What was the year that the last man walked on the moon?

Tom Seigo, you are out of your mind! We have gotten such benefits from the space program that you cannot even begin to count. I will name just a few: Temper foam (temperpedic bedding) came about as a protective for astronauts during launch and re-entry. regular foam only compresses under weight, and rebounds (spring back) when there is no weight. Astronauts go from 1 G to high G force to weightlessness. Temper foam shapes to a body, holds body heat (important in space where cold is extremely cold) and protects the human body in ways regular foam cannot. Do you own a cell phone? How about the computer on which you do Quiz club? Do you check the weather reports? Do you grow crops at a greater rate than ever before because you can see what nutrients are needed in your farmland due to satellite photos? Do you own a GPS system for your car? Do you have an accurate watch? Are you happy with international phone calling, on-time televised world news, micro surgery, light-weight metals that are far stronger than steel, hydrogen-powered cars, solar energy, micro processors, greater understanding of the human body, safer helmets for race car drivers, and therefore safer helmets for motorcycle riders, microweave fabrics, better insulation for human wear and for your houses, cars, etc.,safer, larger passenger jets, hi definition television, velcro!, more efficient internal combustion engines, jet engines and rocket motors, better and safer parachutes, the first cooperative successful efforts between enemy countries (the USA and the USSR), and so forth! If this doesn't convince you, then I ask you about all the young men and women who, because of their interest in the space program, went into scientific jobs and developed so much else that you just take for granted, including freeze-dried food, food that can be reconstituted by adding water, (but NOT Tang),and learning so much more about the earth and its history, as well as learning about the solar system, our galaxy and beyond. It is too bad to have to say, Tom: your post only shows your ignorance of the facts. In the history of humanity, the United States Space Program is one of the first peaceful activities (non-wars) of a nation to advance technology on so many levels.

Tom, you are obviously out of touch with reality and live in some kind of lala land. kwalkley did am excellent job of summing up maybe 10% or 20% of the new technology that came out of the early Space flights.

jerry aj, Poorly worded question. Maybe "the last time man walked . . . . . "

Ken Walkley, Great response! I would have liked to have been able to read and laugh at the absurdity of the comment you answered.

Ken Walkley, Great response!! I wish I had seen the original comment. Just to laugh at the absurdity that it had to be!!

I knew this. Because Harrison Schmitt a New Mexico native was the next to last man on the moon on the Apollo 17 mission. The last man was Commander Eugene Cernan. I was a young child, but grew up proud that a New Mexican, like me, had walked on the moon. And that he was the only professional Scientist to have visited the Moon.

Vince Savage, actually millions , and would of been more if corrupt third world governments didn't steal all the food and resources from their people

kwalkley, absolutely beautifully stated. Short sighted people only looking for the immediate pay offs from R & D have never fully understood the worth of this kind of long-term investment. Thank you for giving so full-throated a defense of science.