How many people have been to the moon IN ALL throughout the years.?
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12 total\n\nhttp://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo.html\n\nAll were Apollo missions\n\nNeil Armstrong - Apollo 11 - July, 1969 \nEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin - Apollo 11 - July, 1969 \nCharles "Pete" Conrad - Apollo 12 - November, 1969 (may have been scheduled to land again on Apollo 20, though unlikely as he had already walked on the Moon) \nAlan Bean - Apollo 12 - November, 1969 \nAlan Shepard - Apollo 14 - February, 1971 \nEdgar Mitchell - Apollo 14 - February, 1971 \nDavid Scott - Apollo 15 - July, 1971 \nJames Irwin - Apollo 15 - July, 1971 \nJohn Young - Apollo 16 - April, 1972 (also on Apollo 10, without landing) \nCharles Duke - Apollo 16 - April, 1972 \nEugene Cernan - Apollo 17 - December, 1972 (also on Apollo 10, without landing) \nHarrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - December, 1972
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1) Twelve 12 American astronauts have walked on the moon.\n\nApollo 11: Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin\nApollo 12: Pete Conrad & Alan Bean\nApollo 13: << failed to land on the moon >>\nApollo 14: Alan Shepard & Edgar (Ed) Mitchell\nApollo 15: David Scott & James Irwin\nApollo 16: John Young & Charles Duke\nApollo 17: Eugene (Gene) Cernan & Harrison Schmidt\n\n\n2) What about the Van Allen radiation belts?  Wouldn't it have killed the astronauts?\n\nThe existence of the Van Allen radiation belts postulated in the 1940s by Nicholas Christofilos.  Their existence was confirmed in *1958* by the Explorer I satellite launched by the USA. \n\nThe radiation in the Van Allen radiation belts is not particularly strong.  You would have to hang out there for a week or so in order to get radiation sickness.  And, because the radiation is not particularly strong, a few millimeters of metal is all that is required for protection.  "An object satellite shielded by 3 mm of aluminum will receive about 2500 rem (25 Sv) per *year*."\n\n"In practice, Apollo astronauts who travelled to the moon spent very little time in the belts and received a harmless dose. [6]. Nevertheless NASA deliberately timed Apollo launches, and used lunar transfer orbits that only skirted the edge of the belt over the equator to minimise the radiation."  When the astronauts returned to Earth, their dosimeters showed that they had received about as much radiation as a couple of medical X-rays.\n\n\n3) Why haven't we been back?  \n\na) The "moon race" was an extension of the cold war. It was mostly about national prestige. We got there first and achieved our primary objective. There was some good science: surveys, measurements, sample collection. But it was mostly about being there first. Once we achieved our primary objective, there was no political will to go back. There still isn't.  Perhaps, if we discover He3 or something else valuable, there will be.\n\nb) I used to travel to Crested Butte, Colorado every year to ski. Because I don't go anymore, does it mean that I never went?\n\n\n4) The U.S. government scammed everyone?  \n\nIn 1972, there was a politically motivated burglary of a hotel room in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. There were only about six or eight people who knew about it. However, those people, including Richard M. Nixon, the President of the United States, failed to keep that burglary a secret. It exploded into a scandal that drove the President and a number of others from office.\n\nIf six or eight people couldn't keep a hotel room burglary a secret, then how could literally thousands of people could have kept their mouths shut about six faked moon landings? Not just one moon landing, but six of them!\n\n\n5) What about the USSR?  \n\nEven if NASA and other government agencies could have faked the six moon landings well enough to fool the general public, they could NOT have fooled the space agency or military intelligence types in the USSR. The Soviets were just dying to beat us. If the landings were faked, the Soviets would have re-engineered their N-1 booster and landed on the moon just to prove what liars Americans are. Why didn't they? Because the landings were real and the Soviets knew it.\n\n\n6) Why does the flag shake?  Where are the stars?\n\nTake a look at the first two websites listed below.  They deal well with all of the technical questions.\n\n\n7) Finally, please tell us what you would accept as definitive evidence that the six moon landings were real. Is there anything?
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Yes, I believe man has really visited the moon. Propaganda for what purpose? To beat the Russians? Please don't drink any kool-aid.
