kept in the dark.

[claymore]

For nearly 40 years we have had the technical know how and ability to get to the moon and return safely to earth .We have come a long way scientifically since 1968.My question is this ....why did lunar exploration cease so suddenly? Don`t tell me it was because we all lost interest, or it was too costly.I subscribe to the widely held belief that something was found on the lunar surface that would have challenged the fundamental beliefs we have about ourselves,church and state would never allow that sort of information to go public.Have we been kept in the dark long enough?

[chakka35]

They discovered tht it was made of green chease, after all, and the NASA scientists wanted to avoid embarrassment.

[naomi24]

I've heard this before - I don't mean Chakka's theory - although of course we all know that's highly likely - but yours Claymore. What do you think was possibly found there?

[Oneeyedvic]

I don't often buy into conspiracy theories, but I am not convinced that they did land on the moon - partly for your reasoning above (it suddenly stopped) and partly for the reasoning that the Russians never managed to land a person on the moon despite having the first man in space. All seems to fishy to me.

[heathfield]

They went to the moon, dropped off some scientific equipment, picked up a few rocks, and came home.

What else could they do (at vast expense) on any later expeditions that hadn't been done already?

[Oneeyedvic]

dropped off more scientific equipment (on the basis that it may have changed ever so slightly in the last 40 years).

Don't know about you, but I'm guessing that what we could now learn about the moon is a vast amount with the added technology that we have.

[seekeerz]

Perhaps the USA used the lunar flights to dump something 'undesirable' up there and discouraged any other countries from making further attempts.

I watched the televised first lunar landing and never for a moment considered it was anything else but the real thing - but that was before they made Capricorn One !!

[Llamatron]

It was a pi55ing contest between the Soviets and the USA.
The US' obsession with defeating the so-called red menace in all things meant they had to get there first.

Once they'd got there they'd won so why go back? Especially considering the astronomical cost.

I think the Chinese are planning on going next. Again, it's not about scientific advancement or the good of humanity but simply to prove that they can do it and that they're as good as or better than their western counterparts. Would scare the bejesus out of the yanks if the commies could establish a base up there.

[eleanswers]

There is a lot of info on the net about this. Search moon spacecraft theories. There is also a very good book called Alien Agenda by Jim Marrs which presents viable research into the theory that the moon was already occupied. There is also a theory that the moon is an ancient hollowed out alien spacecraft (this my favourite). It's very interesting & brings it home to us how we believe that we are taught, I'd never questioned the moon before, it's beautiful what ever it is.

[eleanswers]

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/luna/esp_lun a_19.htm

[Oneeyedvic]

agree that it was a pi55ing contest - and so what to do if you don't think you can win (and remember the Rusians were the first to get a man into space) - obviously Cheat.

Also strange that Russia still haven't been able to land someone there - but they aim to by 2025.

[naomi24]

Llamatron has a good point - by pointing out what a sad creature man really is.

Ele, I've read many books on the subjects you touch upon. I don't know how true they are - and I have my doubts - but nevertheless, it's interesting and thought-provoking.

[dannyday5821]

Ive often wondered this myself - and i tend to agree that something else happened that they havent told the pubic about. be a discovery or something else who knows? could it just be that when they got to the moon, they realised it was actually just boring, so didnt bother anymore? plausable i suppose. more interestingly still, who knows what info will be declassified from the past 7 years that could shed light on this very topic? the next generation could be watching a documentory about the top secret research facility built on the moon that we currently dont know anything about! far fetched? perhaps. but i always recall the two headed dog and monkey head transplants they did in russia during the cold war - something whipped right outta a sci fi block buster, and the public never knew until it was all declassified.

[Oneeyedvic]

just to be a bit pedantic (sorry) the two headed dog was indeed Russian, but the monkey experiment was Amercian.

Just to go back to the moon landings - do we really believe that scientists could have discovered all they needed to know about the moon in 6 trips (the last being in 1975).

So, did they land there at all or is there something else there?

I tend towards the former as not a single other state has managed it (Russia being the key one)

[chakka35]

Come on, folks, there's no mystery here. Kennedy wanted to make a grand gesture to show the USA's superiority in space. Job now done; no need to repeat it.

Also, the Saturn rocket which enabled the trip is no more and its designs have been scrapped. There is simply no point in starting again from scratch to revisit a barren sterile piece of rock.

The moon is old hat; Mars is next.

[The Sherman]

the moon is rich in a source of fuel that could be used on this planet. Can't remember what it is but there is scientific debate as to whether we can start mining on the moon for this energy source. Hopefully that dispels some of the crazier theories!!!!!