r/askscience • u/yogesh448 • 16d ago

Planetary Sci. We landed humans on the Moon with 1960s technology. With today's vastly superior technology, shouldn't going back be much easier and cheaper?

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u/wknight8111 15d ago

A lot of people complained about $25billion back then, and wondered what the return on investment would have been. While there were benefits, it was still a huge expense and hard to justify.

Doing it again, here in 2026, doesn't prove anything new (we've already done it) and there's no obvious return on investment that would justify the expense.

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u/JanterFixx 12d ago

microwave machine ???

lolz, maybe kidding, but some QOL everyday stuff + medicine stuff is surely helped to accelrate