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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 (www.businessinsider.com)

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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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[–] Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

this may be an asinine fear based on my rudimentary knowledge, but I hope they never drill the moon, because human greed can't be contained and some dumb ass will just see $$$ signs like some looney toons cartoon shit in their eyes and want to mine the whole thing up. Then there goes a ton of shit that we depend on the moons gravity for.

[–] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The moon is a fourth the size of Earth. Even if we had the infrastructure and technology (spoiler, we don’t), we can’t even make a tiny tiny tiny tiny dent in the moon, at least in the next hundred years or so. Heck, nuking the moon with every nuke humanity has won’t even make a noticeable dent in the moon!