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joshv

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Or can the entire thing and spend the money helping humans here on earth, or spend it addressing or adapting to climate change.

We've already set foot on the moon - it was a political stunt that did nothing but signify our massive, outsized wealth and power compared to the rest of the world - for some reason we feel the need to duplicate this plumage display. Why? We've now got the technology to satisfy any amount of scientific curiosity we have about the moon with robots - up to and including returning samples.

There is zero scientific value to sending humans to the moon.
 
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