Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
I actually think it is a waste of money to carry out missions like this. It costs a fortune to do that and I think that would be money better spent on trying to improve conditions here on earth. Just as people are turning away from globalism, I think people should turn away from space. Until we have a decent system on this planet and we can protect our own citizens, then we have no business poncing around looking for water on moons. We have plenty of water here and we are poisoning it on a daily basis. We need to get our priorities straight.
A lot of positive has come out of space exploration and as long as private money is financing it a lot of it then it is worth it.