Unless there is gold or other precious metal up there, it is silly to waste money sending bogus researchers up to the moon to "colonize it".
Note to people: There is nothing up in space that we can reach and observe except by telescopes, etc.We can not afford this bullsh1t right now. It is silly.
Distances beyond Mars are way too far to be practically reached, in spite of the fact that Star Trek and other wanker fantasy shows feature it.
We need to focus on life down here, mainly by restoring the rule of law and the value of learning.
"Following the science" has nearly gotten us extinct in the past few years.
On the other hand, if they could build huge shuttles that we could pack with thousands of commies, rats, progs, antifa, satanists, etc., and fire them into the sun, well, that would be worth looking into.
No flames—I am going to lol when your post becomes the official position of .gov in a decade or so when they realize that they just can’t get it done...
We are devolving—despite the “happy talk” coming from PR flaks.