On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:08:34 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, September 23, 2019 at 6:29:11 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:48:53 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 4:57:32 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>> >
>> >> I beleive we need to
>> >> stop all the fuel wasting attempts at space travel...
>> >
>> >What fuel do you think they use?
>>
>> The Australian PM just promised to contribute 150 million to American
>> Mars stuff. In the meantime, his country's drying out and his farmers
>> and animals are starving. That money could have been used a lot
>> better.
>
>Not to say it could have been used better, but isn't that less than
>the budget of a major motion picture?
>
>Sounds like a drop in the bucket to me.

Then it won't be missed by the Americans. Locally however:

"- 7.5 million small square bales of hay
- roughly 880,000 large round bales
- 7.5 million bags of basic stock pellets
- roughly 30 BILLION litres of water from our local council water
collection station

Worst drought in recorded history, a number of regional towns will run
out of water within weeks, record bushfire season, record dust storm
activity etc... This country is desperate.

But yeah, sure, the Moon is fun too, I guess."