Totenkopf Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 So, should mankind refocus on going back to the moon soon? http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/25/2080696.aspx?GT1=43001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataris Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 You know, I rather think it would be a waste of time. We have money that we should be spending on so many other things, the moon seems like the last place we really need to go. Until we the money and technology to build spaceships, if that can ever really happen, then I really don't even see the point of going there in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'd love to see more space research and a moon base. There's so much to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Te Je'karta Mand'alor Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 really the only point wuld be to store trash but i'm really into space so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I think that it'd be a good thing, if only because of the technological spin-offs that would result from task. China, hurry up, and start another gorram space race! On a more serious note, I think that there's a lot to be done here on Earth, but that space exploration shouldn't be ignored. There's so much beyond our singular marble, that to forgo it altogether would be a waste of the decades we've already spent researching and exploring (the lives lost not included). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 ...and here I thought this thread was about spousal abuse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taak Farst Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 ...and here I thought this thread was about spousal abuse... No point in going back IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mur'phon Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Return to the moon? No. Invest in space research that can benefit us here on earth? Yes. And maybe do some trimming of NASA while we're at it, it would be nice if it handed more of the work to the private sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 And maybe do some trimming of NASA while we're at it' date=' it would be nice if it handed more of the work to the private sector.[/quote'] Indian outsourcing firms eagerly await response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Indian outsourcing firms eagerly await response. Yeah, I know that feeling very well... YOU BASTARD *points* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Yeah, I know that feeling very well... YOU BASTARD *points* They see me rollin', they hatin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataris Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'd love to see more space research and a moon base. There's so much to learn. Well, in all practicality, I don't see how 'learning' anything would really benefit us in the long run. We're going to return to space sometime, but now just does not seem like a good time. Perhaps we should pull our act together and work together financially so that we can actually research cheaper, effective, and newer space exploration technologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerGod Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 No point in going back IMO... No point? I don't think the government would spend billions of dollars in NASA and other space programs around the world just so that we stay here and die buried underneath the giant mounds of trash we have. Going to the moon now, or in the near future after settling financial issues we're having, and researching as much as we possibly can will help us in the long run. With the right research, we'll be a step closer, or farther away from living on normally uninhabitable environments like our Moon. ...and here I thought this thread was about spousal abuse... One of these days, Lynk! ONE OF THESE DAYS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataris Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 No point? I don't think the government would spend billions of dollars in NASA and other space programs around the world just so that we stay here and die buried underneath the giant mounds of trash we have. Going to the moon now, or in the near future after settling financial issues we're having, and researching as much as we possibly can will help us in the long run. With the right research, we'll be a step closer, or farther away from living on normally uninhabitable environments like our Moon. But see, exactly the problem. We are dying under our mounds of trash because we refuse to fix up the planet. Instead, we head to space to solve our problems. Things have to start going green before we can consider large expenditures in the NASA program. Investment in space has been steadily decreasing for a while now, and here we are in a rising economic crisis and we're considering going to the moon because "we think?" it has sources of water in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 One of these days, Lynk! ONE OF THESE DAYS! Bam! I'll ban your sorry ass from LF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Hmm. Well I'm not really too keen on the idea right now. Maybe once we're out of the recession unless this will benefit us. I won't push aside the potential educational benefits, though. On a more serious note, I think that there's a lot to be done here on Earth, but that space exploration shouldn't be ignored. There's so much beyond our singular marble, that to forgo it altogether would be a waste of the decades we've already spent researching and exploring (the lives lost not included). I like your way with words, good sir. I am inclined to agree. While more gov't spending is the last thing I want right now, on the other hand I am not wanting our space efforts to go to waste or reach a hard standstill. Return to the moon? No. Invest in space research that can benefit us here on earth? Yes. And maybe do some trimming of NASA while we're at it, it would be nice if it handed more of the work to the private sector. I like. Especially if they want to sell some of their equipment like gigantic laser rods and flashlamps. Bam! I'll ban your sorry ass from LF? Careful, he has magical tesla powers, Lynk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataris Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Exactly, and it doesn't look like it's going to benefit us. Science is most beneficial when it provides us with technology or crucial understanding (such as bacteria, which allowed disease to be more controlled), but until there is a reason to go out and find new things about the universe, we should wait until we are better financially prepared, and then, by all means, keep exploring space. But at the moment it doesn't seem like a good idea given the new technologies and things that have to be worked out first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I want a moon base and a theme park on the moon. Is that so much to ask? Would you deny me that? Damn you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataris Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I would rather have my own spaceship, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Return to the moon? No. Invest in space research that can benefit us here on earth? Yes.And you don't see the two being related? Not even a little bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 But at the moment it doesn't seem like a good idea given the new technologies and things that have to be worked out first. So the idea here is let's stop making these new technologies so that we can focus on making new technologies? All these cool gadgets we have came from NASA's space research. The microwave oven, our new refrigerators, televisions, game consoles, processors, even personal fans. Pretty much everything that contains energy conservation technology is built off of NASA designs that were fueled by our drive to make affordable technology that can also pay for itself when colonizing space. Sometimes you gotta feel the burn to make the cut, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mur'phon Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Returning to the moon is usually conected with placing humans there, something which is unlikely to give much value for money. Might we get something usefull out of it? pherhaps, but I severly doubt it is worth the investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan7 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Bam! I'll ban your sorry ass from LF? I'll get you first Lynkypoo If the space travels have a use; then yes, if not the money could be spent elsewhere; like the several billion people without clean water... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 If the space travels have a use; then yes, if not the money could be spent elsewhere; like the several billion people without clean water... To be fair though, how many times do we hear complaints about improper spending of money? All the talks about what we could do with the money instead is never what is done with the money, instead people ask for tax rebates and other selfish non-sense. Hell, in the U.S. we don't even properly fund for public safety, roads are turning to crap and water treatment is being left to the Coca-Cola Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan7 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 To be fair though, how many times do we hear complaints about improper spending of money? All the talks about what we could do with the money instead is never what is done with the money, instead people ask for tax rebates and other selfish non-sense. Hell, in the U.S. we don't even properly fund for public safety, roads are turning to crap and water treatment is being left to the Coca-Cola Company. I'm an idealist Sithy.... Leave me alone in my Ivory Tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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