Like the film? Oops, lost that..
The technology? Apparently canโt be reproduced 54 years later despite the fact computers have improved 10,000X since then.
Or do you mean the โmoon rocksโ? ๐
Like the film? Oops, lost that..
The technology? Apparently canโt be reproduced 54 years later despite the fact computers have improved 10,000X since then.
Or do you mean the โmoon rocksโ? ๐
Which film? There's tons of still and moving imagery that's all publicly available for scrutiny and that I haven't seen any real criticism of. Did they have After Effects in 1969?
How do you explain all of the footage? How do you explain the laser ranging data still being produced to this day using the reflectors left on the moon by the Apollo missions?
It hasn't been reproduced because the space race was won and the cold war ended. It's incredibly expensive to go to the moon, I think the US used something like 1% of its federal budget on it. Even back in the 60s, during the height of the cold war and "red moon" panic, there was a lot of pushback from taxpayers. There have been various proposals to go back in the past few decades but there just hasn't been the budget. As I'm sure you're aware the Artemis program is now in full swing and we'll likely see another moon landing before the end of this decade.
Computing power isn't the limiting factor. And especially not the on-board computing power; the calculation-intensive orbital mechanics was all done from the ground using the many rooms full of computing power at nasa, not the AGC on board. All of the source code is public and there are simulators/emulators out there so there's no excuse for not understanding how it was done and how everything was programmed.
Computers are not the problem here. Orbital mechanics are same as they were in 60s and 70s. You just need basic math to calculate how to get to the moon.
Costs are the real blocker. Back then costs did not matter. Moon race Was another level of cold war. Right now everything is way more expensive and NASA fight battles each year to get budget from the US which they rather want to spend on space exploration which can be done unmanned and can lead into new findings and push science forward.
There is nothing interesting left to be found on the moon so it's not a priority.
Space probe is pennies in comparison to send people anywhere outside of atmosphere.
Simple as that.
Artemis mission is more about learning how to live outside of Earth and establish another space station on higher orbit than just visit the moon once more.
This is my favourite topic just because it riles everyone up so much ๐
The moon landing might be what instigates WWIII.