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What if we hadn't halted our lunar program?
Posted on 3/26/17 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 10:58 pm
Where would we be by now?
Say, we perfected the lunar voyage in the 70s,traveling 2-3 times per year.
By the 80s we should have been building a lunar outpost, gradually building it up into an unmanned base by the 1990s.
Then, by the 2000s, the base would be manned continuously. And all those years spent learning how to perfect the whole space base concept, ironing out logistics, lessons learned,etc.
So by the 2010s, we should be seriously prepping for a mission to Mars (and an initial outpost).
By today, we should have had AT LEAST one manned voyage to Mars under our belt, if not pushing a half-dozen. Instead, we're what? A decade away at-best?
Man, how could we let ourselves shut down the Apollo program?
ETA: :inb4uranusjokes:
Say, we perfected the lunar voyage in the 70s,traveling 2-3 times per year.
By the 80s we should have been building a lunar outpost, gradually building it up into an unmanned base by the 1990s.
Then, by the 2000s, the base would be manned continuously. And all those years spent learning how to perfect the whole space base concept, ironing out logistics, lessons learned,etc.
So by the 2010s, we should be seriously prepping for a mission to Mars (and an initial outpost).
By today, we should have had AT LEAST one manned voyage to Mars under our belt, if not pushing a half-dozen. Instead, we're what? A decade away at-best?
Man, how could we let ourselves shut down the Apollo program?
ETA: :inb4uranusjokes:
This post was edited on 3/26/17 at 11:00 pm
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Posted on 3/26/17 at 10:59 pm to TDFreak
haven't you heard? the earth is flat now and we've never been to the moon.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:01 pm to TDFreak
Some people say there's a damn good reason we've never been back to the moon.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:02 pm to TDFreak
I don't know man but space is rad and we should make our nation rad again
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:02 pm to TDFreak
Someone would be complaining about how the term "manned" is sexist
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:02 pm to Passing Wind
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here's a damn good reason we've never been back to the moon.
go on
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:03 pm to TDFreak
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By the 80s we should have been building a lunar outpost,
Who says we don't have one now? We can't see the dark side of the moon.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:03 pm to TDFreak
Space elevator
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:03 pm to TDFreak
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Where would we be by now?
Still earth
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:03 pm to TDFreak
I'm waiting for the first post that suggests that we've never landed on the moon.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:04 pm to TDFreak
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By today, we should have had AT LEAST one manned voyage to Mars under our belt
The difference being going to the Moon and going Mars is the difference between backing out of your driveway and driving from Miami to above the Arctic Circle in Alaska (if it is even that comparable).
2 weeks round trip versus 6 to 8 months, minimum. Oxygen, food, water and waste are all very bulky. With as little room for error we had going to the Moon, it's a fraction of that for a Mars mission.
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 6:14 am
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:04 pm to TDFreak
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:04 pm to TDFreak
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Where would we be by now?
Broke
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:04 pm to TDFreak
Maybe we could have made it to Uranus...
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:06 pm to Marco Esquandolas
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Maybe we could have made it to Uranus...
The OP's anus is like a 24 hour Walmart.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:08 pm to Ace Midnight
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The difference being going to the Moon and going Mars is the difference between backing out of your driveway and driving from Miami to above in the Arctic Circle in Alaska (if it is even that comparable).
2 weeks round trip versus 6 to 8 months, minimum. Oxygen, food, water and waste are all very bulky. With as little room for error we had going to the Moon, it's a fraction of that for a Mars mission.
All true and good points.
But don't forget we made it to the moon in a rocket designed with slide rules that had a control computer with the same power as the average pocket calulator today.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:09 pm to Ace Midnight
Yes. The provisions needed for a real long trip would be the challenge. But hopefully a robust lunar program where we would be faced with longer durations between supply ships would have begun to solve those challenges.
Alternatively, we would have been building a big-arse ship for the half-year round trip.
Alternatively, we would have been building a big-arse ship for the half-year round trip.
This post was edited on 3/26/17 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:12 pm to TDFreak
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Alternatively, we would have been building a big-arse ship for the half-year round trip.
That's a nearly idiotic alternative.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:14 pm to Darth_Vader
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But don't forget we made it to the moon in a rocket designed with slide rules that had a control computer with the same power as the average pocket calulator today.
It wasn't the tools that mattered all that much, it was leadership and brainpower that they had and we lack. Maxim Faget and Von Braun are worth any 50 people working at NASA right now (no offense to anyone). Ditto for Webb, Craft, Kranz - we were just very lucky to have assembled the right team at the right time.
Posted on 3/26/17 at 11:15 pm to Bayoumike
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I'm waiting for the first post that suggests that we've never landed on the moon.
I am waiting for someone to explain how we flew a frame, covered by a beer can, through the Van Allen radiation belts.
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