Re:Why we don't landed in the moon again yet?
by eesmith on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:06PM
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Apollo 17 was just over 50 years ago, not 54.
We've had many robots on the moon since then. Yutu-2 has been roaming the surface for nearly 4 years. The Chandrayaan-3 rover is planned to land in summer.
But you mean people, I know.
Sending people to the moon is far more expensive than sending robots, which don't need life support and don't need to return to Earth.
Robotic probes gave us images of Pluto, and helicopters on Mars, and other amazing events. The Dragonfly mission hopes to have drone flying in Titan's atmosphere in 2034.
Of all the amazing things that could be done, why return people to the surface of the Moon when the same amount could do so much more amazing robotic exploration?
Artemis cost, what, $4.1 billion for a single launch, with an estimate of $93 billion project between 2012 and 2025? While all of Mars 2020 cost $3 billion, and New Horizons cost about $700 million.
We've had many robots on the moon since then. Yutu-2 has been roaming the surface for nearly 4 years. The Chandrayaan-3 rover is planned to land in summer.
But you mean people, I know.
Sending people to the moon is far more expensive than sending robots, which don't need life support and don't need to return to Earth.
Robotic probes gave us images of Pluto, and helicopters on Mars, and other amazing events. The Dragonfly mission hopes to have drone flying in Titan's atmosphere in 2034.
Of all the amazing things that could be done, why return people to the surface of the Moon when the same amount could do so much more amazing robotic exploration?
Artemis cost, what, $4.1 billion for a single launch, with an estimate of $93 billion project between 2012 and 2025? While all of Mars 2020 cost $3 billion, and New Horizons cost about $700 million.