What country will be next to reach the moon ?

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There are 6 countries have programs trying to land people on the moon: India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, United Arab Emirates, China, and United States.

Artemis 1, a U.S. program is scheduled to attempt a manned mission to the moon in 2024
Most people have no interest, but to me, I find it quite exciting.

The short term goal is to build a permanent manned moon base and from there a longer term goal of sending a team to Mars.

Artemis 1 will have the 1st female to land on the moon. At least that is scheduled.

Though I doubt I'll live to see it, I wish I'd could see it NOW.
 

senior chef said:
There are 6 countries have programs trying to land people on the moon: India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, United Arab Emirates, China, and United States.
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I guess trying to land on the moon after someone, in this case, the Americans, has already been there, is what you could call: A constellation prize.
 

We are now only 4 days away from the 1st UNMANNED mission to orbit the moon. Scheduled for AUGUST 29th, 2022.
 
senior chef said:
Artemis 1 will have the 1st female to land on the moon. At least that is scheduled.
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I think space exploration is worth investing in.

However I believe trying to put people in space is a huge waste of money. We can do and learn so much more with mechanical things. I think the people in space thing is just to get publicity and help the space programs raise money.

Hey, I managed to do this without reference to gender, took some editing, sure wanted to say manned space flight, LOL.
 
What I'd like to know is what the point is.
Ages ago, I was told scientists thought they'd have better luck with finding cures for diseases in a different atmosphere, but I haven't seen any evidence of that.
They reached JFK's goal in 1969, but I don't know of any other progress. Seems to me there are more urgent issues $ could be spent on.
 
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JaniceM said:
What I'd like to know is what the point is.
Ages ago, I was told scientists thought they'd have better luck with finding cures for diseases in a different atmosphere, but I haven't seen any evidence of that.
They reached JFK's goal in 1969, but I don't know of any other progress. Seems to me there are more urgent issues $ could be spent on.
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FLASHBACK ! The year, 1492.

Queen Isabella: "Tell me, Senor Columbus, what is the point of sailing off into the wild sea ? "
Senor Columbus: "Well, aside from finding a shorter route to China, just think of what we can learn about the world."
Queen Isabella: " But we have so many problems at home here in Spain. We have better uses for the money".
Senor Columbus: "Yes Your Highness, we do indeed have many problems, BUT it is man's nature to explore the unknown. If we never had the need to explore anything, we would still be stuck in Darkest Africa and running around naked".
 
I am always politically incorrect but being a lover of freedom and free speech I'll say, I don't care. We have a lot of problems on this planet like over population and global warming that are more important to a lot of people than to figure out who is going to "conquer" outer space or is it still "inner space"?
 
Packerjohn said:
I am always politically incorrect but being a lover of freedom and free speech I'll say, I don't care. We have a lot of problems on this planet like over population and global warming that are more important to a lot of people than to figure out who is going to "conquer" outer space or is it still "inner space"?
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IMO it has nothing to do with "conquering" anything. The greater issue is that we will ultimately be a 2 planet species and that will help guarantee our survival.
Over population will, IMO, ultimately destroy humanity on this planet. I don't recall exactly where I read it , but the article said the planet is building an entirely new city the size of Los Angeles EVERY 16 DAYS to accommodate our exploding population. How long can we continue doing thus ? We are, in fact, balling ourselves into destruction.
 
IMO ... the mission will not have the interest impact of the first one [1969] Although , with all the folks born since then ...... I could be wrong ?

But to a degree .... I have to agree with @JaniceM in regard to the point of it all. What did we get from the first mission ? ...... Tang ? ...... Yuck !!!
 
rgp said:
What did we get from the first mission ? ...... Tang ? ...... Yuck !!!
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I think we got a lot of computer and space technology from the 60s space race. Including all the space based things we rely on today, like GPS and communications. All of which could have been done more efficiently without manned flight. However I suspect a diminishing return on that front.

I do think space exploration is a worthy scientific investment, but admittedly mostly for science sake. Knowing more about the solar system and the universe is something I would be willing to spend money on, even if there were not immediate return.
 
rgp said:
IMO ... the mission will not have the interest impact of the first one [1969] Although , with all the folks born since then ...... I could be wrong ?

But to a degree .... I have to agree with @JaniceM in regard to the point of it all. What did we get from the first mission ? ...... Tang ? ...... Yuck !!!
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Computers.
 
SeniorBen said:
Computers.
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Exactly ! Without the space race, it is unlikely that we would have the world-wide-web or even this very forum.
During the decent to the moon on the very 1st manned mission (Apollo 11) the onboard computers were so primitive that they did not begin to compare to today's cell phone system.
 
Alligatorob said:
Maybe, but first we need to find that planet and figure out how to make it livable. That can be done much more quickly and efficiently with unmanned space craft.
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We already have decided to make Mars our 1st attempt at a permanent manned colony.
Building a habitat on Mars will be the short term goal. Of a longer goal will be the "terra-forming" of Mars.
PS: it is now looking like there is liquid water below the surface of Mars.
 
senior chef said:
We already have decided to make Mars our 1st attempt at a permanent manned colony.
Building a habitat on Mars will be the short term goal. Of a longer goal will be the "terra-forming" of Mars.
PS: it is now looking like there is liquid water below the surface of Mars.
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I'm skeptical. I don't see us ever being able to "terra-form" Mars into any practically livable place. Think about the atmosphere, we have enough problems trying to keep ours clean and Mars ain't got enough gravity to hold onto one. Many, many other problems. If we are going to find a planet to move a real colony to it isn't going to be in our solar system...

We probably could put a few people in a small climate controlled thing, at a huge cost with little or no benefit.
 
Alligatorob said:
I'm skeptical. I don't see us ever being able to "terra-form" Mars into any practically livable place. Think about the atmosphere, we have enough problems trying to keep ours clean and Mars ain't got enough gravity to hold onto one. Many, many other problems. If we are going to find a planet to move a real colony to it isn't going to be in our solar system...

We probably could put a few people in a small climate controlled thing, at a huge cost with little or no benefit.
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I disagree. Mars has sufficient gravity. But until we try, we don't know what may be possible. Hence, in the distant future, it will be possible to terraform Mars. Even if terraforming proves impossible we can still build huge colonies and create our own oxygen. This is especially true if we can tap into liquid water.
Nuclear submarines routinely process salt water into oxygen and pure drinking water. Thus all we have to do is located underground water. I can see a time when we send the same nuclear power plant as already exists.
 
SeniorBen said:
Computers.
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I'm sure there are many here , that know more than I about it but ...... I seriously believe that they [computers] would have come about without the space race ? And i also believe that communication satellites & such could have/would have been placed without the manned flights.

What did we gain from landing on the moon ? All the brain-trust scientist say that we cannot live in the space environment , so why go there ?

For the future of mankind ? Who here would like to live in a controlled environment [a building] no natural air , no "outside" ?

Are there minerals there to be mined ? Who's going to mine them ? Make the profit ? Are we spending tax-payer money , to perhaps open the door for the [already] billionaires Musk, Bezos, Zuckerburg , families to make additional billions in the future ?

I see no early return for the money being spent now ........ billions & billions of dollars that will only pay a return [if at all] in the far,far distant future and then only to a select handful of people.

Just not sure it is a solid investment.
 
Space is the final frontier. Humans push limits and boundaries, that's just how we are made, to be curious, to know more and more and more.
 

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