US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon
arstechnica.com
This ticket to the Moon will probably go to a European or Japanese astronaut.

US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon - This decade::This ticket to the Moon will probably go to a European or Japanese astronaut.

  • You999@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    113·
    11 months ago

    Because landing on the moon is an excellent test bed for future scientific and commercial endeavors. But why an international person? Space travel requires support from the international community and an easy way to drum up support without being billed for it is to offer a spot on the mission and all of the prestige that comes with it.

    • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1119·
      11 months ago

      This planet is on fire. Going to the moon right now makes no sense. Solve the world’s problems first before you set out to create the same problems somewhere else.

        • sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          11 months ago

          this is bullshit. terraforming Mars or any other place in the solar system is going to cost orders of magnitudes more than solving earth problems. and no, we’re not even close to interstellar travel