Nobody warns you that achieving your biggest goal feels like a hangover. Buzz Aldrin walked on the fucking moon, came home, and fell into depression and alcoholism.
Why?
Because where the hell do you go after the moon?
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/how-to-think-about-the-void-and-how
@Daojoan
Maybe Buzz Aldrin understood this obsession with humans in space is more entertainment than science. We need science to focus on the planetary prioritis not ad stunts for juvenile rocket boy adventures.
95% of space science can be done better by Bots in Space at about 5% of the cost.
One exception - Musk should definitely be the genious pilot on multiple Moon missions and SpaceX investors need to shower him with the resources, not tax payers.