Nasa boldly goes as far away as possible | Brief letters

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Your article (Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launchpad in preparation for astronaut flight, 18 January) quotesthe crew commander of ArtemisII, Reid Wiseman: They are so fired up that we are headed back to the moon. They just want to see humans as far away from Earth as possible." I imagine that most of Earth's lifeforms would agree.
Pete Stockwell
St Buryan, Cornwall

Ravi Holy's thought-provoking article on the power and purpose of prayer (19 January) reminded me of a favourite cartoon. Two monks are sitting on either side of a chess board and about to start a new game, with one of them saying: Right, this time praying'scheating."
Matthew Newman
Leeds