The moon can wait
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Re “To the moon, Congress,” Opinion, April 11
Our problems are not competition with China for control of outer space; our problems are right here before us on Earth: overpopulation, global warming, poisoning of our biosphere, land erosion and the loss of topsoils, desertification, extinction of species, disposal of nuclear wastes, competition for natural resources and poverty. What good is a colony out in space when our mother ship is in distress?
ALTON L. SAFFORD
Wrightwood, Calif.
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