There seems to be a scientific case for humans going to the Moon and on to Mars.

The wider educational, social and political benefits add justification to the substantial expenditure that full UK participation in an international program of human space exploration will require.

To behold the wandering moon, / Riding near her highest noon, / Like one that had been led astray / Through the heav'n's wide pathless way; / And oft, as if her head she bowed, / Stooping through a fleecy cloud.

Now Cynthia, named fair regent of the night.

The sun to me is dark / And silent as the moon, / When she deserts the night / Hid in her vacant, interlunar cave.

Moon-washed apples of wonder.