New at Reason: Ron Bailey on the 40th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

July 14, 2009

On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong first set foot on the surface of the moon. By 1972, just 12 men had landed on the moon and none have gone since. Does this represent a failure of imagination? Perhaps a failure of will? Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey argues that there is a deeper and more important reason why man has not returned to the moon: no profits.

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