re: Proposed Moon Mission Offers Little Value at Astronomical Cost

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Really the best thing that could ever happen is the Chinese landing on the Moon. You can bet your arse someone would be walking on Mars within the decade if that were to occur

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this,

people forget that we went to the moon not because we were uber scientific or had dreams of a true space age but because we were at war with the Soviet Union . Once we won, all significant funding went away. War is over, therefore we don't need to spend any more money.

Look up the YouTube video "we stopped dreaming" with ND Tyson.