>>13971104>cannot be replicated due to technological constraintsThis faggot doesn't understand unmanned missions (still done to this day) are vastly cheaper and easier to pull off than manned missions. Also Artemis Program, we'll finally be able to maintain a presence on the moon.
>50 years from nowArtemis Program will be well into its development and we'll finally be able to have some agency off this space rock. Your smoothbrain can't grasp the benefits of a moonbase it seems.
>it was all faked, it never occuredProve it.
>why is it constantly ignoredPoliticians and taxpayers would rather pour billions into the military/starving Africans/billionaire corporations than ANY long term investment. Taxdollars operate on short term or immediate gratification over anything more long-term than a president's term.
>>seismological and geological researchYou mean like conducted with drones as it has been?
>resourcesSee you're slowly getting the reasoning on why going back is of net benefit to humanity: space port with on-site resources for fuel, supply, and long-distance spacecraft production in a low atmospheric environment.