R&E Political Discussion - Spring 2026: I tend to agree. We could do an unmanned mission to map the dark side of the moon for far less.

R&E Political Discussion - Spring 2026
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I tend to agree. We could do an unmanned mission to map the dark side of the moon for far less.

Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on April 8, 2026, 5:46 pm, in reply to "Artemis II mission … $4 billion. Total waste of money. "

What additional strategic information will we learn from this costly mission? Probably none.

The government can't resist spending money it doesn't have. All financed with additional debt.

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Artemis II mission … $4 billion. Total waste of money. - CHE April 7, 2026, 12:32 pm

I tend to agree. We could do an unmanned mission to map the dark side of the moon for far less. - Mondo Fuego™ April 8, 2026, 5:46 pm

True, but we could use that money for other things, like housing for homeless vets, border control. - CHE April 9, 2026, 2:38 am

Could not agree more. - GOG April 7, 2026, 2:30 pm
- I mean, if there were habitable planets in reach, then fine - CHE April 7, 2026, 2:37 pm
  - Nature offers no free lunch. With every rocket launch a copious amount of ozone - GOG April 8, 2026, 5:07 am
    - Exactly, but the rich don’t care about that. - CHE April 8, 2026, 2:46 pm
  - They want to mine Helium 3 someday on the moon - Lucky April 7, 2026, 4:42 pm
    - Perhaps, but we should fix the issues we have on earth. - CHE April 8, 2026, 2:45 pm

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