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Because it's awesome. :) I mean, we burn piles of money just for fun. May as well burn a pile of money to put someone on the moon again. Doing it just because
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
Because it's awesome. :)
I mean, we burn piles of money just for fun. May as well burn a pile of money to put someone on the moon again. Doing it just because we can is a fine reason.
"Still got it!"
One tweak, though. Rather than forcing them to find a reason to go, i.e. gathering moon rocks, they should just let the astronauts play around. That's the goal. Go there, then turn on a webcam and romp around for a few days.
That would get the world thinking. And that'd be pretty cool.
- dawnerd 9y agoWe already have good reasons though. Starters would be to prep a moon base and see how structures handle being constructed on the moon and how they fare.
- olalonde 9y ago> That would get the world thinking. It might get some baby boomers excited but I'm not sure about younger generations. It doesn't feel like an exciting, impossible mission today.
- adrianN 9y agoThe next step is of course a permanently inhabited base on the Moon. That feels like an exciting mission.
- Pigo 9y agoI wish more people were inspired by Gene Roddenberry's vision of an ideal human society. I know it's a science fiction pipe dream because we're always held back by the lowest common denominator, but if mankind moved past the need for acquisition and power all that would be left is working together to achieve goals that make everyone's life more meaningful. We have to wait for meaningful goals to intersect with acquisition and power.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI for one am in full cognitive dissonance about that. On the one hand, I understand how much of a pipe dream Star Trek is, and on the other hand, I strongly believe it sets a standard worth aiming for.
- Pigo 9y agoI guess that's how I feel too. I would never preach this gospel, but I find it inspirational.