Mogao si to i sam proguglati, ili logički zaključiti ali evo nekoliko:Black swan wrote:prežvakali ste ga vi koji sumnjate u to
ajde u kratkim crtama zašto bi bilo isplativo posjećivati kamen u svemiru
The moon has a great deal of mineral wealth, platinum group metals, rare Earths, a possible fusion power fuel called Helium 3, and water and other volatiles trapped in cold traps in permanently shadowed craters at the poles.
If large areas of the Moon are developed into solar farms then energy could potentially be beamed back to Earth, or used on the Moon for surface operations or spacecraft charging.
A lunar colony could also serve as a base of operations for near-Earth asteroid miners.
Ponavljam, ako na tom "kamenu" nema ama baš ništa zanimljivo i korisno za čovjeka, te, ako se tamo išlo isključivo zbog prestiža, zašto je onda bilo 6 takvih misija, a ne samo jedna ili dvije?The Moon is also a great location for launching rockets. The Moon has 1/6th the gravity of the Earth, which would reduce the amount of fuel needed to reach other destinations in the solar system exponentially.
S druge strane, mjesečeva površina se nije mogla detaljno istražiti za vrijeme tih 6 misija, ako tamo postoji nešto čime bi se čovjek mogao okoristiti (materijalno ili nematerijalno), zašto se stalo nakon 6 misija, i zašto niti jedna druga država nije tako nešto ponovila?