The tech isn’t “lost” as in we don’t know how to do it. The tech is “lost” in the sense that we spent billions building giant single use rockets, then shut down the factories to move on to other projects.
If we wanted to turn around and build the exact same thing, we could. But all it would accomplish is sticking a couple people on the moon for a few days again. We already did that, and we don’t want to waste the money it would take to repeat the stunt.
What we want is sticking people on the moon for a few months at a time, for a fraction of the cost. Which requires different tech and different rockets. We also want it safer, and more repeatable. None of those things can be done with the old equipment.
I thought it was due to one of the articles that I remember reading some time, which stated :
the lack of documentation due to a rushed project
most people who worked on it being now retired or perished
… causing the lost technology, meaning that some specific techniques/solutions/rule of thumbs that might have been used at the time, might have been forgotten, making newer projects, unable to use that as a base.
We frequently leave low earth orbit. We land shit on the moon, on Mars, on asteroids. We just don’t bother sending people. This guy is just straight up wrong.
The tech isn’t “lost” as in we don’t know how to do it. The tech is “lost” in the sense that we spent billions building giant single use rockets, then shut down the factories to move on to other projects.
If we wanted to turn around and build the exact same thing, we could. But all it would accomplish is sticking a couple people on the moon for a few days again. We already did that, and we don’t want to waste the money it would take to repeat the stunt.
What we want is sticking people on the moon for a few months at a time, for a fraction of the cost. Which requires different tech and different rockets. We also want it safer, and more repeatable. None of those things can be done with the old equipment.
I thought it was due to one of the articles that I remember reading some time, which stated :
… causing the lost technology, meaning that some specific techniques/solutions/rule of thumbs that might have been used at the time, might have been forgotten, making newer projects, unable to use that as a base.
We frequently leave low earth orbit. We land shit on the moon, on Mars, on asteroids. We just don’t bother sending people. This guy is just straight up wrong.