[OC]Sind Mondlandungen jetzt nur PR -Stunts oder bedeuten sie immer noch etwas?

It’s curious how uninterested ESA is in Lunar programs. They had, what, 1 mission(?), and even that was more about testing the ability to make probes cheaply

Many critics argue that human space missions are driven more by political prestige, soft power, and public relations than by scientific necessity. The majority of experiments conducted aboard missions like the ISS are designed to support future long-duration space travel that are seen as unrealistic or irrelevant (given the scientific consensus that colonizing other planets is not feasible in the near future). Additionally, while space programs have yielded some technological innovations, most of these advances could have emerged through civilian or military R&D without the high cost and risk of sending humans to space. As such, i personnalt view human spaceflight as a costly pursuit that offers limited direct benefit to life on Earth.