Why Is It So Difficult To Return To The Moon If We Have Done It Before?
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The last time a human was on the Moon was in 1972. Since then, technology has taken giant steps, and more and more countries have developed their space program, but despite this, human beings have not returned to visit the Moon. What are the reasons?
Let's find out!
The main motivation
To find the reasons that led to the trip to the Moon, we have to go back to the end of the decade of, the 60s. After World War II, during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in the Space Race, a stubborn struggle between the two powers whose ultimate goal was to place a citizen of the nation on the surface of the Moon. From this struggle, in which both nations intended to demonstrate their military and technological superiority over the adversary, the United States would emerge as the winner.
The trip to the Moon, more than an end in itself, was a way to show the world who would set the pace of the international political agenda for the remainder of the century. Reaching the Moon had more of a political purpose than a scientific one.
In a different historical context, out of simple scientific concern, would we have reached the Moon in '69? Everything seems to indicate that it does not. As we have said, the motivation for the Americans to send a human-crewed mission to our satellite was the tension generated by the political situation. Without this rivalry with the USSR, it would have been hard to imagine that the American government would mobilize the nearly 400,000 people who participated in the Apollo program and dedicated to it during the 14 years that it lasted, the equivalent today of about 120,000 million dollars.
Today it is unimaginable that the U.S. government would again fund a trip of this nature at such high costs to the nation.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Why to the moon?
2:06 The high cost
What happened to technology?
6:00 The problem of fuel supply
7:50 Reusing rockets
Conclusion
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