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Originally Posted by Slon
Wouldn't it be cheaper to take photographs or send probes instead?
What exactly did we bring back from the moon that proved to be so useful?
I think art should not be financed publicly unless it has practical purposes.
If people want to do it, do it privately.
I don't want funds wasted "just because they can be.
And why did we need to do that again?
Yeah, but is it useful knowledge?
They should have financed it privately.
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Well... they're not all completly unreasonable opinions and/or objections.
I disagree with most of them and find that others are too shaded by ignorance to really be valid or worthy of consideration.
But I'm not going to argue with you like Steve does either.
Here is a link to the
Apollo Program Summary Reports.
I think if you educate yourself some more, and you're a reasonable person, you'll find that there have been infinite benefits to a national space program and that Apollo was well worth the investment of time, money, and lives.