?

Was anyone against it ?
for some reason the more I learn about it the more I am against it

Scientific exploration in every field is the only reason humans are surviving and thriving better than all other species.

I agree with that. But as far as I can tell, we did little to no "scientific exploration" when we went there. We planted a flag and left...and haven't been back in 50 years.

In retrospect, it does seem like *that* effort was a huge waste of resources. Which isn't to say that we should not conduct space exploration now.

There have been 6 Apollo missions to the moon which have brought back various lunar samples. The chemical composition of these samples led to the theory that the moon was formed when Earth was struck by a planetary body. Also, radiation analysis of core samples show a record of solar activity.

How much of that work required an astronaut to land on the moon first?

Rovers (like the ones used on Mars) were developed later. We did not have that technology at the time. It was an astronaut drilling a core and raking up sand.

But your question is valid. We prioritized sending people instead of developing the technology to not send people.

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Anonymous wrote:Beat the Russians politically and in tech.

According to JFK: "We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Imagine the United States, but every guy has way higher testosterone. That was literally the case.

You know what’s hard is feeding everybody healthy food let’s do that.

PP. It's available. People won't eat it. My depression-era grandparents were poor as fck and ate healthy food. Same for my impoverished great-grandparents in rural Italy. The food thing is not a money problem; hasn't been for over 100 years.

The so-called food deserts claim about blighted America is unhelpful posturing.

No it’s not. Where can I get fresh fruits and vegetables for free? I’d love to get some this afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beat the Russians politically and in tech.

According to JFK: "We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Imagine the United States, but every guy has way higher testosterone. That was literally the case.

You know what’s hard is feeding everybody healthy food let’s do that.

PP. It's available. People won't eat it. My depression-era grandparents were poor as fck and ate healthy food. Same for my impoverished great-grandparents in rural Italy. The food thing is not a money problem; hasn't been for over 100 years.

The so-called food deserts claim about blighted America is unhelpful posturing.

One day we might have a bulk of our crops planted on moon or mars.

We can’t even afford to ship food to Hawaii at a reasonable price

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beat the Russians politically and in tech.

According to JFK: "We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Imagine the United States, but every guy has way higher testosterone. That was literally the case.

You know what’s hard is feeding everybody healthy food let’s do that.

PP. It's available. People won't eat it. My depression-era grandparents were poor as fck and ate healthy food. Same for my impoverished great-grandparents in rural Italy. The food thing is not a money problem; hasn't been for over 100 years.

The so-called food deserts claim about blighted America is unhelpful posturing.

No it’s not. Where can I get fresh fruits and vegetables for free? I’d love to get some this afternoon.

Any grocery store will be happy to take your WIC card or food stamps. Next question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because we prefer to funnel money to the military industrial complex (the same contractors service NASA and the Pentagon) rather than domestic infrastructure or healthcare or education

This

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https://news.uchicago.edu/story/crystals-apollo-mission-find-moon-40-million-years-older-scientists-thought

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"Crystals from Apollo mission find moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought" Hard to do discoveries like that sitting in church.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_space_program

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/11/03/china-jiuquan-space-center-mc-mz-contd-scn-orig.cnn-business

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What are our big brains for if we can't do cool stuff like get off our planet and look at stuff? What's the point if we don't explore and push boundaries?

I'm all for spending money on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What was the point of going to the moon?

Was anyone against it ?
for some reason the more I learn about it the more I am against it

Sounds like you have a very primitive brain.

[Anonymous]

Why fly the Atlantic?
Why does Rice play Texas?