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flash9286
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Trajanus your forgeting that america is leading the push in sceince of every country ex: who has the only space program good enough to colonize mars, fuel cells being researched and probaly be used by american scientists first.
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flash9286
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most scientist dont give a crap about grammer spelling so on as you can, if thats the best arugment you have i fell sorry for jamaica or Netherlands wherever your from
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flash9286
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ever heard of a editor
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flash9286
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i can type 80wpm and never edit my posts
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flash9286
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err. about how the only one thats been to the moon, the one that does the most reserach, and the one that has best scientists. Im betting 2007 by the usa.
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Velociryx
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of Candle'Bre
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time: 05:22
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What purposes are there for going to the moon now?
Among them are:
1) practice. The day WILL come when we go there to establish a permanant presence. The better we understand the conditions we can expect, the better our chances of success.
2) Advanced surveying. There may be mineral deposits or other resources beneath the surface that would suddenly make the moon a much higher priority than it is right now. But we'll never know unless we go check it out.
3) experimentation - the moon's lower gravity has all sorts of intriguing possibilities for chemistry and manufacturing. Again, theorizing about it is one thing, but tinkering with working models....that's quite another, and immensely more valuable.
4) General information gathering....testing new technologies to see how the operate under lunar and landing conditions. Again, you can discuss it to DEATH in the classroom or lab, but until it gets a test run, it's just so much hot air and hope.
5) Advances in astronomy. The Hubble is pretty good at what it does, but imagine a lunar observatory and what it could do for our understanding of the stars.
I could go on, but that should be enough to provide evidence that there ARE, today good reasons for making such trips.
If the Euros don't want to....if they've lost that sense of exploration....that's cool. We'll tell you all about it when we get back....
-=Vel=-
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Dauphin
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Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970
time: 05:22
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quote:
Originally posted by Velociryx
1) practice. The day WILL come when we go there to establish a permanant presence. The better we understand the conditions we can expect, the better our chances of success. |
Practice is only good if it is used quickly and or built upon. This requires a permanent presence on the moon. The cost would be (forgive the pun) astronomical.
When we go to the moon we must do it wholeheartedly and concertedly, else it is not worth doing at all.
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2) Advanced surveying. There may be mineral deposits or other resources beneath the surface that would suddenly make the moon a much higher priority than it is right now. But we'll never know unless we go check it out. |
Send probes, why send men?
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3) experimentation - the moon's lower gravity has all sorts of intriguing possibilities for chemistry and manufacturing. Again, theorizing about it is one thing, but tinkering with working models....that's quite another, and immensely more valuable. |
Again same problem of cost-benefit
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4) General information gathering....testing new technologies to see how the operate under lunar and landing conditions. Again, you can discuss it to DEATH in the classroom or lab, but until it gets a test run, it's just so much hot air and hope. |
How does that have a practical implication that warrants the cost?
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5) Advances in astronomy. The Hubble is pretty good at what it does, but imagine a lunar observatory and what it could do for our understanding of the stars. |
Why do you need a lunar observatory when satellites are doing the job just fine?
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I could go on, but that should be enough to provide evidence that there ARE, today good reasons for making such trips.
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I disagree. 
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If the Euros don't want to....if they've lost that sense of exploration....that's cool. We'll tell you all about it when we get back....[/QUOTE]
Go ahead, what you do with your money is upto you.
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