im not sure but i think its because the moons a big rock that possibly had water millions of years ago and theres none now so there no point in goin back.
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NASA would dearly love to go back to the Moon if Congress would give them the money to do so.
Very simple: lack of money. Congress cut NASA's funding after the sixth lunar landing in 1972 because the public seemed to have lost interest in the Moon and the "space race" with the Soviet Union had been won. It was tragically bad timing, because Apollo 17 in 1972 was the _first_ Apollo voyage to have a trained scientist, Harrison Schmitt, on board, and was supposed to be the first of three scientific expeditions.
More was learned about the Moon and its history in that voyage than in the previous 5 put together, and much more would have been learned if the three next voyages had been funded. Instead the US space program was redirected into the boondoggle of the shuttle and space station programs, neither of which has made much contribution to science.
Whenever this question is asked, some people reply that we now know everything there is to know about the Moon. What a ridiculous idea! How can anyone say that we learned everything about a place with almost as much dry land as the Earth in six visits of a few hours or days?
Very simple: lack of money. Congress cut NASA's funding after the sixth lunar landing in 1972 because the public seemed to have lost interest in the Moon and the "space race" with the Soviet Union had been won. It was tragically bad timing, because Apollo 17 in 1972 was the _first_ Apollo voyage to have a trained scientist, Harrison Schmitt, on board, and was supposed to be the first of three scientific expeditions.
More was learned about the Moon and its history in that voyage than in the previous 5 put together, and much more would have been learned if the three next voyages had been funded. Instead the US space program was redirected into the boondoggle of the shuttle and space station programs, neither of which has made much contribution to science.
Whenever this question is asked, some people reply that we now know everything there is to know about the Moon. What a ridiculous idea! How can anyone say that we learned everything about a place with almost as much dry land as the Earth in six visits of a few hours or days?
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NASA IS going back to the Moon, by 2018. The next generation of heavy launch vehicles is being built by Lockheed-Marietta RIGHT NOW. NASA didn't make a final decision on the rocket design until last September, and they sub-contracted Lockheed pretty quickly.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/conste…
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/ind…
Stop projecting YOUR cynicism onto NASA. It's personally insulting and intentional harassment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologic…
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/conste…
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/ind…
Stop projecting YOUR cynicism onto NASA. It's personally insulting and intentional harassment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologic…
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Because if they did, they wouldn't have any money left to do all the other stuff that they do.
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NASA has been back to the moon, many times. Just not maned flights.
Robots do it better and cheaper.
Robots do it better and cheaper.
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It costs too much money.
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NASA wants too
the gov't doesn't want to spend too much money
the gov't doesn't want to spend too much money