Going to the moon was a horrible idea. It was a very poor use of resources. That's why we haven't been back in 40 years. The Mars rovers are the exception the

Going to the moon was a horrible idea. It was a very poor use of resources. That's why we haven't been back in 40 years. The Mars rovers are the exception the proves the rule. Operational for years after a few hundred million dollars spent, while each shuttle mission eats over $1B. Any reasonable manager would have scrapped the shuttle long ago. The reason NASA does more is that we have more money than others, not because they are better. The goal after all is long term benefit to the human race (or profit). Nasa hasn't done all that much towards that end. If anything, they were a good excuse to design ICBMs.