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Space 1999 was science fiction. It was written from the idea that we would have at least a base on the moon. Then came Apollo 13. Then came budget cuts. Then came the Space Shuttle and the ISS (not to be confused with ISIS). 1999 came and went and the only really big events that year was the Y2K scare and the brief re-emergence of The Artist Formerly Known As Prince or Whatever He is Going By Today.
But I wonder, will we ever have a real base on the Moon? What do you think? What would be its purpose?
But I wonder, will we ever have a real base on the Moon? What do you think? What would be its purpose?
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There was a movie about why we haven't been back. It may be fiction, but it does pose an interesting question: is there some kind of funky alien lifeform there that NASA, Homeland Security and the White House don't want us to know about?
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Yes, but it will probably be a remotely operated Helium-3 mine. You may not know it, but China 's Lunar exploration program already has a lander on the moon and their "Chang’e 5" test vehicle just successfully conducted a lunar orbital rendezvous to rehearse China’s first mission to return lunar samples to Earth. Which is expected to occur in 2017. They are basically at the Apollo 8 stage with a full set of missions in the wings.
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