Originally posted by danj3ris
reply to post by ngchunter
It still does bother me however that it costs x amount of monies to create something capable of floating around space, and then its supposed to be demolished? It doesn't sit right with me, but I'm not a rocket scientist.
Think about it: What would be the other options?
Bring it back: That would require as much energy as it took to get it up there, making the probe a *lot* more expensive
Bring it back... why?: It just orbited the moon. It doesnt have anything on board we can't get our hands on down here (cheaper and with a much shorter delivery route than moon-earth).
And: as essan pointed out: we can get information out of the crash.
