Credits: NASA
Yes, soon we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of mankind making history by setting foot on the Moon.
But sadly in 3 years time we will also remember the 50th anniversary of the last man ever to walk on the lunar surface.
The scientific reasons to revisit the Moon don't seem to outweigh the financial cost to do so and the Cold War era finished back in the early 80's.
But given that this achievement could be done half a century ago and that technologies have evolved dramatically since then how hard would it be to send a new manned mission to the surface of the Moon?
Which technological issues remain problematic, and which ones have been overcome since 1969?
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With Chinese successful landing today we will see very soon more footprints on the surface of the moon: https://steemit.com/moon/@v4vapid/game-chang-e-r-or-china-lands-first-ever-probe-on-dark-side-of-the-moon
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Do you really believe we walked on the moon? What about the Van Allen belt radiation that would supposedly be lethal to pass, as Nasa admitted themselves a few years ago... Just wondering, kind of like a StemQ question...
I at least do.
To answer your comment: the Apollo missions just went through the belt in a region where it was less intense and very quickly. Moreover, the space module has sufficient protection to keep the astronauts safe.
Please let me know if you get the answer. I am really interested to get it too :)
Will do though I think the question is very broad.
It's not an easy one to answer properly in a single post.
I was thinking that the answer could be broken down into the following topics: rocket fuel, material design, electronic, software, biotechnology, international collaboration.
I agree with your factorization of the problem. Let's see where the answers will bring us to...