Friday, July 17, 2009
First Moon Landing 40th Anniversary
As you all know, Mr Dobson loves anything to do with outer space. Monday 20th June 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the first people landing on the moon. Isn't that amazing! 40 years ago. That's from a time even before Mr Dobson was born!
Watch out for special TV programmes on Discovery, Nat Geo and the History Channel this weekend, that celebrate this amazing human achievement.
If you were the first person to step foot on the moon, what would you say? (You can hear Neil Armstrong saying "that's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind". Not what I would have said!)
It cost BILLIONS of dollars to get astronauts to the moon back in the 1960's and 70's. In todays dollars, it is estimated to have cost about half a TRILLION dollars ($500,000,000,000)
Do you think it is worth the cost to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020?
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11 comments:
isnt that the 21st?
Yes I do think its worth the cost to send astronauts back in 2020 but there is a risk of crashing so i`m 50/50 on that
Billy
Can you believe that 40 years ago Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.20 minutes after Neil had been on the moon buzz also went on the moon.
well half a trillion dollers thats alot of money, but isn't a bit of a wast if it crashed. (but sometimes it's good to risk.)
well half a trillion dollars, thats a lot of money,but isn't it a bit of a wast if it crashed(but sometimes it's good to risk.)
from MAYA
Idont think it is worth spending half a trillion dollars to send men to the moon, because the money could be used for education and health and hunger.
oscar
Im pretty sure that it would be cool but they might have to rase taxes ,to get enuff money to launch a rocet in to space but of corse not in Newzealand, because were to small and wed have to build a rocet launcher and wed have to build a spaceship as well half a TRILLION dollars!!!
byEmma!!!
I learnt that 3 people went to the moon in a space rocket 40 years ago today. 2 people got to walk on the moon- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Alldron. 5 million people watched on TV. Part of the space craft is still on the moon. When you walk on the moon you bounce higher than on Earth,because there is less gravity.
By HillARY
I don't think that it is worth paying that much money to go to the moon as we can use that money to fix up our planet. But everybody has their opinion.
Margarita
I don't think that it is worth paying that much money to go to the moon as we can use that money to fix up our planet. But everybody has their opinion.
Margarita
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