If they had kept going after reaching the moon, i feel like by now, we would’ve developed the technology to establish a colony on the moon. So why stop?
In: Planetary Science
The end goal of the Space Race was to reach the Moon. While there were technological innovations, the purpose was politics and prestige.
Remember that this is the height of the Cold War. The USSR and USA weren’t directly fighting each other to assert dominance. They were both out to prove that their respective countries could achieve better industrial and technological feats. There was no better way to show off than to go to places no man has been before.
The USSR beat the Americans in sending the first unmanned satellite, the first animal, and the first human into orbit.
So America went for the Moon.
The thing is that there’s nothing really there to make it worthwhile. Once the prestige was over, and the US flexed their dominance by sending a few more missions there, there’s no real reason to go back. The cost is unsustainable with nothing to gain.
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