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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pedolph Shitler might drop the big one on Iran tonight. I'm a little more concerned about that.[/quote]
Right? This feels like a distraction. I’m not falling for it. Also, gas prices are astronomical (no pun) but we are spending money going to the moon *now*? Read the room. No one cares. We are trying to pay for gas and groceries and not lose our jobs and making sure we raise decent humans. Cool, we went further than ever before. What does that have to do with ANYTHING here on Earth? So what if the pics are cool? What does that really matter?[/quote]

These missions are planned years in advance -- no one knew we were going to be at war with Iran when  artemis ii launched. So it's not intended as a distraction.

It's not just about cool pictures. They are collecting data that can be used on future missions and that helps us to understand the moon, the sun, and our own planet better. Scientific exploration is often just about seeking understanding first, and practical applications come later. This has been true since Newton watched an apple fall to the ground and asked "why?"

But also it takes an enormous amount of collaboration to do something like this, and that has real value. This mission, in particular, features a North American collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency, and involves a Canadian astronaut, a first in NASA missions. At a time when our leadership is going out if it's way to destroy international collaboration and cooperation, NASA is pursuing it. That has real value.[/quote]

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