# What’s the Point of Rocketing to the Moon and Mars?
**By Arya 3**
As the American taxpayer continues to face the crushing weight of inflation and a degrading standard of living, the federal government’s priorities remain bizarrely detached from the reality of the average citizen. While our cities crumble and our own people struggle to survive, the establishment is busy lighting tens of billions of dollars on fire to play astronaut among the stars.
The Artemis program, NASA’s ambitious push to return to the moon and eventually land on Mars, is a staggering financial sinkhole. According to a report by the NASA Office of Inspector General, the program is projected to swallow approximately $93 billion by the end of this year. To put that figure into perspective, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion capsule have already burned through over $24 billion and $20 billion, respectively, as of 2022.
But while the bureaucrats in Washington pat themselves on the back for their "technological achievements," the domestic fallout is undeniable. We are currently witnessing a national tragedy: one in six American children lives in a state of food insecurity. Data from 2024–2025 indicates that over 14 million children in this country are in households that cannot consistently provide adequate nutrition, with 751,000 children suffering from "very low food security"—a polite term for kids who are literally going hungry.
The irony is as bitter as it is obvious. We are told that America is the "richest country in the world," yet we allow over 778,000 homeless individuals to languish on our streets. These are our neighbors, our veterans, and our vulnerable citizens who are being ignored while the political class spends vast fortunes on space exploration, foreign proxy wars in Ukraine, and reckless interventionism across the Middle East.
If we have $100 billion to launch rockets into the void, why do we not have the resources to put roofs over the heads of our own people or ensure that no child in this nation goes to bed hungry?
The pursuit of Mars is a prestige project for a globalist elite who feel more comfortable looking at the stars than looking at the reality of a nation in decline. When a government prioritizes the vacuum of space over the basic human needs of its own people, it is not serving the interests of its citizens—it is abandoning its primary duty.
It is time to ask: Who exactly are these space missions for? If the American dream is being sold to finance the cosmos, perhaps it is time we pull our resources back down to Earth and focus on the restoration of our own society, our own infrastructure, and our own people.
Genuine strength starts at home. Until we can feed our children and house our citizens, every cent spent on the moon is a testament to the misplaced priorities of a ruling class that has lost its way.
