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#4328944 - 01/16/17 10:12 PM RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon  
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The heroes are leaving us one by one.

You are GO for eternal orbit.

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#4328951 - 01/16/17 10:47 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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Sad, the last man to walk on the moon did this so long ago to. And we still
have not gone back. Live their lives with knowledge we could go only see it
never happen.

RIP Gene


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#4328956 - 01/16/17 11:02 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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#4328959 - 01/16/17 11:14 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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#4328960 - 01/16/17 11:18 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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I remember him well. He was on the Gemini program too. He left his daughter's initials in the lunar dust. They will be there a billion years.

Vale


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And his ghost may be heard if you pass by that billabong
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#4328966 - 01/17/17 12:06 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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RIP


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#4328993 - 01/17/17 02:38 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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Shame there is not another grand challenge to create a future generation of folks like we saw in the Apollo program.

What he did was not ordinary; he walked on the Moon.

RIP

#4328997 - 01/17/17 02:48 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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I highly recommend this recently created video about his life:

http://thelastmanonthemoon.com/


Rest in Peace Sir.

#4329018 - 01/17/17 05:32 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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"There were giants on the earth in those days."


"You'll never take me alive" said he,
And his ghost may be heard if you pass by that billabong
"Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?"



#4329026 - 01/17/17 10:29 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: piper]  
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Originally Posted By: piper
Shame there is not another grand challenge to create a future generation of folks like we saw in the Apollo program.

What he did was not ordinary; he walked on the Moon.

RIP


Yes, it is a very sad and big loss to humanity. There are others whom have been inspired by the Apollo program and have taken the torch to another level within our lifetime:





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#4329032 - 01/17/17 11:17 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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#4329103 - 01/17/17 03:58 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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It's a real tragedy we've not been back.



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#4329213 - 01/17/17 09:54 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
It's a real tragedy we've not been back.



The Jedi Master

Gene would have agreed with you.

RIP


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#4329267 - 01/18/17 02:32 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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#4329278 - 01/18/17 03:24 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: Jedi Master]  
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Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
It's a real tragedy we've not been back.


Sure, it's a "real tragedy" that we started spending money on other things after getting men on the moon six times.

Here's a very incomplete list of "useless things" that happened in space exploration since the Apollo program:

International Space Station.

Space Shuttles.

Cassini/Huygens.

Multiple rovers and orbital craft for Mars.

Voyager 1 and 2 - complete waste of money and scientific resources, yep...

Pluto/Charon/et al flyby.

Dawn mission - Ceres and Vesta.

The list goes on and on and on.

#4329280 - 01/18/17 03:29 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: Zamzow]  
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Originally Posted By: Zamzow
Originally Posted By: Jedi Master
It's a real tragedy we've not been back.


Sure, it's a "real tragedy" that we started spending money on other things after getting men on the moon six times.

Here's a very incomplete list of "useless things" that happened in space exploration since the Apollo program:

International Space Station.

Space Shuttles.

Cassini/Huygens.

Multiple rovers and orbital craft for Mars.

Voyager 1 and 2 - complete waste of money and scientific resources, yep...

Pluto/Charon/et al flyby.

Dawn mission - Ceres and Vesta.

The list goes on and on and on.






None of which compare to humans actually going there.


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#4329281 - 01/18/17 03:32 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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Well what do you want? More moon rocks?

Explain what exactly would be achieved in a cost effective manner by sending humans to the moon again right now.

Personally I think NASA and the rest made the right call.

EDIT: Now I'm not saying we should never go there again....


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#4329287 - 01/18/17 04:16 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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The surface area of the moon is about 50% greater than the surface area of North America, do you really think we've extensively explored that area with only 6 visits, all of which were on the near side of the moon and within a relatively narrow band of latitude?


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#4329290 - 01/18/17 04:26 AM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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The minerals on the moon would provide enough to explore the rest of of our
Solar System and beyond. Mining and a Colony to process these ores would be
in the best interest of our future.


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#4329382 - 01/18/17 03:04 PM Re: RIP Gene Cernan - last man on the Moon [Re: semmern]  
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Everyone, and I mean pretty much everyone on Earth, assumed that by the end of the 20th century we would have a permanent presence on the Moon. A full-fledged outpost the size of what we have in Antarctica, which is only slightly easier to get to, although quite a bit cheaper. Yet somehow it's like Columbus returned from the Americas and everyone in Europe just said, "nah, it's too much effort, we have some barely seen parts of the mountains over there we could look at though."


There are two major issues. One, vulnerability. A planet can become uninhabitable long enough for most species to die out, whether due to natural or unnatural events. Getting a significant enough portion of humanity living off planet to ensure we continue is a worthy goal.

Two, room. We can't keep increasing the planet's population by 1 billion people every 20 years. We need room off the planet to expand to. The Moon is the obvious first step, Mars the logical major one. Ideally we would find more hospitable planets elsewhere, so we're not all vulnerable to just one sun's possible issues, but that will require a major breakthrough in propulsion tech we haven't made yet.

I think we can all agree going for a bunch of rocks is indeed a dumb way to risk lives and spend resources now.





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