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Why was this thread removed from /sci/ ?

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Sorry Yuros, but the moon with which you must stare into every single night is American clay
>but muh space treaty!
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>>2062866
What's the point of going to the moon if we're not gonna land any man on it? Why could we do it easily in 1969 but not anymore today? Surely we have better technologies...

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>>2063750
Use your brain for just a second
If we could do it easily in 1969, then obviously technology isn't the issue. The issue is funding and risk:reward
Why did the Apollo Program end in 1972? Simple, it's because we already proved we could land people on The Moon 6 times and reach the moon through orbital craft 9 times by that point. Congress gave NASA an ultimatum, either send people to the moon a 10th time, or, shift funding and focus to Skylab, the Apollo Applications Program, and the Space Shuttle. While we consider the Apollo Program an amazing achievement nowadays, you have to put yourself into the minds of taxpayers in 1972, nobody saw the need to continue the Apollo Program over other missions by that point in time.

Why are we returning to the moon in 2026? Because newer technology does promise more affordable missions, pressure from China is reigniting the Space Race, NASA plans on setting up a permanent settlement this time, and the ISS is being decommissioned in the 2030s, which frees up time and money for NASA to re-focus its human space flight program.

>>2063750
We need helium 3 for fusion but robots could mine the moon for it until we're ready to colonize the moon

>>2063753
Stupid retard

>>2063750
King, when they got to the moon they discovered a base of ayylmaos up there which were not pleased for humans to be there. So they quite forcefully asked humans to stay away from the moon and consequently after a few more tripa there (to keep up appearances) the moon program was quietly dismantled.