To the editor: In 1962, President John F. Kennedy stated, “We select to go to the moon on this decade and do the opposite issues, not as a result of they’re straightforward, however as a result of they’re laborious.” Within the profitable Artemis II mission, we have now witnessed the laborious work, utilizing America’s ardour, and expertise 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 expertise into the laborious work of pursuing peace?
One distinguished particular person within the information presently is one fueled by an insatiable thirst for revenge and retribution in opposition to people and nations. His phrases usually are not value repeating. One other distinguished particular person had one thing to say that is value repeating: “I believe as we go into Easter Sunday eager about all of the cultures all all over the world — whether or not you have a good time 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 via this collectively.”
Thanks Artemis pilot Victor Glover for these phrases, and because of many others pleading for unity, together with Pope Leo XIV. Allow us to hope and pray these doing the laborious 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 not likely 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. Individuals could be justly happy 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 couple of cost-benefit evaluation for the large expenditures being spent to do that (“Artemis II does for our period 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 it’s accomplished by robots? Couldn’t all this cash be higher used on this planet with so many wants?
Herb Adelman, Del Mar
