To think millions of litres of fuel shouldn't be wasted on sending a rocket to the moon

[Viviennemary]

With this current fuel crisis it's total madness sending a rocket to the moon. What is the point. Nobody is even going to land on the moon. Doubt therei s any oil on the moon.

@Creativeher do you not think those things would have been invented anyway

I always wonder that we are slowly destroying Earth one way or another, should we be going into space to ruin that too

Maybe they would have been except for GPS that literally requires satellites to function but it was the unique challenges of being in space that speeded up their development

Nobody is even going to land on the moon.

What do you mean by this?

Rocket fuel is hydrogen and oxygen. I’m not sure what we could do with that, other than send a rocket into space.

I agree. Let’s concentrate on what we currently have, and try not to kill it.

@Viviennemary Favourite part is the implication that either the mission was to find an alternative oil source (well it would bypass the Strait) or that they were hoping to offset their oil use by bringing some back with a potential source that only NASA is aware of. Love it.

This is the kind of gold that kids ask Chatgpt (or Google in my day)

It's also fun watching them launch when on holiday in Cape Canaveral,

Anyone who is opposed to space exploration lacks normal human curiosity imo. Why the heck don’t you want to know more about the universe? Every small child looks up and shows interest in the stars - it is a normal part of being human to ask questions about what we see up there.

Space travel is expensive and takes lots of brain power? Except that it doesn’t really, not when you look comparatively. NASA currently costs 0.35% of US federal spending. They employ fewer than 14k people (out of 170M workers in the US). These are actually depressingly low amounts.

I completely agree with you. It’s totally unnecessary.

Brain power???

Jeez, it's not rocket science....

I agree.
Giant boys toys in many ways.

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Well it's not.

Some people just have very small minds. And that is OK.

Happily some of us think bigger than scratching in the dirt for survival.

List of inventions that unimaginative people once thought were “pointless”

• Light bulb — Experts called Thomas Edison’s efforts a “conspicuous failure”; many doubted electric lighting could ever replace gas or candles practically.
• Telephone — Dismissed as an “electrical toy” with too many shortcomings to be a serious communication tool.
• Automobile — Seen as an expensive novelty that would never replace horses or bicycles due to high costs and impracticality.
• Airplane — Labeled a mere “scientific toy” with no real military or practical value.
• Bicycle — Ridiculed as a dangerous fad; some predicted the “popularity of the wheel is doomed.”
• Printing press — Initially viewed skeptically despite its potential, as it challenged traditional manuscript copying.
• Fork — Mocked as an effeminate or unnecessary utensil when introduced to Western Europe; people preferred hands or knives.
• Umbrella — Considered a ridiculous accessory for men or a sign of weakness when first popularized.
• Television — Predicted to be a commercial disaster and financial flop after early demonstrations.
• Laser — Called “a solution looking for a problem”; early papers were rejected as pointless extensions of existing work.
• Xerox (photocopying) — Rejected by over 20 companies; executives asked, “Who the hell wants to copy a document on plain paper?”
• Personal computer / Internet — Early versions and concepts were downplayed as niche or military-only tools with limited everyday use.
• Mobile phone — Often seen as an overpriced luxury gadget that few would need beyond business elites.

You think it’s a waste of money and brain power because you have no idea what they’re doing, don’t understand any of it and I’m guessing have no interest in space research.

The money is small fry compared to the money and resulting damage to economy they're spending on a pointless war right now...

Artemis II is orbiting the moon, not landing on it.

When we’ve used up all the resources we have on Earth, we are fucked. Exponential growth within a finite system inevitably leads to collapse. Space exploration is possibly a way to unlock resources from elsewhere to save our species? Plus the research and development into it often gives rise to inventions and discoveries that can benefit us here.

Honestly though I think it’s too late. I can’t see us developing the technology fast enough to get there in time. Fingers crossed though 🤞😆

Ask wallace and gromit surely? 👀

I do want to know about space, but I don’t think $24 billion should be spent on it per year when there’s more pressing issues on Earth. Let’s sort our own planet out first.

There is categorically no oil on the moon. The moon was formed before the beginning of life on earth and organic matter is required for oil generation. But as has already been discussed this isn’t the goal of the mission

Totally agree with this.
There are children starving to death in the world and we spend billions sending men into space in a tin can.
Ive always found it strange.