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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What makes it cool? They aren’t even landing on the moon, which is also something we did 57 years ago. [/quote]

They have gone further in space than any human ever. The high res pics are amazing. [/quote]

The concern that rich jerks like Musk and Bezos have for going to space has made me lose interest.  We have real problems to solve on Earth but tech bros are super concerned about spending billions to go places we can't get to in a reasonable amount of time that are also inherently incompatible with life.

I like the idea of advances in technology and tech transfer but I don't expect a lot of benefits.  Tang and pens that can write when upside down aren't solving humanity's biggest problems.

Now that more nations are competing to get to the moon, I also foresee governments taking our territorial and national issues to space.  I was glad the Cold War ended.  Now it's back.  I don't want to waste money on "Who owns the Moon?"[/quote]

I understand these points and agree that watching Bezos and Musk use space as a dick-measuring contest is very off-putting.

However I followed Artemis II every day and enjoyed watching it with my kid. In many of their interviews, the astronauts talked about how leaving the planet and getting close to the moon really hammered home for them how rare and precious Earth is. And Mars is the same. Space exploration is cool and we should keep pushing these boundaries. But the astronauts emphasized that space travel makes them MORE invested in the earth, preserving it as a place to live for us and our kids and our kids kids. Because there is nowhere else for us to live that is even a millionth as nice as earth.

I think that's an inspiring message.[/quote]

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