Something is holding us back from settling the moon.
We ought to have a thriving Moonbase by now. The missile tech is old, it hasn't changed in decades. Can anyone recall anything useful being done on the ISS? It is the most wasteful moneypit I have ever heard of. It was supposed to be a halfway station to the moon. Then it was highjacked.
The tech to send cargo into space or the moon is well established. Before astronauts land on the moon, tons of cargo could be sent ahead of them on rockets and a habitation ready to live in.
Space travel will never be interesting to the masses until we have people living and working in space on a regular basis. Then the funding will be come because people and corporations will see the benefits on a daily basis. The research that could be conducted has huge potential, but nothing.
We rubes have been duped.
According to Wiki, the ISS has cost
International Space Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Costs
The cost estimates for the ISS range from 35 billion to 160 billion dollars.[26] ESA, the one agency which actually presents potential overall costs, estimates €100 billion for the entire station over 30 years.[25] A precise cost estimate for the ISS is unclear, as it is difficult to determine which costs should be attributed to the ISS programme, or how the Russian contribution should be measured.[26]
We ought to have a thriving Moonbase by now. The missile tech is old, it hasn't changed in decades. Can anyone recall anything useful being done on the ISS? It is the most wasteful moneypit I have ever heard of. It was supposed to be a halfway station to the moon. Then it was highjacked.
The tech to send cargo into space or the moon is well established. Before astronauts land on the moon, tons of cargo could be sent ahead of them on rockets and a habitation ready to live in.
Space travel will never be interesting to the masses until we have people living and working in space on a regular basis. Then the funding will be come because people and corporations will see the benefits on a daily basis. The research that could be conducted has huge potential, but nothing.
We rubes have been duped.
According to Wiki, the ISS has cost
International Space Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Costs
The cost estimates for the ISS range from 35 billion to 160 billion dollars.[26] ESA, the one agency which actually presents potential overall costs, estimates €100 billion for the entire station over 30 years.[25] A precise cost estimate for the ISS is unclear, as it is difficult to determine which costs should be attributed to the ISS programme, or how the Russian contribution should be measured.[26]