Honestly, it’s a waste of money. That’s my final answer, there’s kids that need food. I am no longer inspired by this stuff.
I’ve seen enough advanced technology for many lifetimes, we need something else as a species (more of that humanity thing).
I don't think it's mutually exclusive with food aid, though. If anything, it's taking money that probably would have gone into bombs and aeroplanes instead if we didn't have a space program. Honestly, it feels like we could redirect the entire military-industrial complex into space travel... retain the same pork spending but use it for rockets that aren't designed to land on our neighbours. Nice compromise.
Right now it feels like the privileged are being sent to the moon. Many babies and young adults are on battlefields right now.
But thank you for reminding me how important it is for the child to see something magical.
The truth is definitely quite deep.
Don't get me wrong. I'm excited about it but are we looking to get anything of use out of it beyond, "Neat"?
Space is still hard.
Aside from just "neat" we always have more to learn. The last Apollo mission was the only one to carry an actual scientist, prof. Harrison Schmitt. Artemis stands to do a lot more actual science overall. We still don't know how the moon actually got there.
As to what if anything useful we actually get from this, the same stuff we did the first time really. Though arguably much less economic gain.
NASA has a tiny budget - 0.35% of the US Federal budget. Kids aren't going hungry because of Artemis II. There are much better candidates to be upset about in that regard.
You want to save the world? by all means have at it. But let the science peeps do science things. Its not like the world would be any more saved if they weren't doing these things.
Some people truly grow up.
I’m sure folks said the same before the Green Revolution. “Plants have always grown one way!”