To the editor: In 1962, President John F. Kennedy said, “We select to go to the moon on this decade and do the opposite issues, not as a result of they’re simple, however as a result of they’re exhausting.” Within the profitable Artemis II mission, now we have witnessed the exhausting work, utilizing America’s ardour, and abilities to start our return to the moon on this decade (“Artemis II astronauts safely splash down off San Diego coast after historic moon mission,” April 10).
Is it asking an excessive amount of to additionally put our ardour and abilities into the exhausting work of pursuing peace?
One distinguished individual within the information at the moment is one fueled by an insatiable thirst for revenge and retribution in opposition to people and nations. His phrases usually are not price repeating. One other distinguished individual had something to say that is price repeating: “I feel as we go into Easter Sunday eager about all of the cultures all around the globe — whether or not you have fun it or not, whether or not you consider in God or not — this is a chance for us to recollect the place we’re, who we’re and that we’re the identical factor. And that we bought to get by this collectively.”
Thanks Artemis pilot Victor Glover for these phrases, and due to many others pleading for unity, together with Pope Leo XIV. Allow us to hope and pray these doing the exhausting work of peacemaking are listening.
John Saville, Corona
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To the editor: I confess that, up to now, I used to be probably not that within the lunar expeditions. Nonetheless, I used to be struck by the good distinction between the unbelievable accomplishments of the Artemis II mission and the conduct of the president of the USA throughout the identical time interval. People could be justly pleased with the previous and ashamed of the latter.
Roxane Winkler, Sherman Oaks
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To the editor: With all that I learn, hear and see about people going to the moon and Mars, I by no means learn or hear a few cost-benefit evaluation for the massive expenditures being spent to do that (“Artemis II does for our era what Apollo 8 did for 1968,” April 10). Apart from the producers behind the gear and the staff at NASA, who advantages from this?
If we actually want to do that (and I don’t see the necessity), can’t or not it’s finished by robots? Couldn’t all this cash be higher used on this planet with so many wants?
Herb Adelman, Del Mar
