Bill Graham wrote:

I say again that putting men on the moon back then was a complete
waste of both time and money. (our money)

Yes, it is generally agreed that letting the Soviets win *every*
step of the space race (instead of only most of them) would have
been a grand idea. It's also absolutely sure that nothing good
ever came out of the whole manned space stuff. Inspiration isn't
worth money; triumphs aren't worth money (please close down all of
the commercial sports, they don't give anything of worth. either);
knowledge isn't worth money either. Knowing how our bodies react
to higher gees or micro-gee situations has and had and never will
have any value, just for example.

And there never will be space tourists either, neither really
rich ones on the ISS, nor well off ones on shorter hops with
private space vehicles, not in the past, not in the future.

There also were never any jobs created by putting men on the moon
--- the money was just burned --- a *complete* waste of money.

And it was of course a *complete* waste of time for all involved
and not involved. There was noone proud, noone fulfilled dreams,
noone gained skills --- all these people should just have been
drinking booze instead, it would have been a much more valuable
way to spend time. Or even better, they could have built something
that would be remembered.

-Wolfgang