Missile at Moon (NASA)

So Friday, October 9, 2009 way early in the morning NASA, launched a missile at a certain spot in the moon in search for ice or some indication of water. Groundbreaking? I think not. To me, this seems like an extremely selfish action. At least $70 million were spent on that project, all for one thing, to check for water and potential life. If you really think about it... what else could that money have been spent on? What could damage could have been done to the moon and/or the Earth? We don't know how the moon works, we barely know how the Earth works why shoot missiles at it? We don't know for sure what consequences it could have yielded, but as of now it seems safe and nothing has gone wrong.
Selfish yes, that $70 million could have been spent helping the poor, poverty-stricken people, ESPECIALLY in this time of crisis (recession) that is far from over. (Not to mention all this other humanitarian stuff that it could have been spent on.)

Matt: I agree and disagree with Jeff. First of all I agree because it does seem like a lost cause in retrospect. According to Mr. Turek, the actual test didn't meet the ideal conditions for the experiment. In retrospect, we could say that the money could have been better spent on more useful research. But the other half of me disagrees because it seems natural for human beings to want to study what they don't know about. And we definitely don't know a whole lot about the universe. So in a scientist's point of view, this experiment could have been a stepping stone for other great discoveries to come.

Ryan: I agree and disagree as well. "Attacking" the moon had a purpose - to find water. Science is all about failure, In order to learn you must fail. And based on what I've seen, we learned alot. I agree, the money was somewhat of a waste, but the information we may have gathered from the attack might pay off late-game. I disagree with Jeff on spending the money on poor poverty stricken people. The poor need help thats for sure, but the government is more likely to spend the money on the War in Afghanistan or use it for more Bail-outs. Such a waste.