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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 26576537, member: 27832&quot;]What do you believe happened instead?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;They&quot; (we) certainly <i>can</i> get people there now. It&#039;s just that we&#039;re not as willing to put people in great danger without a pressing need - and, make no mistake, getting to the Moon and back put the astronauts in <i>extreme</i> danger. Putting people on the Moon with 1960s technology was more a stunt than a stepping-stone. And, of course, there&#039;s the colossal expense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Space is <i>hard</i>, and getting there is <i>expensive and messy</i>, and we need economic or political justification to do more than we&#039;re already doing. I can think of <i>lots</i> of economic justifications, but I&#039;m not really in a position to evaluate them against the risks and expense.</p><p><br /></p><p>We do have individuals like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson pushing to get more people into space. Since I grew up on science fiction and the Apollo program, I&#039;d like to see them succeed in those efforts. But I&#039;m not sure <i>their</i> judgement on the issues is that much better than mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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