I thought most of the scientific value (at least in near-term) of going to the moon was in the getting there - not what you do when you arrive. And other natio

I thought most of the scientific value (at least in near-term) of going to the moon was in the getting there - not what you do when you arrive. And other nations basically booking an off the shelf moon trip from a US company for 'prestige'? Doesn't make a great deal of sense to me. You might be able to sell this to an extremely wealthy private individual, but I don't see anyone taking that risk until they've proved they can do it safely at least once, which obviously presents a catch-22 situation. I would love to be proved wrong, but I'm afraid I just don't see this happening.