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Monday, July 20, 2009

One Giant Leap For Mankind,
But One Small Step For Exploration . . .

Forty years ago today, Neil Armstrong made man’s dream of reaching the moon come true. It was a historical day in history as many watched and cheered the Apollo 11 heroes on as they stepped onto Earth’s little sister.

But sadly, all that manpower and money spent on the Apollo moon landings have been a waste. It seems as if our dream of exploration ceased more than 30 years ago after the last Apollo moon landing.

In recent years, various presidents have said that we should go back to the moon and it’s a dream worth reliving.

We should have established ourselves on the moon decades ago with a space station. For years, astronomers and geologists have said that the moon may have rich minerals that could benefit those of us on the Earth.

But for various reasons, we have withheld our passion for such exploration, which only resulted in the delay of discovering our neighboring planets.

Sure, some say that we should not waste our time and resources on going back to the moon.

However , the same reasons were given back in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy spoke of his dreams of reaching the moon. And look at we achieved then, without the benefits of today’s technology?

It would be a shame not to recommit ourselves to what Armstrong, Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Jr. and Michael Collins started for us 40 years ago today.


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February 16, 2010 - 03:15 AM
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July 31, 2009 - 07:02 PM
Timesobserver

  Well, I've always been a huge fan of space exploration since I was a child. It was fueled even more so when I found out that my great uncle worked with Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission.

He told me that he showed Armstrong how the controls worked on the lunar module.

Anyway, it would be nice to see our space program go beyond what it is now. I'm looking forward to seeing what the new fleet will look like once they retire the space shuttles.
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July 31, 2009 - 01:33 PM
David Hunter 		worldbuilder@hughes.net

  I have to disagree with you on this one. I think the primary reason for the Apollo missions was to beat the Russians. Once the world knew we had won the race, most of the interest was lost. It is terribly expensive to put people into space, and while the technology exists to do it now, there are more efficient uses of the funding than lunar exploration. The search for materials on the moon also comes down to economics. As long as there are still abundant minerals on the Earth, there is no reason to go onto space to find more.
I would LOVE to participate in a new set of moon missions. I'm a mechanical engineer by profession, and I was drooling all over myself when President Bush announced the plans for new missions. If I hadn’t been warned by every single engineer I know who’s worked for NASA not to step into that bureaucratic black hole, I would jump on a chance to do that type of work.
Anyway, in my humble opinion, as glorious as it is, I don’t think there is a really good reason to colonize the moon. At least not yet.
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July 22, 2009 - 01:36 PM
Ugis 		motiblog@yahoo.com http://www.motivationalthoughtsblog.com

  We can go back to the Moon or we can't do this. Uppermost is don't transform the Earth as Moon.
BTW I considered the Moon as little brother of the Earth :-)
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