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Here's information from NASA.\nhttp://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/moon_worldbook.html\n\nHere's the wikipedia entry,\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
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Apollos 8, 10-17 travelled to the moon. That's 9x3=27 astronauts. As far as I know there were three astronauts that went twice, so 24 astronauts travelled to the moon.\n\nHere is the list of peaple that *walked* on the moon.\n\n   1. Neil Armstrong - Apollo 11 - July, 1969\n   2. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin - Apollo 11 - July, 1969\n   3. Charles "Pete" Conrad - Apollo 12 - November, 1969    4. Alan Bean - Apollo 12 - November, 1969\n   5. Alan Shepard - Apollo 14 - February, 1971\n   6. Edgar Mitchell - Apollo 14 - February, 1971\n   7. David Scott - Apollo 15 - July, 1971\n   8. James Irwin - Apollo 15 - July, 1971\n   9. John Young - Apollo 16 - April, 1972 \n  10. Charles Duke - Apollo 16 - April, 1972\n  11. Eugene Cernan - Apollo 17 - December, 1972 \n  12. Harrison Schmitt - Apollo 17 - December, 1972
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Look at the moon a lot.\n\n41\n\nDon't forget anything important.
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I think we will.\n\nAfter all, Bush is trying hard to get to Mars, and to do this the moon is a good stepping stone.  NASA of course woundnt object to going back either.\nChina has set a goal for themselves to not only go, but set up a moon base aswell by 2020 (or maybe it was 2015?).  I have my doubts about China doing it, but the US has a good shot.\n\nThen when you take into account the private companies that are starting to get into space travel (with the success of SpaceShip One), there will be an even greater ability to go into space.  If the government doesnt do it, private industry will, there is definatly a market for people wanting to go into space and the moon.  How long it will take to get the price down enough for the average person to be able to afford it is a different story.\n\nIt will be sad if by 2069 (100 years after the first moon landing) that we still have only went there 6 times.
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How far is it from Earth to the moon?\nIt is about 250,000 miles from Earth to the moon.
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6 Apollo craft have landed on the moon each with 2 astonauts on the moon lander and one man in the orbital craft. Apollo 11,12,14,15,16,17 have all landed on the moon.\nThese 12 men are the only people to have landed on the moon.
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There have been a total of 12 people who have set foot on the moon, 2 each from Apollo 11,12,14,15,16 and 17 missions respectively. \n\nThe 12 are as follows:\nNeil Armstrong\nEdwin "Buzz" Aldrin\nPete Conrad\nAlan Bean\nAlan Shepard\nEdgar Mitchell\nDave Scott\nJim Irwin\nJohn Young\nCharles Duke\nGene Cernan\nHarrison Scmitt
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6 manned missions landed on the moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17). Each Apollo mission has 3 astronauts, 2 of which descended to the lunar surface and walked around. That makes a total of 12 people (all Americans) who have ever walked on the moon.\n\nThe most notable NASA tragedies would be Apollo 1 (fire during a test, 3 people killed), the Challenger explosion (space shuttle exploded during liftoff), and the Columbia disaster (orbiter broke up on re-entry).
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The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 miles). The Moon's diameter is 3,476 km (2,160 miles).
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No they have not. The USSR had 3 programs to explore the moon, L-1, L-3 and Luna, and they were scaled back when it was realized that the Americans would beat them. They had planned a landing for 1968 when some disasterous setbacks made them realize it was not going to be possible. The Americans of course landed in 1969.
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There have been six.\n\n-- Apollo 11: July 16, 1969.\n(First manned landing on the Moon, July 20.)\n-- Apollo 12: November 14, 1969.\n-- Apollo 14: January 31, 1971.\n(The infamous Alan Shepard walks on the Moon.)\n-- Apollo 15: July 26, 1971.\n(First mission with the Lunar Rover vehicle.)\n-- Apollo 16: April 16, 1972.\n-- Apollo 17: December 7, 1972.\n(Last Apollo mission.)\n\nYes, all the landings were done within a 2-1/2 year period. Back then, there was a LOT of excitement about actually landing on the surface. But ever since then, the level of interest has been waning, and thus NASA could not justify the tremendous cost of a lunar expedition to Congress to appropriate the necessary funds. More focus has been going into unmanned exploration and surveying, with the bulk going into more practical Earth-orbit missions.\n\n(You'll notice that Apollo 13 is missing from the list above. If you've read the book "Lost Moon" or seen the movie "Apollo 13", then you know exactly why. ^.^)
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There are 47 known moons. You can answer you're own question by going here.\nhttp://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm%3Ffobjectid%3D35229
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The moon is 238,900 miles from the earth.
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The Moon has a surface area of 152 million square kilometers.\nThe Earth is 13.5 times larger.