Money wasting again.

[John Gryphon]

I cant fathom this one and $3.6 million bucks could be well spent elsewhere for the people imo. To me its a wtf news moment.

Australian start-up aiming to grow plants on the Moon receives $3.6m in government funding

The scientists behind the project are aiming to grow plants on the lunar surface within four years, something they hope will in turn allow for the development of food, medicine and oxygen in the hostile environment.

www.abc.net.au

 

[potshotpat]

Lunar cheese its the future.

 

[FrenchieBoy]

Who the hell is going to pick them?

 

[John Gryphon]

Lunar cheese its the future.

Was there a mention of milk? I missed that bit.

 

[markj1]

I cant fathom this one ...

It's explained in the article:

"The team said growing plants on the Moon could help support missions to the lunar surface.

ANU associate professor Caitlin Byrt said the project also had the broader significance of studying plant adaptation in challenging environments."

 

[John Gryphon]

It's explained in the article:

DOH!
And that is exactly why I had a rant. What benefit will it be for the world when that sort of money (thats gov money only quoted) could be used to help so many more people.

The mob tell us that they have psychologists on the team...gravy train there lol.

Tripogon loliiformis they quote,look it up its as useful as the proverbial T*** on a bull.

 

[SamHuntVic]

They'll be growing almonds for the milk John, you see.
Grant.

 

[User00035]

Why would any rational person want to cultivate crops on the moon as a means to fuel exploration when you've made an utter mess of living here on Earth? It's like starting a rebuild project on a car or bike and abandoning it halfway through because it got to difficult and then starting another.

 

[John Gryphon]

Why would any rational person want to cultivate crops on the moon as a means to fuel exploration when you've made an utter mess of living here on Earth? It's like starting a rebuild project on a car or bike and abandoning it halfway through because it got to difficult and then starting another.

It is ridiculous. I will relish seeing the 'value for money' end results.

 

[User00035]

It is ridiculous. I will relish seeing the 'value for money' end results.

Measured in corporate profits and vanity.

 

[markj1]

Are you saying that humankind should not waste money on space exploration?

Or are you saying that space exploration is fine in general, but growing plants on the moon specifically is a daft idea?

Or are you saying that space exploration and growing plants on the moon are both fine, but let the Americans pay for the whole lot (just as they did with the Apollo moon landings), and keep the money of the Australian people, to be spent in Australia only?

Or something else?

Just trying to understand what is it exactly that people here are objecting to.

 

[John Gryphon]

Are you saying that humankind should not waste money on space exploration?

Didn't mention exploration, my beef was the Gov grant of $3.5 million for the plant idea when there are far more worthy recipients. Or put it to more research/development on better crops for us now.

Article below today about outer space, really what do we get out of it? There are figures of 100`s of millions of years lol....whoo! We dont have the gear to do much at all.
Also lets say a trip to Mars for 10 months then a return trip of 10 months.. thats if all was good. When you read up on what that amount of time does to the human body you will make a mental note of declining the invitation.
Wtf will it cost in not only money but people and resources? What will we get out of it, we are never going to develop it for human life unless perhaps down the track a few hundred years after the NH.

Get ya head around this Q: " Supermassive black holes are millions, if not billions, times as big as the Sun." EQ Well wtf are they going to be any use for us for?

James Webb Space Telescope's latest find 'difficult to explain', says NASA

The CEERS 1019 black hole existed more than 570 million years after the Big Bang, but it's much smaller than its peers.

www.abc.net.au

but growing plants on the moon specifically is a daft idea?

Yes.

 

[markj1]

Much of this argumentation could have been levelled at Captain Cook and Magellan's journeys at the time....

Fun fact about on how Brits came to settle in Australia:

 

[John Gryphon]

Fun fact about on how Brits came to settle in Australia:

Dutch were way ahead of them.

 

[norcan]

Gee, who could have foreseen that an explanation of the physics that underlie the workings of the universe would involve some difficulty?

 

[John Gryphon]

Gee, who could have foreseen that an explanation of the physics that underlie the workings of the universe would involve some difficulty?

We are looking forward and so excited to read your treatise on it.

 

[norcan]

Nah, all this fancy-lad "research" stuff seems like a big waste of time; I mean, what have science and physics ever done for us?

 

[Taff]

No need to grow food on the moon , the clangers have it covered already.

 

[John Gryphon]

I mean, what have science and physics ever done for us?

Silicon t*ts and Viagra.

 

[markj1]

Dutch were way ahead of them.

OK, here's something less specific and more generic: