That's like saying "It's too far to travel from France to my house, so instead we're going to travel from France to my neighbour's house, who is slightly furthe

That's like saying "It's too far to travel from France to my house, so instead we're going to travel from France to my neighbour's house, who is slightly further east". The moon is, astronomically speaking, as near to Earth as you can get. The problem is that everything else, including asteroids, are many thousands of times further away.