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OnlinePoker

(5,729 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2022, 12:44 PM Dec 2022

50 years ago today, man left moon for the last time

Naive 11 year old me thought we would have been to Mars and had stations on the Moon by now.

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50 years ago today, man left moon for the last time (Original Post) OnlinePoker Dec 2022 OP

Man left because there was no beer cutroot Dec 2022 #1

Is there any good reason for humans to be on the moon? hunter Dec 2022 #2

It's a great building/launching point for future spacecraft. canuckledragger Dec 2022 #3

cutroot

(876 posts)

1. Man left because there was no beer

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 01:47 PM

Dec 2022

hunter

(38,347 posts)

2. Is there any good reason for humans to be on the moon?

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 02:26 PM

Dec 2022

The only one I can think of would be a big radio telescope on the far side, but it might be preferable to build and run that with robots.

Space above low earth orbit is an extremely hostile and dangerous place for humans.

Keeping humans alive there requires a lot of extra baggage.

canuckledragger

(1,671 posts)

3. It's a great building/launching point for future spacecraft.

Reply to hunter (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 14, 2022, 06:38 PM

Dec 2022

Because of the Moon's low gravity, it would take a fraction of the fuel needed to launch compared to launching direct from earth.

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