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<blockquote data-quote="Green Knight" data-source="post: 171500" data-attributes="member: 2723">Somebody asked why we haven't gone back to the moon, yet. What, do we just have money to burn on bs? Are Americans supposed to cough up billions of dollars just so we can send a couple of guys up there for no real reason? What're they gonna do, plant another flag? Not as if we're running out of moondirt and are in desperate need for more. &nbsp;If we ever go back to the moon, it should be for a reason other than &quot;Why not?&quot; A tangible reason which'll produce tangible results. We've already sent people to the moon for the purposes of sight-seeing and to one-up the Russians. Nothing will be accomplished but wasting money better spent elsewhere if we send more people there just for &quot;the hell of it&quot;. &nbsp;And you make some good points, Mistwell. Be nice if private industries were allowed to do whatever they want to do in space without NASA butting their heads in. If some company wants to have a space tourism business then let them. A mission to Europa WOULD be more interesting than a mission to Pluto, that's for damn sure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Green Knight, post: 171500, member: 2723"] Somebody asked why we haven't gone back to the moon, yet. What, do we just have money to burn on bs? Are Americans supposed to cough up billions of dollars just so we can send a couple of guys up there for no real reason? What're they gonna do, plant another flag? Not as if we're running out of moondirt and are in desperate need for more. If we ever go back to the moon, it should be for a reason other than "Why not?" A tangible reason which'll produce tangible results. We've already sent people to the moon for the purposes of sight-seeing and to one-up the Russians. Nothing will be accomplished but wasting money better spent elsewhere if we send more people there just for "the hell of it". And you make some good points, Mistwell. Be nice if private industries were allowed to do whatever they want to do in space without NASA butting their heads in. If some company wants to have a space tourism business then let them. A mission to Europa WOULD be more interesting than a mission to Pluto, that's for damn sure. [/QUOTE]

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