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CMV: There is no real reason to go back to the moon. (lemmy.world)
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NASA has an "Artemis mission" planned. The goal is to establish a permanent moon base. But I don't see what we can do there that we can't do with robots. We'd have to provide space for people to live, and food, and water, and all that stuff. Not even mentioning 1/6 gravity isn't exactly healthy.

I'd rather we just send robots to the moon and do what we need to do there until we can easily build huge habitats for people.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

There are 2 reasons here.

  1. Science. There's a lot of science to be done up there, and robots can really only manage a few experiments at a time. Humans are general-purpose robots who can adapt and improvise and manage lots of different projects at the same time.
  2. Exploration/inspiration. I think a big part of this is an attempt to rekindle interest in space exploration/science in general. 'Hey, a robot found some neat stuff on the moon' is interesting, but 'Hey there are people living up there and they've found some neat stuff on the moon' is a lot more engaging and inspirational.