Apollo Mission: Why We Haven’t Gone Back To The Moon? Why did we stop going to the moon?

Introduction:: in the late 1960s, the United States of America conducted the Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo. For the dream of sending humans to the moon. Mr. John F. Kennedy’s dream of “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth“. Here we know more about these Apollo missions.

All About Apollo Missions:

Do you know why the Apollo mission and the urge to go to the moon and send humans to the moon was started? Is it because of WAR? War? What kind of war? You guys ask me. It’s a COLD WAR, the war between the USA and the Soviet Union to conquer the space race. It’s a race between the USA and Russia. In 1957 Soviets became the first country in the world to launch the first artificial satellite it was named Sputnik and it was the first man-made object.

Why Moon Landing?

The American government was shocked to see the Soviets getting ahead month later, in 1958, America launched their satellite as well. But 3 years later, in 1961, America got another shock. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first person to go to space. The Soviets beat America once again. One week later, the president of America, John f Kennedy, wrote a letter to the vice president dated 20th April 1961. He asked the vice president if they could beat the Soviet Union. “… By putting a laboratory in space, or by a trip around the moon…” Asking if there was another space program that could be achieved quickly. That would produce dramatic results and give them a lead in the race. He got the answer some days later because he soon realized that the next big step would be to send humans to the moon. On 25th May 1961, in his famous speech, he promised the world that he would send humans to the moon before the end of the decade. Not only this, he also promised to get the humans back on earth safely.

How Did They Do It?

 Imagine 1961, there were no smartphones, no internet, there wasn’t even GPS technology. The computers were so slow and old. In such Times, he promised to send humans to the moon. For this, over the next 5 years, he provided $7-$9 billion, in additional funding to the space program. The entire space agency was engaged in fulfilling this one aim. Many months later, the tests began. First, they tested the rockets that would be used to leave the Earth. Then the heat shields of the command modules were tested. How much they’d be able to resist heat? Then the propulsion system of the service module. Between 1963 and 1967 many unmarried tests were carried out. In February 1967, they planned the first manned tests. A test in which astronauts will go up to space in the rockets. This was Apollo’s first mission. As we know Apollo-1. But during the tests on Earth, on 27th January 1967, the cabin caught on fire, and the three astronauts preparing to go to space died in the Fire. Apollo 4 Apollo 5 and Apollo 6 were all unmarried missions. For further testing. They test and add something to it and more tests and more missions. And all the effort comes to pay. Finally on 16th July 1969, Apollo 11 mission was launched. A Saturn V-5 rocket was used to launch this spacecraft.

Is The Flag Still On The Moon?

How Many Times Have We Been To The Moon Since 1969?

Between 1969 and 1972 there are 6 crew lunar landings took place on the moon. The first moon landing was on Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as the first moonwalkers. The last moon landing was on Apollo 17, with Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt as the last moonwalkers. If we look at the number of people who have worked on the moon 12 men have worked on the moon. In that three astronauts made the journey to the moon twice: James Lovell, John Young, and Gene Cernan.

Why We Haven’t Gone Back to the Moon?

Many people strongly criticized NASA and the American government after the moon landing. People were already criticizing it before the moon landing. In January 1962, The New York Times published an article revealing that the money spent to go on the moon could have been used to build at least 12 0 Harvard-sized universities. The main point of criticism was that there were so many problems in the country education, and income inequality, back when America was also facing the consequences of the Vietnam War. So why was so much money wasted on this?  People are asking the government.

Only 3 years after the Apollo 11 mission in December 1972, the lost moon mission Apollo 17 took place. Since then friends it has been almost 50 years. In those years no other person went to the moon. Perhaps this is the biggest proof of how expensive The Apollo program was. More than 4 lakh engineers, scientists, and technicians, had worked on it. And the total cost back then was $ 24 billion. In today’s money, the cost is more than 100 billion. As the Vietnam War continued the problems of the citizens were on the rise, even though NASA had plans for missions up to Apollo 20, that’s why they stopped the moon missions.

NASA’s Upcoming Moon Mission’s

But 50 years later, now NASA has made plans again to send people to the moon. Their new Artemis program. They would begin testing with unmanned rockets but NASA plans that by 2025-2026, they would send the first woman to the moon. After that, they plan to send the first person of color to the moon as well. One thing can be said for sure, before the end of this decade we will see humans back on the moon.

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