Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon
During the Cold War, competition between the the United States and the former USSR was fierce, as the two countries rallied for the chance to make history by getting to the moon first. In 1959, the Soviet Union beat the U.S. to become the first nation to reach the surface of the moon with its Luna 2 spacecraft. But, the United States was the first country to put man on the moon in 1969, and to this day is still the only nation to have landed people on the moon. To date, only five nations, the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and India, have completed a successful soft landing on the moon. But bolstered by evidence of the presence of water and other natural resources, many more nations and private companies are now seeking to get to the moon. And whoever is able to establish a significant lunar presence first could have big implications on Earth as well as the cosmos.
Chapters:
Chapter 1 - Why go back? 2:02
Chapter 2 - Major players 5:44
Chapter 3 - First-mover advantage 9:30
Produced, shot and edited by: Magdalena Petrova
Animation: Jason Reginato, Christina Locopo
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Footage: Getty Images, JAXA
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Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon
This is far better competition than firing missiles and bombs against each other
make sure they bring duct tape for the Boeing parts lol
Imagine what we could achieve if we shared our resources instead of trying do it all on our own.
Chandrayan 3 strongly indicated that water just won't be on surface but under the lunar surface. Vikram(the lander) did a test on lunar surface by drilling into it and measuring the underground temperature. The result was quite interesting just a little below from surface the temperature dropped quite a lot.
Looks like the moon is going to be something else to fight over
"For All Mankind" here we come
Space exploration is for the benefit of all irrespective of which country explores it. Hope this brings the world together and put all enmities aside.
Getting my popcorn ready for the lunar war saga
Just tell America that there is oil on the moon and they will send their army up there to "liberate" it.
SLIM, congratulations on landing on the moon!
The moon's lack of atmosphere and low gravity benefit it becoming a nominal launch platform for future missions.
It mostly comes down to who can develop the rockets to take a lot of payload to the moon to set up a colony, because it requires huge amounts of equipment to keep a colony running. Once SpaceX has the Super Heavy + Starship running, the US is going to have a huge lead over other countries in terms of the cost per kg of transporting to the Moon. Methane and oxygen can be made from lunar soil and water, so the Starship can be fueled from the moon. I simply don't see hydrogen rockets as viable because it is questionable whether they can be made reusable, since hydrogen embrittles the metal and it is so hard to store hydrogen for long periods of time.
I would like the world to know that the budget for science and technology in Japan is very small, that it is done on a limited budget, and that failure is not tolerated.
We landed on the moon decades ago. We're now trying to work out how we did it😂
"I'd go to the moon in a nanosecond. The problem is we don't have the technology to do that anymore."
If is was so easy we did it in the 60's we wouldn't be talking like "when we finally get someone there" this renewed rush is feels like an admission the 60's landings never happened...
It is weird that in 1960s, we can land on the moon many times, like going to the back yard of our house. And we even play golf on the moon. And we could have REAL TIME VIDEO CONFERENCES among moon landing module, moon orbit module and earth. And we could automate lift off with the life support modules from moon to 300 miles up moon orbit like it is nothing, even if 1/6 of earth gravity.
I feel a colony on the moon should be first before mars. 3 days vs 6 months is hands down wayyy better.
It's only been 20,097 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes and 0 seconds, or 55 years, 9 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes. Technology hasn't advanced that much since then, right? Why such a rush?
very excited to see high definition video streaming from the moon when one of the landers successfully land on the moon