Let’s sort the Earth out first before reaching for other planets | Letters
My husband and I felt a little discombobulated when we read "The moon was once a frontier. But new worlds now beckon" (Journal, 20 July).
On the TV and in the press we are invited to get excited all over again about men landing on the moon 50 years ago. We are told that several incredibly rich men are now busy designing rockets to take equally rich folk on the trip of a lifetime. In the meantime, we are witnessing the despoliation of our own planet to such an extent that in a few decades it will not be fit for human habitation. It seems to us that we've so many grave problems to solve here on Earth that all our efforts should be devoted to protecting the marvellous world we live in for us and future generations.
Joan Machin
Pudsey, West Yorkshire