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mindmetoo
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| itaewonguy wrote: |
also if America didnt go there..they would have sent a crew up there during the 80's to stick the flag in..
I mean why havent they gone back?? |
It was very expensive. At one point I think NASA was consuming about 10% of the budget. The Vietnam war took precedent. The actual science coming out was rather low for the billions spent. I think it was only the last mission that they actually sent a real geologist. Priorities also changed. Low earth orbit looked like it might have commercial and potential. |
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mithridates
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Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
also if America didnt go there..they would have sent a crew up there during the 80's to stick the flag in..
I mean why havent they gone back?? |
It was very expensive. At one point I think NASA was consuming about 10% of the budget. The Vietnam war took precedent. The actual science coming out was rather low for the billions spent. I think it was only the last mission that they actually sent a real geologist. Priorities also changed. Low earth orbit looked like it might have commercial and potential. |
Yeah, the Vietnam War had a lot to do with it too. At its peak NASA had 4% of the budget and it's never been above that, now it's at about 0.7% or so. |
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mithridates
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