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Originally Posted by Tethler
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There wasn't just the 1 moon landing. There were 6 between 1969 and 1972. According to NASA, 12 humans have walked on the moon. As to why we haven't been back recently, it's really expensive to send people to the moon. NASA funding in the late 60s was nearly 5% of the federal budget. After "winning", funding was cut down to roughly 1% of the federal budget by 1973. Today, NASA costs are only .5% of total federal dollars spent.
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This just seems highly suspect that with all of the technological advancements we have had in the past half century, we still havent gone back.
Have we even sent a rover back to the moon?