07-21-2009, 02:52 PM
Kakarat Wrote:Thudz Wrote:Breand Wrote:If we have the technology to place shit on the moon, and we have the technology to keep a human being alive in outerspace for an extended period, why wouldnt we have put a man on the moon?
I'll reiterate, I'm not saying we didn't.
Your question over simplifys exactly what is required for such an event to take place. The landing and subsequent takeoff are probably the two biggest hurdles a manned moon landing would have to overcome.
Ask the same question but instead of Moon say Mars.
Well Thudz, the fact that it took 3-5 years for the equipment we have on Mars to get there. We would have to have some sort of cryostat technology to get a human there. Which I am sure is available today. For the most part, the question isn't can we get a human to Mars, but can we bring that human back from Mars?
My point exactly. You can't just say that since we can do A and do B means we can do C when A and B don't add up to C. Given what I know about the technology we had in the late 60's and early 70's I wouldn't doubt we could put a man on the moon. Getting them off however, I'm still skeptical.
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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
-Thomas Jefferson
Spread my work ethic not my wealth.