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I hate Artemis II. Have I gone off the deep end? (hexbear.net)

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I see this moon launch as an exorbitantly wasteful, nationalist project. No money for healthcare and housing, but plenty of money to boldly go where man has gone several many times before.

When I bring this up with liberal friends and family, they give me a sort of incredulous look and talk about how wonderful and scientific and non-political it is. I don't mind being the "you've gone too far left" guy, but you talk to the same people about military spending and they're right on board.

Is someone here able to diagnose my crankiness and explain why this is actually a good use of resources? (Will also accept echo-chamber validation and ways to use this to increase class consciousness, if offered.)

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[–] thefunkycomitatus@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago

You know what, maybe because it's a Monday but I'm going to go off the deep end with you.

The biggest argument is that NASA does not manufacture stuff so most of that money is going to contractors, to the same aerospace industry that's making weapons and bombing people. People seem to think that NASA is a different thing than the defense industry and I'm not sure why. I went to Kennedy last year and Boeing owns the big space shuttle hangar (now being converted by private hands for other projects). Space X, Blue Origin, and Virgin all have their own infrastructure there. The old stuff is largely dismantled or being dismantled. Most of this money is not going to government employees nor is some last remnant of feel-good Keynesian spending. It's just more graft for Boeing, Lockheed, etc.