It seems that President Obama has come to his senses!
The moon - quite a long way away? Courtesy NASA
Bush started a programme in 2004 known as Constellation – it was costed at $104bn!
Whilst the original moonshot in the 1960′s when Kennedy galvanised the western world I cannot see why mankind would want to spend £65 billion on proving we can go to the moon – again? Or have I missed the point? As a kid I was fascinated by space and the Apollo missions – Buzz Aldrin sounded just great! But that was then… the world has moved on. We have other priorities.
We may have learned a lot as a result of the work NASA did but there are myths about how they ‘invented’ new products – velcro for example. That was invented by George de Mestral
But that diverts the argument. Imagine what we could do with £65bn. We could probably wipe out ‘homelessness‘. We could train doctors to eradicate many of the worlds diseases – especially in the third world.
I know the money won’t go to such causes. Perhaps Obama will use it to sort his health reforms?
