Back to the Moon, Permanently, editorial, New York Times
“If this nation is to continue a human space flight program it makes sense to pick a more exciting destination than a space station circling endlessly in low Earth orbit. Our main concern is that the political proponents of the Moon-Mars adventure will not provide money commensurate with the task. NASAs crowning scientific achievements have come from its unmanned probes to distant worlds and its orbiting observatories. It would be a shame if an underfinanced program to return to the Moon on a permanent basis and then venture on to Mars forced reductions in research programs of higher scientific value.”
Editor’s note: It would be so much more efficient – for all involved – if the NY Times would simply come out against sending humans into space once and for all – and then reprint that editorial once a month.
