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It's been since 1972 was the last person on the Moon. Should we send a person on to the moon again before going to Mars?
At its closest I think the moon is still 100x further away than the moon
Only fools or idiots believe we didlol at thinking we went to the moon
I have thought about that idea but with the current technology it would just be cheaper to launch from earth. Setting up a moon base would be unfeasible atm.I’d love to see a Mars mission/landing in my lifetime but it’s really just a scientific/technological challenge. You’d certainly learn some things along the way but it’s ultimately just for bragging rights.
A moon mission but more importantly, a moon base is a far, far a better idea. One of the biggest problems of space travel is weight and escaping our gravity/atmosphere.
If you set up a moon base, you can mine and get your water and minerals needed directly from there. And due to the huge difference in gravity, it takes very little thrust to get off.
You set up a moon base, mine and then use that as a launching pad to Mars and the solar system. It’s much more fruitful goal.
Mining on the moon is an insane concept. Anybody who has ever had anything to do with mining knows the amount of equipment required and it would take hundreds of years to get that equipment to the moon. It would all have to be electrically operated using solar panels to provide the electricity. Once the material is removed from the ground it has to be processed to separate the different products. There is not much water on the moon. There might be some near the poles in craters. In the sunlight on the moon, the temperature is around 130 C 260 F so any water has boiled away and has been lost to space in the low gravity. There isn't any oxygen or much water so metals can't be processed the way they are currently to obtain high quality products. Bringing anything back to Earth is cost prohibitive. If there were nuggets of pure gold laying on the surface of the moon, it would cost much more than the gold would be worth to bring it back.I’d love to see a Mars mission/landing in my lifetime but it’s really just a scientific/technological challenge. You’d certainly learn some things along the way but it’s ultimately just for bragging rights.
A moon mission but more importantly, a moon base is a far, far a better idea. One of the biggest problems of space travel is weight and escaping our gravity/atmosphere.
If you set up a moon base, you can mine and get your water and minerals needed directly from there. And due to the huge difference in gravity, it takes very little thrust to get off.
You set up a moon base, mine and then use that as a launching pad to Mars and the solar system. It’s much more fruitful goal.