Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon

During the Cold War, competition between the the United States and the former USSR was fierce, as the two countries rallied for the chance to make history by getting to the moon first. In 1959, the Soviet Union beat the U.S. to become the first nation to reach the surface of the moon with its Luna 2 spacecraft. But, the United States was the first country to put man on the moon in 1969, and to this day is still the only nation to have landed people on the moon. To date, only five nations, the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and India, have completed a successful soft landing on the moon. But bolstered by evidence of the presence of water and other natural resources, many more nations and private companies are now seeking to get to the moon. And whoever is able to establish a significant lunar presence first could have big implications on Earth as well as the cosmos.

Chapters:
Chapter 1 - Why go back? 2:02
Chapter 2 - Major players 5:44
Chapter 3 - First-mover advantage 9:30

Produced, shot and edited by: Magdalena Petrova
Animation: Jason Reginato, Christina Locopo
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Footage: Getty Images, JAXA

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Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon

[space_guy_]

This is far better competition than firing missiles and bombs against each other

[ejdrexmann]

make sure they bring duct tape for the Boeing parts lol

[ianbattles]

Just tell America that there is oil on the moon and they will send their army up there to "liberate" it.

[lu.]

Imagine what we could achieve if we shared our resources instead of trying do it all on our own.

[もかママ-kh]

I would like the world to know that the budget for science and technology in Japan is very small, that it is done on a limited budget, and that failure is not tolerated.

[RvkKJ]

"Soft landing are typically the most costly missions."
NASA: Yes. We needs billions of Dollars.
India's ISRO: We'll do it with $75 million tops.

[KiranAlokkan]

Space exploration is for the benefit of all irrespective of which country explores it. Hope this brings the world together and put all enmities aside.

[adjacent-smith]

Getting my popcorn ready for the lunar war saga

[gerardanderson]

"For All Mankind" here we come

[PLACESNONDESCRIPT]

USA fears china will show no lunar landing 😂

[daryllect]

"Back" to the moon?
Back?
They never went in the first place.
"Back"? Ha! Haa! Haaa Haaa!

[existinthenow]

"I'd go to the moon in a nanosecond. The problem is we don't have the technology to do that anymore."
-Don Pettit (NASA astronaut)

[timothysands]

That was some really smooth animation of the various moon missions. The soft landing animation was outstanding 👏

[xanden]

Looks like the moon is going to be something else to fight over

[もかママ-kh]

SLIM, congratulations on landing on the moon!
Thank you, JAXA!

[Astrashastra]

Chandrayan 3 strongly indicated that water just won't be on surface but under the lunar surface. Vikram(the lander) did a test on lunar surface by drilling into it and measuring the underground temperature. The result was quite interesting just a little below from surface the temperature dropped quite a lot.

[mhmohammed]

What these countries are trying to achieve is bigger than anyone's ego. It's the progression of the human race.

[blakyut]

The world is rushing to the moon to find proof America actually landed there, America is rushing to the moon to cover its tracks 😂

[DNANDROID]

It's simple. Moon to Mars exponentially easier than Earth to Mars. The shuttle can be fundamentally different. It just needs to be assembled there.

[roffa]

Back to the moon? We've never been there. Fake landing😂