[anuraj]

Why is it that nobody could land on moon after 1972? After all cold war was still on. All moon landings happened between 1969-72. It is really unbelievable that US would forego such an advanced technology that nobody else had. There are many unanswered questions here.

[thmzlt]

Didn't you watch Transformers: Dark of the Moon?

[derleth]

> Why is it that nobody could land on moon after 1972?

Lack of political will to fund it. Funding wars was more important than funding science.

> There are many unanswered questions here.

Sadly, no. We know precisely what happened, and that's the depressing part.

[anuraj]

Has US ever been in an either or situation? Defence budget in 2010 is $680B, and cost of a moon landing is $18B in 2010 dollars. Given that both are deficit funded, and dollar can be printed at will, is this convincing?

[derleth]

> Given that both are deficit funded, and dollar can be printed at will

This bespeaks a gross lack of knowledge about how a modern economy works.

[anuraj]

Perhaps you may find it gross to understand why US has been able to spend well beyond its means - Does dollar denominated trade ring a bell?