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Apollo 17: The mystery of the last moon landing
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Why did NASA stop at Apollo 17? And did they actually stop? NASA did, in fact, have three more missions planned after Apollo 17, Apollo 18, 19 and 20, but the missions ‘allegedly’, never took place.
Let say that officially, the last known mission where human beings walked on the moon was NASA’s Apollo 17 that took place in 1972.
It was the final moon landing and end of the Apollo era, but it was also the last time human beings left Earth’s low orbit; the Apollo 17 Mission lasted for 2 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 59 seconds. Apollo 17 landed on the Taurus–Littrow valley, located on the southeastern edge of Mare Serenitatis along a ring of mountains that formed between 3.8 and 3.9 billion years ago when a large object impacted the Moon (Theia).
But why did NASA stop at Apollo 17? And did they actually stop? NASA did, in fact, have three more missions planned after Apollo 17, Apollo 18, 19 and 20, but the missions never took place. The movie Apollo 18 has quite a few details that many ufo researchers support, proving a good point according to some. The Apollo 18 mission was planned and was meant to land on the Copernicus crater, but various landings sites were given and was changed to Schröter’s Valley according to “NASA OMSF, Manned Space Flight Weekly Report” dated July 28, 1969. Apollo 19 which was also planned and discussed to touch down at the Hyginus Rille or Copernicus region and Apollo 20 was originally destined for the Tycho crater, the Surveyor VII site, but none of these missions took place, and many of us have wondered why? Why did NASA stop? Was it because of economic and political reasons as some suggest or was there something more to it?
Things went really well for Apollo 17 it was a mission that broke several off-world records, including the longest manned lunar landing flight, it was also the mission that had the longest total lunar surface EVA’s (Extravehicular Activities), and it was the mission that brought to Earth, the largest lunar sample and was also the mission with the longest time in lunar orbit.
Apollo 17 had three Moonwalks that lasted over twenty-two hours and covered according to reports, over thirty-five kilometers. It was a mission of great success, yet it marked the end of manned lunar exploration, at least to date. Official explanations as to why NASA discontinued Apollo were the lack of funds, even though the agency had planned a visit to Skylab in 1973 and 1974 and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 but there was always a shortage of money and very little political support.
Technology has been developed since then to achieve great goals pushing our boundaries further. NASA’s Orion capsule is proof of such advancements, and it is a new hope for Space exploration and colonization. We have practically forgotten the moon, shooting for the Red planet instead which is by far more expensive than missions to the moon. Even though there are mixed feelings when it comes to manned missions to the moon and why we haven’t been up there for forty years, not all researchers agree on the matter. Even though some point towards extraterrestrial phenomena on the moon, some completely dismiss this idea.
The movie “Apollo 18” goes through several interesting things, taking an alien approach when it comes to the moon and why we haven’t been up there. But do not forget that even though the movie itself might be fascinating, it is still a movie with a script written for a particular purpose that some misunderstand as being filled with facts. NASA has been very clear when it comes to moon conspiracy theories; they have opposed all of them even though you can find a lot of “material” online that could suggest there is another story to it.
It remains a mystery why we have not been to the moon and why are space agencies worldwide avoiding trips to the moon, making it seem as if the moon was tedious and useless, but lets not forget that for further missions with the goal to explore our solar system, the moon is the ideal next place we should be going as technology allows us, now, more than ever the opportunity to explore and take advantage of the moon’s surface and resources.
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2broke4 her
Space Mites were hard to kill and they attacked the electronics.. that is the real reason!
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Daniel Vance
You’re actually kinda close.  The dust on the moon is made up of very sharp glass shards from all the impacts it’s endured.  When they get in or on to any any surface it begins shredding it.  There are even reports of the dust cutting through the hands and feet of the spacesuits.
2broke4 her
actually from what I have read in the past.. Moon dust is real gritty, has is an electrostatic charge, it sticks to everything, it is corrosive especially  when it comes in contact with moisture, its a nightmare for electronics / electrical systems.. the dust from what i remember is not shards of glass as you say but the particles in the dust made up of magnetic iron, and is  coated in glass, from the heat of meteor impacts, which in the report it wore a hole in the layers of Kevlar in  Schmitt’s boots.. but I could be wrong as Im getting old and read that 8 years ago!
Daniel Vance
That sounds right.  I just remember them bringing it up right around the time Jade Rabbit went kaput.  They were throwing that out as a possible explanation and were talking about how destructive it was and that to call it dust really didn’t help the common person to understand what they were dealing with in that regard.  Cheers!
2broke4 her
I read also that if they do set up a moon base, there will be several decontamination chambers using magnets and vacuum to remove dust from the suits, since they are electrostatic charged and then the suits are removed and bagged, step into another  chamber and again repeat and into another chamber and repeat.. then they have the issue of the seals being eroded by the dust because it is corrosive.. then they have an issue of breathing in the dust and screwing up the lungs.. sounds like lots of fun!
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