> But what if, instead of spending trillions hurtling mammals towards distant rocks just to prove it’s possible, we actually did something so technologically in

> But what if, instead of spending trillions hurtling mammals towards distant rocks just to prove it’s possible, we actually did something so technologically innovative it fundamentally changes how we approach science? The author doesn't seem to understand or value the human spaceflight, including its uses for science. I'm pausing to imagine a robot which would build - or run - a highly specialized equipment of a particle accelerator and sensor kind on the Moon. Ain't it easier just to send humans to the Moon to do that? And regarding Mars - let's not go there, it's a whole another topic which alas was so casually dismissed.