@mina I should also say, I do think that the "splash" of it could have been valuable in itself, had it been handled less... suboptimally

@mina I don't really see "eventually to Mars" as a great next-step goal, TBQH. You're not wrong, but just because you don't agree with something doesn't make it pointless.

You're obviously welcome to your opinion, but hey, you asked for ours!

@mina no, I don't find it pointless - I was alive for all the moon landings (though not quite born for the first!) but I'm too young to remember any of them happening. I remember learning about them early, and I've been waiting literally 50 years to be able to watch people do something like it.

That said, I found the entire process of choosing SLS etc profoundly disappointing, and I wish that the entire enterprise was handled more sensitively. Also, that it WASN'T HAPPENING DURING THE REIGN OF THE ORANGE TYRANT (but I digress)