YES............. No question about it.
If the United States doesn’t do it, who will? Who might? Can we afford not to do it?
I suppose a Moon base is the next logical step for future space exploration.
I was an adult when JFK declared we were going to send the first man to the Moon. I remember those who said it could never be done, it would be too expensive, we had too many more urgent problems here on Earth. We were constantly threatened by the Cold War.
I remember how many Americans felt frightened and insecure when the USSR beat us into space with the launching of Sputnik. I remember the public criticism of the money NASA was spending at the same time LBJ declared the War on Poverty. There were those who felt getting our troops out of Vietnam was more important than going to the Moon. Our cities were being burned by race riots, and we were going to the Moon!
Well, America did land a man on the Moon. We are a richer country today than ever before. Our leadership in space ended the Cold War (Reagan’s threat of Star Wars).
Our research in space exploration paid many dividends. It led to many profitable new technologies and treatments for disease.
Future space travel research may just be what we need to develop alternative energy for use on Earth.
Is it worth the $500-800 billion price tag? I can't even comprehend that much money. Just put it on the tab.................... If we move onto the Moon, who is going to evict us?
