Next US moon landing will be by private companies, not NASA

AP ^ | 11/29/2018 | MARCIA DUNN

[CMailBag]

Because our ‘Little Black Sambo’ didn’t like it.

[The Great RJ]

Sad to think that the brilliant engineering and technological breakthroughs that allowed the U.S. to put men on the moon 50 years ago was squandered. Had the US continued with a manned moon program, we would be celebrating 25 years of manned moon bases and have made at least flybys to Mars.

[wally_bert]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cpbN_LSRwQ

[null and void]

The Man Who Sold The Moon:

The technical problems are solvable with money and talent. To solve the tougher financial problems, Harriman exploits commercial and political rivalries. He implies to the Moka-Coka company, for example, that rival soft drink maker 6+ plans to turn the Moon into a massive billboard, using a rocket to scatter black dust on the surface in patterns

[amorphous]

Also sad and ironic that the month following our last trip off planet, our USSC authorized trips to abortion centers.

I ponder if there is some relationship.

[Huskrrrr]

Thanks. I had forgotten this movie.

[SunkenCiv]

• 9 US Companies Are Going to the Moon! Here Are NASA's New Partners.

[wally_bert]

Decent series until the cute kid element was brought in later.

Too bad Andy Griffith was such a jerks and dim supporter.

[GingisK]

The first moon landings were not done by NASA either. They were accomplished by NASA contractors.

[amorphous]

True, however they were all American contractors. Look at the list of Insight mission teams and where they are from:

The InSight team is comprised of scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines and is a unique collaboration between countries and organizations around the world. The science team includes co-investigators from the U.S., France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/teams/mission/

Not a bad thing for a mission like Insight perhaps, but maybe not such a good thing either. Especially when time, money, and IP secrecy is an issue - which would be the case for corporations looking to profit from such ventures, Imho.

[GingisK]

Oh for Pete’s sake! The ISS was international as well, yet we funded it almost single handedly. We don’t need anyone else involved.