Many Americans think NASA returning to the moon is a waste of time and it should prioritize asteroid hunting instead, a poll shows::Americans like NASA, but don’t support their funding going towards moon missions, according to new polls.

  • HousePanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com
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    1 year ago

    The only reason it would make sense to return to the moon is to establish a base for exploration of Mars. I go really back and forth on space exploration. On one hand it is a giant money pit. On another, the research that has come out of space exploration has been beneficial to life here on earth.

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      The technologies we invent along the way are worth the investment, in my opinion. Look at everything that came out of the original space race.

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      1 year ago

      The technological breakthroughs aside, the first company that returns with mined goods from space is gonna be worth trillions.

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      the research that has come out of space exploration has been beneficial to life here on earth.

      But space is 100% innocent.

      It was just a huge pile of money spent on research and development.

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        Yeah and we only spend massive piles of cash on war and space exploration. Both have resulted in technology advantages but I prefer space exploration.