I’m not talking about NASA’s budget that pays NASA workers here. Im very well aware that they get peanuts and do amazing things. But if we are launching parts for a permeant moon base, we are going to be paying for launches through spacex, since nasa doesn’t maintain shuttles or anything anymore. That’s millions more into the pockets of the most obscenely rich person on earth, who has zero concern for literally anyone but himself, and cuts every single corner he can. And there are always other manufacturing contracts that go out for this sort of thing and guess who is going to get all of those? That’s right, other rich assholes who cut corners and support facism. For a project with dubious usefulness. There is very little we can gain from a manned moon base, that can’t be accomplished in existing research facilities, or done more easily and cheaply by rovers.

Im aware that starlink is worse. Its owned by the same rich asshole who’s gunna be adding more debris from the launches for moon base parts. Funny how that works, isn’t it? But if you think building a permanent moon base is only gunna take a few launches, you are sorely mistaken. Each launch can only send up so much material, and even pre-made modules require work to actually assemble. The ISS, for example, required 40 assembly flights. Then we’ll be sending regular supply missions.

Thats a huge amount of pollution and littering for a stunt. And yeah, we can work on multiple things at once, but we aren’t. I addressed that in my original comment.