President Claudia Sheinbaum commented on the Artemis II mission and the images taken by this mission, which she described as "extraordinary." However, she questioned the excessive use of resources for research instead of combating poverty. "Well, there are countries that have the capacity to conduct research and it is for scientific reasons," she commented. From the National Palace, Sheinbaum Pardo — as a scientist — celebrated the success of this mission, but as a head of state, she raised the question of whether those resources should be used to improve the quality of life for people living in poverty. Resources should be used to fight poverty. On the other hand, the head of state indicated that while there are countries with resources for high-level research, the question will always remain as to whether that money could have been used for social works in favor of poverty. "For scientific reasons, it has its great virtues and knowing space is very important, and the question always remains that we must ask ourselves, because there should be no poverty in the entire world," she insisted. This is because Sheinbaum recalled that economist Mariana Mazzucato wrote a book about the first missions to the Moon — Apollo — which, beyond addressing the topic of scientific development, speaks about the development of medicine and engineering around it. What do the Artemis photos reveal? A few days ago, the Artemis mission revealed a series of images of the Moon and Earth that are not only spectacular but also have scientific and historical value. One of the captured images shows the Orientale Basin on the edge of the lunar disk, a special event because, according to NASA, it is the first time the entire basin has been seen by human eyes. The Orientale Basin, according to the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), is one of the best examples of an impact on the Moon, with well-preserved mountain rings and a structure that reveals how these enormous impacts formed in the early history of the satellite. Those photos of the moon are one thing, and of the earth, they are not called photos, that is from the last century, (they are called images) the photos of the moon and earth are something extraordinary.
