Personally, I believe that if we were able to walk on the moon in the 60's, then it shouldn't be a problem to do it now, 40 years later! I heard that it would take years and an exorbitant amount of money to accomplish this now. Why? We already did it! With all of the technological advances, why is it harder to do this now than it was 40 years ago?

Originally posted by moonleaf
We already did it! With all of the technological advances, why is it harder to do this now than it was 40 years ago?

It's not that it's harder to do now than it was 40 years ago, but simply because all the equipment needs to be designed from the ground up, since we stopped going. Had we continued to go to the Moon for the past 40 years, it wouldn't be an issue. But since there is a 40 year gap, all the equipment needs to be redesigned, taking advantage of new materials and technologies that weren't around in the 60's. So a lot of relearning needs to be done in regards to that stuff. We need new Rockets, spacecraft, lander, rover etc. And it takes time and money to design, build and test all of that.

Going to the Moon ain't cheap.

Remember Khrushchev said, "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there". The moon landing hoax/no hoax debate is as simple as asking that question "Do you believe in God?" or something like that. It's a deep question of meaning. Look how many wars were started over a story and a few books! LOL.

Here is a ridiculous question: What was the technical or scientific reason to cover the lander legs in gold foil? [edit to add 2nd question]: What was all that "The FBI Files of Werhner Von Braun--Part 9" info supposed to be about? If anybody has a clue let me know

I certainly do not believe that the Apollo moon landing was a hoax. Perhaps some people (like at NASA) originally brought it out - in order to draw attention away from the extraterrestrial encounters that the astronauts had. It would be a case of "How could they have had extraterrestrial encounters, if they never went in the first place?"

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I don't see why the moon landing is so hard to believe...

This subject is right up my alley. For the past 2 years I have been studying the Moon surface, and the Earths surface. I do what I call, reverse image overlays. This is where I take an image of the Moon surface and flip it, then overlay it onto the Earths surface, or the other way around. What I have discovered, as hard as it is for most people to believe, is that the Moon has impacted the Earth many times. I have got to the point where I can take just about any crater on the Moon, and place it on the Earth with near perfect results. Most people would never think about doing this. If they did they would be shocked at how obvious it really is. I highly recommend people try it. I have some videos on youtube where I point out many impact alignments. There is no way I can be proven wrong, and I challenge anybody to try and do so. So in fact there are Moon rocks all over the Earth. In the process of doing this research, I have also discovered much more than just the Moon impacting the Earth. I have also been able to reconstruct much of the Earth surface to show how it was during these impacts. I can prove that the continents were not side by side, but instead layered, on top of each other. Australia I believe is the foundation, as it still shows the impacts around the outside of it as well as direct hits. These impacts push the continents off the top of each other, and push them around the globe. Sort of a high speed continental shove. One more interesting discovery, that I am sure nobody will believe, is that the Plateau and the Himalayas must have been completely flipped over during these impacts. Go ahead and laugh, but I can change your mind in a matter of minutes. As a matter of fact It may have happened twice.

Sorry! but the Moon Landings are a complete Hoax!