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By lost they mean the techniques used in the past.
It was done by akilled welders and many had their own teqniques of grtting the job done. Notes/calculations etc., done on the fly as they pretty much had to do it by hand. Many are dead and took their knowledge with them. So we have the idea and we know how it works but we gotta start from scratch in terms of busing the parts.
So its not that we lost the technology, we know what we need but we lost the minds behind it.
There a good vid, Ill link it when I find it.
It's hard to reason with an Apollo-hoaxer, though. We "lost" the Apollo technology in the same sense that Chevrolet "lost" the technology to build a 67 Corvette, or Grumman "lost" the technology to build the F-14. When the money shuts off, industries move on; production lines close down, factories are retooled, engineers move on to other projects.
It's hard to reason with an Apollo-hoaxer, though. We "lost" the Apollo technology in the same sense that Chevrolet "lost" the technology to build a 67 Corvette, or Grumman "lost" the technology to build the F-14. When the money shuts off, industries move on; production lines close down, factories are retooled, engineers move on to other projects.
Thats another detail I missed. The factories that shut down and companies that are no longer around.
What happens if another country is the next to visit the moon? Are they supposed to honor our heritage sites, under penalty of law?
UNESCO actually runs a fairly well respected program to protect World Heritage Sites.
I can see the issue, tangentially as it is to most of our lives - we preserved the Spirit of St. Louis and that was a worthwhile thing to do, although it would undoubtedly have brought in millions if melted down for souvenir aluminum coins.
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...Those footprints represent progress, not contamination.
Well, there IS the matter of the human waste left there.
Well, there IS the matter of the human waste left there.
Human waste is just as natural as humans. It will follow us around until the end of time. It certainly should not be used as a reason to not explore. Besides, it is very biodegradable.
"The Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, better known as the Moon Treaty or Moon Agreement, is a multilateral treaty that turns jurisdiction of all celestial bodies (including the orbits around such bodies) over to the international community."
It's hard to reason with an Apollo-hoaxer, though. We "lost" the Apollo technology in the same sense that Chevrolet "lost" the technology to build a 67 Corvette, or Grumman "lost" the technology to build the F-14. When the money shuts off, industries move on; production lines close down, factories are retooled, engineers move on to other projects.
The USA has lost the industrial base that made Apollo possible. The industrial base that didn't exist in the USSR and why they couldn't ever get the N1 to fly. In comparison, the USA created 5 different spacecraft, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo Command, Apollo, & the Lunar Module and launched them in less than 8 years. All carried people into space successfully, then on to the Moon, and back alive to be able to talk about it.
We are left now with vague promises from the likes of Elon Musk who can't even paint cars properly in his car factory. The USA lacks the ability to launch anyone into space. We are back to 1961.
It's really a shame. At one time we had the ability to simultaneously build outfit and launch 4 Saturn V rockets that could be launched within a few days of each other. It remains the largest rocket ever built and the only one that has carried a human payload out of low earth orbit.
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