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Where Would NASA Be Today if the Apollo Missions Continued?
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:49 pm
If funding wasn't an issue, do you think the moon would be colonized? Would we have sent a man to Mars by now? I read an interesting article about sending a manned mission to the atmosphere of Venus and it piqued my interest,
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Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:54 pm to JabarkusRussell
We would've had a chance to play basketball on the moon
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:57 pm to upgrayedd
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We would've had a chance to play basketball on the moon
I might be able to finally dunk a 10ft goal.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 5:58 pm to JabarkusRussell
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If funding wasn't an issue
Yes
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:07 pm to JabarkusRussell
IMHO, they would have thoroughly explored youranus by now.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:08 pm to JabarkusRussell
Building a Death Star to conquer other Galactic civilizations.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:35 pm to StealthCalais11
I've often wondered if a nuclear weapon detonated on a gas giant would kick it off to a star.
Perhaps we would know.
Perhaps we would know.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:36 pm to JabarkusRussell
The US would have a bunch of angry voters wondering why so much money was spent on projects that didn't produce much beyond "Gee whiz".
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:38 pm to JabarkusRussell
come on people. Nobody has ever been to the moon
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:39 pm to JabarkusRussell
still under Barry's thumb seeking equality on earth for the masses.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:40 pm to JabarkusRussell
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Where Would NASA Be Today if the Apollo Missions Continued?
If not Houston, Obama would have moved NASA to the south side of Chicago.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:43 pm to JabarkusRussell
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do you think the moon would be colonized?
Most certainly, and probably have a hundred or so people living there as well. It is simply embarrassing for us as a species that's it's been nearly 50 years since we landed on the Moon, yet we still don't have a colony there.
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Would we have sent a man to Mars by now?
Possibly. I'm pretty confident we would have orbited Mars and probably stepped foot on Phobos, but Mars is a very difficult journey. Launching and landing is very precarious to where we'd at least try landing about half a dozen times on the surface and then launching back.
I'd say it would still be in the 2020s before we'd land there, but it could have been sooner due to NASA accelerating the growth of technology even further than in our present timeline. We'll never know.
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I read an interesting article about sending a manned mission to the atmosphere of Venus and it piqued my interest
I still think that would be a good ways off in either timeline. Venus has just about the same gravity as Earth. Also hanging out in Venus' clouds would seem to be more of a novelty project compared to going to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:43 pm to East Coast Band
What would NASA be the abbreviation for if barry moved it to Chicargo? No Astronauts Since Armstrong?
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:44 pm to X123F45
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I've often wondered if a nuclear weapon detonated on a gas giant would kick it off to a star.
Jupiter is regularly hit with objects that have hundreds of times more destruction and firepower than an A-Bomb.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:48 pm to JabarkusRussell
I remember writing a paper for a class in the 1990's that criticized us for spending money on space curiosity when we could spend more on cancer research instead. I got an A, but because I'm a cynical a-hole, I thought, "I bet the cure for cancer is out there and we'll never find it because of my stupid paper."
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:49 pm to JabarkusRussell
Funding was never the issue. Drago was
Posted on 4/26/16 at 6:57 pm to foshizzle
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The US would have a bunch of angry voters wondering why so much money was spent on projects that didn't produce much beyond "Gee whiz".
The voters have never gotten very angry about other federal projects that spent a lot more money and returned even less, at least not angry enough to do anything about it.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 7:57 pm to PerCuriam
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What would NASA be the abbreviation for if barry moved it to Chicargo? No Astronauts Since Armstrong?
Not Accomplishing shite Anymore
Posted on 4/26/16 at 9:36 pm to OMLandshark
OMLandshark, always enjoy your feedback, 
Posted on 4/26/16 at 9:57 pm to OMLandshark
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Most certainly, and probably have a hundred or so people living there as well. It is simply embarrassing for us as a species that's it's been nearly 50 years since we landed on the Moon, yet we still don't have a colony there.
Not that much scientific value in it. That's why we send rovers instead.
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