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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.

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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 45 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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.

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