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Dec. 14th, 2011
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It's been a long time
Dec. 14th, 2011 02:46 pmAt 2:54 pm PST on this day in 1972, man left the moon.
No, let's be honest. We *abandoned it.
3 and a half years from the first landing and in 39 years we not only haven't been bacjk, we've lost the *ability* to go back.
To get back to the moon would require re-inventing damn near everything.
Heck, at the moment, the Russians are the only folks who can place humans in orbit.
Lest anyone raise the old argument about it being better to spend the money here on earth, keep in mind that it *is* spent here on earth. And that for the last 40 years we've been coasting on things created by and for the space program.
No, let's be honest. We *abandoned it.
3 and a half years from the first landing and in 39 years we not only haven't been bacjk, we've lost the *ability* to go back.
To get back to the moon would require re-inventing damn near everything.
Heck, at the moment, the Russians are the only folks who can place humans in orbit.
Lest anyone raise the old argument about it being better to spend the money here on earth, keep in mind that it *is* spent here on earth. And that for the last 40 years we've been coasting on things created by and for the space program.