Moon

[hunter]

10. The earth's natural resources originate with plate tectonics, water, and life.

The moon has none of that.

Helium III has a few practical uses -- as a neutron detector or for ultra-low temperature cryogenics, for example -- but its future use as a nuclear fuel seems unlikely.

I don't see any good reason for people to go to the moon. I don't think a significant number of natural born humans will ever live in space, certainly not in such numbers for our species to survive extinction on earth. If we become extinct on earth by our own avarice and stupidity it's not going to be any different in space except that the end will likely be quick.

In any case, more than 99.9% of the species that have ever inhabited earth are extinct. There's no reason to believe we'll be any different. This planet has seen many innovative species come and go, sometimes in an instant of geologic time.

I love science and space exploration. I don't think putting humans onto big rockets and shooting them into space is the best way to accomplish it.