Technology stood in the way. The technology just wasn't there to use and it will take another 6 years before it was developed.
The first men to to go to the moon and back were Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders, in the Apollo 8 , it was to orbit the moon and back. But Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon.
John F. Kennedy, in a speech on May 25, 1961, proposed a manned moon landing by the end of that decade. President Richard M. Nixon spoke to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins during the first moon landing on July 21, 1969. In a famous speech by John F. Kennedy, he stressed the importance that man seek knowledge that isn't readily available and almost impossible to obtain. One of those goals was to put a man on the moon, therefore making the "impossible" possible. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/25/newsid_4369000/4369187.stm
1. Like government, the moon is divided! Half of it in the light; the other half in utter darkness. 2. Like government, the moon's lit side, moves steadily into darkness! 3. Like government, the moon is totally in darkness, once every 28 days! Democracy, for my money; has been on the metaphorical dark side of the moon, since the Greeks first adopted it, as a method of government! Then what government is; In The Light Of Comprehension!
Neil Arm strong was the first man to land on the moon. He was a great American astronomer who is one of the well known people of the world.
The last man to walk on the moon was astronaut Eugene Cernan of Apollo 17 in December 1972.
The last time someone walked on the moon was Apollo 17 in 1972.
Last. No moon is called new moon.
1972 was the last manned flight to the Moon.
Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut. He was the first person to walk on the moon.
The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong, who walked on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The last man to walk on the moon was Eugene Cernan, who was part of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
The moon phase for last Wednesday was a waxing crescent, which means the moon is transitioning from a new moon to a first quarter moon.
The last time humans set foot on the moon was Apollo 17 in December 1972.
NO, the last landing on the moon 1972.
The four main phases of the moon are New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Last Quarter.
Only twelve human beings have ever walked on the Moon. They have all been American, and all have been men. The last time was in 1973.
The last manned lunar mission was Apollo 17 in December 1972