Why didn't the US return to the moon???

The US had won the space race with the Russians to land on the moon and return safely. There was nothing there to explore or discover. All future tests or research could be done in low earth orbit (i.e. the space station or the shuttle program). Plus the risk needed to leave low earth orbit to reach the moon involves going thru the Van Allen radiation belts which are extremely dangerous, and makes that kind of mission too expensive for the low payoff.

Don't try to be a great man, just be a man. And let history make it's own judgements.

Nope, they beat the Russians (that was the whole purpose after all) .They went there 6 times, discovered the place was pretty dull after all that effort and money, and never went back. No reason to unless you plant to set up a full time base.

Is the website in the movie http://lunatruth.com/ for real?

Or is it just a PR stunt to promote the movie?

Especially when it says here on IMDB that the movie is pure science fiction, with the usual authentic camera shots from the real landing.

With all the blackened documents, it sure looks real...or maybe just another Conspiracy Theory hype!

There's a Decepticon base there. It's too dangerous. I'm being DEAD SERIOUS...

They returned 5 times.

What we have here is failure to communicate!

Thats hilarious@!

For the same reason we don't have a manned spaceflight program now -- we were going broke. It cost a ton, we'd already done it 8 times, and the economic consequences to fight in Vietnam AND push forward with all the Great Society programs were beginning to be felt by the time of Apollo 18 (hence the economic misery of the 1970s).

After Apollo 11 landed on the moon and the U.S. had beaten the Russians in the Great Moon Race, Americans quickly lost interest in future missions. Even prior to the landing, Americans bitched and moaned about the money being spent on Apollo all during the 1960s. A frequent refrain was, "Why are they spending all that money on going to the moon when we need (fill in the blank) right down here on earth?"

As the movie, Apollo 13, illustrates, the Apollo 13 mission (which was only the third manned lunar landing mission) was not being closely followed by Americans until the near disastrous accident occurred. After the successful return of Apollo 13, Americans lost interest once again. The Apollo missions were so successful, except for 13, that they became viewed as routine, just as Space Shuttle launches were until the Challenger blew up.

By the early 1970s, the heady days and the pioneering spirit that JFK brought to the country were long gone. Visions for advancing manned space exploration, including going to Mars and beyond, ended in the filing cabinets and waste baskets at NASA. Instead of a mission to Mars, the U.S. pursued a mission to low earth orbit that continues until this day.

U.S. administrations since Nixon have had to justify the expense of continuing space exploration to an ever more skeptical and cynical public. In 2012, does anyone hear a drumbeat of public opinion demanding more expenditures on space exploration? The same was true in 1972.