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CMV: There is no real reason to go back to the moon. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by jannaultheal@lemmy.world to c/changemyview@lemmy.world

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NASA has an "Artemis mission" planned. The goal is to establish a permanent moon base. But I don't see what we can do there that we can't do with robots. We'd have to provide space for people to live, and food, and water, and all that stuff. Not even mentioning 1/6 gravity isn't exactly healthy.

I'd rather we just send robots to the moon and do what we need to do there until we can easily build huge habitats for people.

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[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Establishing a human populated base attracts attention and money. It's not rational, but we humans rarely are rational. We get inspired by grand silly gestures like moon bases. It gives us hope. This hope literally helps us pay for the fuel and the R&D costs. We need lots of new technology and a lot of fuel to build that moon base. All of that technology will improve our lives here.

The brutal difficulties of space helps us recognize how good we have it here on Earth. It highlights the importance of conservation efforts.