Money Well Spent

The Moon provides great opportunities for robotic and human space exploration, said a report by the National Academy of Sciences. the Moon is "priceless to planetary scientists" "Only by returning to the Moon to carry out new scientific exploration can we hope to close the gaps in understanding and learn the secrets that the Moon alone has kept for eons,"


In 1992, EU leaders agreed that MEPs should hold 12 "plenary" sessions every year in Strasbourg. More than 700 MEPs and also their aides and numerous documents have to travel the 454km (280 miles) from Brussels to Strasbourg.
One million people have signed an internet petition calling for an end to the European Parliament's monthly sessions in Strasbourg. The parliament, which does most of its work in Brussels, pays 200m euros (£135m) annually for what many MEPs condemn as a "travelling circus". "Strasbourg costs 200m euros a year - money which would be far better spent on investment in jobs or on more help for the developing world.

Reminds me of the time when some woman wasted a whole lot of precious ointment on Jesus according to those who were looking on.

It sure is hard to decide on the priorities. If the EU parliament does not need to go to Strasbourg why do we need to explore space? On the other hand ...