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Originally Posted by Mr5150
We can’t use 50 year old technology? No. I think it has more to do with using slide rules instead of computers and techs wearing short sleve white shirts at mission control. IMO there is no other logical reason. Its just to hard to duplicate what we did in 1969.
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No it isn't. We have all the drawings and technical data of what went into the moon missions. That is documented out the wazoo. Plus, we have highly advanced computing now, years of gained knowledge in safety and materials, etc. So we have all the original data, plus much more. The technical side is not lacking, but is rich and supported.
It's mostly a matter of been there, done that. That box has been checked off. A return and repeat is not justified costs-wise. There would have to be many times more reasons and significances to returning to get the same benefits vs. costs match. Even the costs now would be much more, while the feds are much less interested in funding this, and putting money elsewhere (like in the military or building walls and nonsense).
Returning to the moon is neither necessary nor feasible. Don't get me wrong; I love NASA and space. But we have to live in the reality of 2019, not the 1960s.
Now, if we could come up with a really different idea and plan - something new, innovative, and challenging - we might find more support as with the moon missions. That's where our minds should be focused.
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