What country will be next to reach the moon ?

Nah, we already went to the moon.. The only next big step is when we open the first lunar McDonalds :) . It's not the actual return to the moon, which is important, but all the technology that enables us to go. That knowledge is just going to filter through everything, and improve our lives.
 

rgp said:
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 ?
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Why climb a mountain? Why explore a cave? Why examine fossils and landforms? Why invest in science when we could be using that money to blow stuff up? :ROFLMAO:
 
SeniorBen said:
Why climb a mountain? Why explore a cave? Why examine fossils and landforms? Why invest in science when we could be using that money to blow stuff up? :ROFLMAO:
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Well, ...... you're exactly right why ? Mountain climbing for example serves no purpose for those that do not. Examine fossils ? Sure , it [to a point] tells us of our past, may contain some answers to our past .... and perhaps cautions to our future ?

But space ? ..... we never lived there , cannot even. So again why ?

We know more [they say] about space than we do about the seas .... and the seas are here . Some even say that we emerged from the sea ? We eat many animals in the sea. Again jmo, but I believe we would be better off to explore the seas further .
 
SeniorBen said:
Why climb a mountain? Why explore a cave? Why examine fossils and landforms? Why invest in science when we could be using that money to blow stuff up? :ROFLMAO:
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I'm not against investing in science ...... but IMO near return science , not future,future ....... waaaay future for profit science .

Perhaps I'm wrong ? ..... but that's my opinion anyway.
 
Alligatorob said:
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.
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I'm certainly not an expert on science, but it'd seem to me there would be other ways to develop computer technology on earth that wouldn't cost billions-or-so.
 
JaniceM said:
I'm certainly not an expert on science, but it'd seem to me there would be other ways to develop computer technology on earth that wouldn't cost billions-or-so.
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So, pls tell me. Are you anti research ? Research for research's sake ?
 
I've been thinking about the number of nations with aspirations of going to the moon. How long do you think there will be "The Chinese Sector, the American Sector, the Japanese Sector", etc., dividing up the moon-something like the colonization of Africa in the 17th-18th Centuries?
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I've been thinking about the number of nations with aspirations of going to the moon. How long do you think there will be "The Chinese Sector, the American Sector, the Japanese Sector", etc., dividing up the moon-something like the colonization of Africa in the 17th-18th Centuries?
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Interesting question. I could be wrong but I think nations have agreed that no nation can claim ownership of any space body.
That said, when nations start building habitats, they will naturally build in areas of interest to them. However, it might come about that there would be an international colony like the International Space Station.
 
Alligatorob said:
No, and our government agencies like NASA and the DOE are amongst the worst offenders. More like research for funding's sake...
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Awhile back I happened to see an old episode of "Dragnet," and they had some kind of computers way back then. I think computers as we know them today would have been developed without the "space race," and really don't understand how sending guys to the moon helped the process.

But like I said, one basic required science course in high school does not make me an expert!!
 
JaniceM said:
Awhile back I happened to see an old episode of "Dragnet," and they had some kind of computers way back then. I think computers as we know them today would have been developed without the "space race," and really don't understand how sending guys to the moon helped the process.

But like I said, one basic required science course in high school does not make me an expert!!
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You could be correct. However, the fact remains that the Dept of Defense is responsible for developing advanced computers AND GPS satelites. Of course, since that time, private industry has taken computers to a new higher level.
 

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