DocumentCode
916920
Title
Moonstruck
Author
Sweet, William
Volume
46
Issue
6
fYear
2009
fDate
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
52
Lastpage
57
Abstract
There´s a palpable longing to go back, but does it make sense? Of the nearly 7 billion people on Earth today, four out of five were not alive when the first lunar landing took place. Without a doubt, a great many of them would love to see people back on the Moon again. But does it make sense to spend the US $50 billion it might cost to get them there? Do we need a base on the Moon to get to Mars? And if not, should we bother going to the Moon at all?
Keywords
Moon; Moon; lunar landing; lunar manned mission; Abrasives; Costs; Earth; Mars; Mood; Moon; NASA; Skin;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2009.4977614
Filename
4977614
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