NASA To Put Humans on the Moon in 2028: How Dopey Is That?

NASA is aiming to put astronauts on the lunar surface in "early 2028" — just 24 months from now.

But why?

We asked Google, which said:

to establish a sustained human presence, counter geopolitical competition, and use the lunar environment as a testing ground for future missions to Mars

Which sounds dopey.

Why send humans to the Moon or Mars when all the exploration, construction, or flag raising that you want to do can be done with robots that don't need oxygen, are vastly more resistant to radiation than humans, and which don't require the complex and hugely expensive facilities necessary to maintain humans in an airless freezing, radiation-soaked vacuum.