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I don't like it. Let's go all the way and make bringing the crew back safely part of the challenge. It will be more rewarding because it's more difficult. "I b
by fjarlq 14y ago
I don't like it. Let's go all the way and make bringing the crew back safely part of the challenge. It will be more rewarding because it's more difficult.
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth."
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do the other things -- not because they are easy; but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills; because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept; one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win -- and the others, too."
- iandanforth 14y agoIt's interesting, we used to have to bring people back to do our exploration, but in some ways thanks to high-quality video that need is less and less. If you think of society as a single entity then the notion of 'bringing people back' doesn't have as much meaning as it used to. We don't need martian resources (other than the space) and anything else is a souvenir. People had to go and come back from the Americas because of the lack of video (no other way to see it) and because we wanted something the Americas had (gold, wood, coal, cotton etc). We went to the Moon a few times, but it didn't have very much of anything we needed. Also you can pull up a video of what it's like to walk or drive on the moon anytime you want. While I agree the full return trip is a higher, more noble goal I just don't see the same forces at work that will require regular back and forth trips.