We need to launch another Saturn V to the Moon ASAP

Why? We’ve been to the moon. Another trip would be a multi-billion dollar waste of time. Mars is the next big project for manned space exploration.

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Why? We’ve been to the moon. Another trip would be a multi-billion dollar waste of time. Mars is the next big project for manned space exploration.

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Because establishing a Moon base would not only allow us to mine it, but it could be a launch base to Mars and cut the costs quite frankly. People don’t seem to understand the value of a Moon base.

Not happening.

There no one alive that even knows how to refuel one. They didn’t keep the manuals.

Plus the aliens get pissed when we get near their low gravity bases in the dark side. Kind of an uneasy truce. That’s why we unveiled the US Space Force flag just today.

I love the roar of those Saturn Engines.

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Let's try something novel: use all of those resources to fix our own messed up shite.

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Dude, everyone will use this excuse until it is too late. “Oh we have our own problems down here and can’t solve this”. What fricking generation hasn’t had its problems? This pandemic should teach us that we need extreme backup plans.

Sorry, I hate nothing more than “oh we have our own problems” as an excuse to not expand our horizons. If we followed advice people like you through history, we would have never left the cave. I really, really hate that line of argument.

For what? There’s zero reason for manned spaceflight until we can launch mass to orbit much, much cheaper,

Are you not aware the US plans on getting man back on the moon by 2024 as part of building infrastructure to get to Mars?

Unmanned test launch to lunar orbit in 2021

Assuming all of the trillions we are printing for corona doesn't price it out.

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If the moon were made of cheese would you eat it? I know I would

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I’ve got some original blueprints for the Saturn V from my father in law who worked for NASA in Huntsville back then.

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I've got the OG replica of the Saturn V (I don't actually know if this is true)

Sadly, all the NASA folks who actually got us to the moon have passed.

Full disclosure: Grandfather who worked with Von Braun passed in 2019 and dad currently works for NASA.

To the OP: I actually agree. The benefits that came from going to the moon far outweight "going to the moon". Velcro, Tang, Cell phones, etc. all came from/benefited from the science/process developed in pursuit of going to the moon.

ETA: Corrected grammar because I've had a few.

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No, I want names of people that will go and rocket tests.

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Kayla Barron (born 1987): Lt., U.S. Navy
Zena Cardman (born 1987): Biologist
Raja Chari (born 1977): Col., U.S. Air Force
Matthew Dominick (born 1981): Lt. Cmdr., U.S. Navy
Bob Hines (born 1975): NASA research pilot
Warren Hoburg (born 1985): assistant professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Jonny Kim (born 1984): Lt., U.S. Navy physician, former U.S. Navy SEAL
Robb Kulin (born 1983): Launch Chief Engineer, SpaceX – Resigned in August 2018 before completing his training.
Jasmin Moghbeli (born 1983): Maj., U.S. Marine Corps
Loral O'Hara (born 1983): research engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Francisco Rubio (born 1975): Maj., U.S. Army
Jessica Watkins (born 1988): Geologist, postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology
Joshua Kutryk (born 1982): LCol, Canadian Armed Forces, test pilot, fighter pilot, engineer
Jenni Sidey (born 1988): Mechanical engineer, combustion scientist, and lecturer

Three test launches have already occurred, with the final unmanned test in November of next year.

On the flip side, its under debate in the House Authorization Bill of 2020