Is it true?/You don't say. /You don't say. The fact is that since Clinton, he has shouted the slogan of returning to the moon for more than 20 years (Trump also shouted at least twice), but there is no shadow! It's really hard for America to return to the moon!
Yes, from Apollo 1 1 in1in 969 to Apollo 17 in 1972, Apollo 13 oxygen tanks failed, and the United States has manned the moon six times. It was the highlight moment when American high technology crushed the Soviet Union during the Cold War!
Therefore, every time the president of the United States wants to boost the morale of the US military, as well as the scientific and technological circles and the people, he will always put forward the slogan of returning to the moon (Trump has repeatedly shouted to return to the moon)!
However, when it comes to implementation, there are many difficulties:
For example, at that time, the computer memory was only 8K, and now the home computers are all a few G's, which is not the same. If you didn't use that crude computer, you'll have to make a new one! All programs should also be rewritten;
Many other equipments are the same and too old, so we need to develop a new set. It is not that there is no moon landing technology in the United States, but to adapt to the current equipment running-in, it is necessary to redevelop a whole set of systems.
For example, Saturn V rocket with thrust as high as 3,408 tons and low-earth orbit carrying capacity as high as 1 18 tons was sealed after 1973 Apollo moon landing program and later Skylab, and later the drawings were lost.
Even if the drawings are not lost, can such a huge rocket system be made? Most of those spare parts manufacturers have disappeared, and the workers who are familiar with the manufacturing process have long since passed away;
What's more, the manufacturing industry in the United States has been seriously hollowed out, and it is difficult to reunite so many talents and manufacturing workers like the Apollo program!
Netizens will definitely say that Musk's heavy rocket Falcon 9 has flown many times, and the heavier starship has also been tested. Isn't it enough to replace Saturn V on the moon? Musk also said that he will go to Mars in 2025. Isn't going to the moon a piece of cake?
Musk is very enterprising. It's really different from China's internet giants who only know how to grab the food basket, but manned landing on the moon is a huge systematic project and more expensive!
The Apollo program cost $25.5 billion, equivalent to more than $500 billion now. At that time, in order to compete with the Soviet Union, the United States tried its best to fight! The whole country supports it. What about now? Even if Musk is the richest man in the world, he can't afford such a huge fee!
The federal government of the United States, whose national debt exceeds 27 trillion, has no time to take care of it. The American people are more concerned about how to avoid the COVID-19 epidemic. Why do they want to go to the moon?
For the Trump administration of the United States, in order to maintain global hegemony, it will not give money to unprofitable projects in the near future, and the cost of NASA will be reduced again and again. Even Arecibo, once the largest radio telescope, closed down because there was no cost support!
Trump said he would return to the moon, but he also signed the themis Treaty, which laid down the rules for the development of the moon. Just shouting slogans. Where did the money come from?
Not only do we have to build new rockets, we have no money to build spaceships, we have no equipment (money has no natural equipment), and we have no talents! The American Space Department has long been a place where middle-aged and elderly people gather together, which is in sharp contrast with the average age of 33 in China!
The reason is very strange. Since 2000, with the prosperity of American economy and the reduction of scientific research expenses, most of the students who graduated from famous American universities in science and engineering turned to finance! It has caused the current talent gap.
That's a tangible benefit of landing on the moon, which the United States can't get (there are also military benefits that require huge investment).
In recent years, the reason why the world is keen on exploring the moon is mainly focused on practical interests: developing helium 3 on the moon! Even India has joined the exploration of the moon.
Helium III is the best nuclear fusion material. There are millions of tons of helium on the moon! And 100 ton helium triple fusion power generation can meet the global power supply! Calculated, it can meet the global 10000 power supply, and its value is self-evident;
The reason why the United States does not have enough strength to land on the moon is because it has no money, no equipment and no talents. There is another reason: there is not much breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology in the United States. The laser nuclear fusion, which had high hopes, failed and returned to the original technical route. China is the boss at present!
Therefore, the United States is in a hurry, and there is really no way but to suppress it.