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Originally Posted by AwwSugar
Either way, why aren't we able to do it now?
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Why do you believe we're not able to send people to the moon? There's been 20-something people up there. It's not that NASA scientists forgot their papers somewhere and now can't figure out to do it anymore. In case you don't know, sending people to the moon puts lives at risk and costs money and if there's nothing new and important for them to do up there, then there's really no point.
Back then, there was political pressure to send people up there. JFK said in a speech in 1961 that they would safely send americans to the moon by the end of the decade and there was the space race with the soviets that upped motivation .. On top of that you could sprinkle some interest in scientific discovery and a general pioneering spirit.
Anyways, unsure if it's been mentioned so far in this thread, but there was actually a Mythbusters episode where they brought up several of the popular "hoax proof" myths that supposedly give evidence to the hoax hypothesis .. Of course all of them were debunked giving more credibility to the landing as being real. Not that Jamie and Adam are authorities on what's true or not, but it was a fun episode. Anyways, there's little doubt in my mind. The landing was real and I think people who don't believe in it are silly and sad for discrediting one of the most amazing accomplishments of our history. Especially you americans should be proud of the lunar landing.