On June 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface for the first time in human history, this event was broadcast live to the whole world. More than forty years have passed since then, but man not only did not colonize the moon, but, on the contrary, seemed to have lost all interest in it. So what happened, why did people forget about the moon for decades?
American astronauts have flown to the moon seven times. Six times they landed on the lunar surface, once, due to a serious accident (Apollo 13), the flight was terminated and the landing did not take place. After that, no new attempts were made to land on the moon.
There are two main versions of the loss of human interest in the Moon: the official one and one created by independent researchers of this issue. According to the official version, the program of flights to the Moon was very expensive, so it was curtailed, since the main goal - to get ahead of the Soviet Union in the lunar race - was achieved. In the USSR, after the defeat in the lunar race, the main emphasis was placed on the study of the Moon and other cosmic bodies using automatic stations.
According to the unofficial point of view, the person left the moon because he was "politely asked." There is some evidence that American astronauts, having landed on the moon, found that it was already occupied. Astronauts have repeatedly seen unidentified objects, this happened both in the orbit of the moon and on its surface. Later, according to the unofficial version, people were unobtrusively made to understand that their presence on the moon was undesirable. It was after this, realizing that at the level of science and technology achieved by the earthlings, there was no way to compete with the alien guests who had occupied the Moon, the American government hastily scaled down the research program and did not return to this topic for several decades.
This version seems to look very fantastic. Nevertheless, over the long decades of observations of the moon with telescopes, a number of phenomena that defy scientific explanation have been recorded. There are video recordings in which objects moving above the surface of the moon are clearly visible. Some of them emerge from one crater, move above the surface, and disappear into another. No matter how fantastic the version of the presence on the Moon of a different, different from human, form of life may seem, it has quite documentary evidence.
With the beginning of the new century, the return of man to the moon is being discussed more and more actively. What is the reason for this? With the fact that the exploration of the moon has become economically viable? Or with the fact that people were allowed to step on it again? There is no definite answer to this question. If there are any agreements with the alien guests who have occupied the Moon, they are kept in the strictest confidence and are unlikely to be declassified in the near future. In the meantime, one can testify that three countries declare their intention to visit the moon in the next ten to fifteen years: Russia, the United States and China. A new moon race has begun.
