The United states should send a manned spacecraft to the moon

Con has responded this time perfectly, yet he has chosen to re-explain the same point he has been using since the beginning. Unfortunately for Con, this means that he wont be able to rebuttle again as this is the last round. Con has not produced any other arguement other than stating that it would cost alot more to send a manned spacecraft to the moon than to send a robot probe there. It would seem obvious though to Con, that after the first manned space craft launch to the moon, NASA already has the technology ready and available to send a man now. The reason the first time back in the 1900s for the heavy cost was due to there being lots of research needed and engineering which would all require funding for. Alot has happenned in a couple of decades since then.In NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, humans will return to the Moon before 2020, and that will pave the way for journeys to Mars and beyond.The reason NASA sent a space probe to the moon in 2008 was the first step: To record maps and measurings etc. of the moon. The Bush plan: More than three decades after the last man walked on the Moon, U.S. President George W. Bush proposed sending humans there again, to build a permanent base, and then on to Mars. "The desire to explore and understand is part of our character," Bush said in January 2004. "We do not know where this journey will end, yet we know this – human beings are headed into the cosmos. "Mankind is drawn to the heavens for the same reason we were once drawn into unknown lands and across the open sea. We choose to explore space because doing so improves our lives and lifts our national spirit." The new goals include sending robot explorers to the Moon by 2008 and human explorers by 2015. American astronauts would return to the Moon around 2015 with a human base to be completed on the Moon soon after. Human flights to Mars would follow in the next decade. The Moon would be used as a steppingstone for manned trips to Mars and beyond. Endorsement. Space professionals and enthusiasts have had a powerful desire to return to the Moon since the last Apollo astronaut left there in 1972. The Bush call for exploration of the Moon and Mars was the boldest space goal since President Kennedy called in 1961 for sending astronauts to the Moon. That goal was accomplished with six manned flights between 1969-1972. The scientists want NASA to study the composition and structure of the Moon's interior, the lunar atmosphere, and the Moon's potential as an observation platform for studying Earth, the Sun, and deep space astronomy. Why Go Back Now? Twelve American astronauts walked on the Moon between 1969-1972. No human being has been there since, so why go back now? Humans living on the Moon and Mars would allow Earth to exploit numerous opportunities for the generation of energy, astronomy, communications, mining, industrialization, and commercialization, as well as the future expansion of humanity across the Solar System. In later decades, Mars could be the jumping off point for human flights beyond the Asteroid Belt to the giant planet Jupiter. In particular, planetary scientists would be interested in landing on and exploring one or more of the moons of Jupiter. The renewed American interest in the Moon and Mars may have been stimulated at this time by the highly visible and successful first manned spaceflight by China in 2003. China, India, Japan, Europe and others want to probe the Moon and eventually land there. Most of the technology already is at hand, President Bush suggested increasing NASA's annual budget by five percent to pay for the expensive new plan. He also planned to ask other countries to participate in the project, which means rockets and spacecraft from other nations could play an important role. Everyone is keen to move on!I have used some information here that i have found on websites. Please vote for Pro!!!! :D