Quote Originally Posted by Moose101
How do you know we wont go another thousand with our current technology?.
Look how fast we went from having just horses to building rockets, or even how fast computers have evolved. Our "current" technology never stays current for too long.

Quote Originally Posted by Moose101
You must be an american to actually believe that shit they put on that film. I've heard both sides. People died because of that bullshit; I think you took it too far.
The United States isn't the only one sending people into space and there are many more countries with space programs. If you pay the Russians enough you could go into space as well. As for the ones who died, they knew what risks they were taking going on those missions. There are many others who would risk death (including myself) to get into space or even into low orbit. If there was a 50-50 chance that I would die on a mission to the Moon I'd still go.

Quote Originally Posted by Moose101
The world laughed their asses off when they saw how fake it looked. You know why they wont go back? Because they can't, not even now. If they did, they'ld probably melt completely or get fried thru their visor.
I don't know why you say they should have been fried. Fried from what? The Sun via solar flares? That would be the only thing youâ??d really have to worry about, which is also something youâ??d have to worry about when (if) we colonize Mars. An ozone layer wouldn't do anything; it would only protect you from UV radiation. Solar flares give off much more intense radiation that would shoot right throu it. The only solution is to get more mass between you and the Sun, and that would require building underground. Even if we converted all the CO2 into Oxygen we would still need to live in pressurized biotopes and use suits to go outside. The air would be much to thin to breath. I don't think you would have to worry about natural disasters there, the surface is much less dynamical then the Earths. Anywhere you see a large number impact craters means that the ground hasn't move much in millions and millions of years.

EDIT: oh and the reason why no one is going back is because there is no real reason to, It's a big rock with no known resources (that is unless you like dirt)