Although I can see the exciting side of human space exploration, Osprey, it is a slow, costly and tricky business. Then I consider what fantastic work can be done these days with robotic alternatives and I feel a bit of a party-pooper. We already know humans can be sent to the Moon - but human space travel is a short-term and argueably pointless priority when you consider what can be achieved without human cargoes and related life support - for now anyway. I feel perhaps we need to show we can stop trashing planet Earth before we send any of our species elsewhere! This short clip makes my point in a terrestrial context.
Mount Everest has become the world’s highest garbage dump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jCmYUQ1Q88
I agree 100% (YouTube). I'd charge them much more and I'd name shame them as well.
Re moon missions, I reckon that when we've sorted our own backyard, re: climate, famine, war, etc,etc, etc, then we should travel outwards. but it really is a waste of time. There's probably aliens in the next solar system trying to do the same, only they'd be disappointed if they traveled here, as it's the same here as it maybe where they come from, lol. The 60's moon missions were political.
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