Well, I believed it until I started to really think about it.
Considering the enormous amount of failures in space missions before and after apollo (on both US and Soviet side), the statistic probability of NASA landing successfully on the moon 6 times without a single loss of life is just too much to swallow. It is damn near improbable, especially given 60s tech. I do not much believe the Soviets accomplishments either. Too much propaganda in those days.
Also, if this has happened 6 times successfully there would be no need to reinvent the wheel completely. Couple of years ago I saw an interview with an astronaut, claiming the biggest obstacle was to find a way to survive space radiation on the way to the moon, and build a spacecraft capable of this. Puzzling, one would think after 6 successful landings, not to mention the non-landing missions beforehand, this (at least) was solved.
Israel tried to land a modern probe in 2019, quite catastrophically. If man ever walks on the moon for real, there will be casualties, failures and questions. The loss of not 1, but 2 space shuttles since 1986 is chilling proof. But, if successful, there will also be happiness and extacy on a level Neil Armstrong strangely did not display, after becoming mankinds most famous ambassador.
Sorry for the off-topic. I hope this new endeavour goes well. But I have my doubts about men on the moon in this decade, it will be extremely hard.
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