Is going to the moon again a good use of resources?

Is going to the moon again a good use of resources?

Is going to the moon again a good use of resources? Should we spend the money on exploring options for the future? Spend it on cleaning our planet? The answer to all of these questions is yes. Whilst going to the moon improves our technology and gets us one step closer to sci-fi films becoming reality, are we really going to improve our technology enough to leave our ruined planet? We could use our resources to explore new planets, or we could use them to fix our home planet. Going to the moon is a good use of resources, yes. However could these resources be used on more useful things, also yes. We need to fix our planet or we will die a gruesome death and you will die and I will die and that guy next to you will die and that girl who is sitting outside on a bench will also die. 

Earth Rise - Perhaps the Most Valuable Thing from the Moon.

Realistically what are we going to gain by flying to the moon? Renewable energy sources? A solution for climate change? A fairy princess who will swoop down sand solve the planet that we messed up so majorly? The answer to these questions is no. As much as all humans fanaticise about easy solutions, reality is a lot harsher, there is no simple fix to what we’ve done and flying to the moon just because we can is not going to help solve anything. So in answer to the question from the beginning; Should we use our resources on flying to the moon again? We don’t know. No one knows. Maybe there is a fairy princess on the moon, maybe there is a renewable energy source, or maybe it will just be a colossal waste of resources and time.

Life Cycle Assessment for Amazon Climate Pledge