Anthony Anderson Says Moon Mission's Wasting Money, Fix Earth Problems First

Alternative title: "Comedian jokes in front of camera"

We stopped going to the moon for 40 years and the problems didnt go anywhere.

Has someone asked Ja Rule about this? I need Ja’s opinion.

Does he think they just take all that money up into space and piss it all away? The money being "wasted" on space is actually paying the wages of god knows how many people, which then goes back into the economy.

Trump asked for a fifty percent increase in the military budget. That's wrong.

Ok. Let's start with the defense budget. Then the tax system.

Isn't he a rapist?

Anthony Anderson is a sexual predator. F*** his ramblings

Anthony Anderson is a rapist

Let a b**** dream, like goddamn!

Actor fails to understand long term effects of scientific research.

Yeah, that's the waste, not the genociding billion dollar wars...

Less than half a cent of each tax dollar goes to NASA. Of all the shit Americans should whine about this is not one of them.

Lucky we can ignore celebrities and thier opinions

I’m going to presume that the very obvious Gil Scott-Heron reference here would go completely over everyone’s heads.

This is one of my favorite things to hear from the average person  Spend billions on war: “meh, whatever”  Spend a fraction of that on space travel: “WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE PROBLEMS HERE” 

Whew, thank god this story was published. I was going crazy wondering what Anthony Anderson thought about Artemis II.

The “military operation” with Iran is wasting way more money. I’d rather put money into furthering humanity than impeding it.

Is this the guy who likes them young?

There's plenty of money to do both!

Luckily we can do multiple things at the same time. Also, getting most of the precious resources from elsewhere would help keeping the planet habitable.

There is plenty of money it is just misallocated.

If we can’t do anything else before we solve the earth’s problem, the Industrial Revolution might not have happened.

Probably won't say shit about the military budget though.

People don’t realize the amount of the stuff that is developed because of the space program. Oh just medical breakthroughs and MRIs and GPS and little things like that….

The Artemis program is a literal footnote in the U.S. budget.

Could it not be said “Movie Industry wasting money, fix real problems” also?

Welp, if anthony Anderson says it, I guess it must be true. Btw, he’s worth $25M ([link](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/anthony-anderson-net-worth/)). I assume he’s giving it all away to fix earth problems?

Humans piss me off. We spend the tiniest amount of money on science and they lose their f****** minds. F*** all the way off.

I’m sure there were folks that said this during the original moonshot. I think they were wrong then too. Things like this help foster a sense of progress, pride, and wonder. We have a lot of problems that need a lot of solving through a lot of communication and a lot of compassion. But that can’t be the only thing we focus on lest we get buried and exhausted in so doing. Things like this give us something to celebrate and reflect on. They remind us of how incredibly capable and transformative we can be when we work together toward a common goal. It reminds us that there’s an awful lot out there beyond this pale blue dot and, hopefully, helps to humble us and make us feel a little smaller in a way that might help us to step back, reframe our thoughts a little, and approach things with a mind made a little more fresh for having done so. 2 cents from someone just as irrelevant as the rest.

Who cares what this rapist thinks? Hollywood has wasted a lot more money by ever hiring this a******, but you don't hear him complaining about that.

Don't talk to me! Don't talk to me, criminal!

Space exploration is a net benefit to humanity and drives innovation and progress, which makes life better for all. It’s wars and subsidizing corporations and billionaires that is draining us and stopping us from fixing anything.

[https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original\_images/infographicsuploadsinfographicsfull11358.jpg](https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/original_images/infographicsuploadsinfographicsfull11358.jpg) Maybe Anthony Anderson isn't the smartest person in the room for this one.

People are barking up the wrong tree. NASA's budget is just a sliver compared to all the outrageous bullshit our government does to screw people over. Meanwhile NASA advances medical and engineering science all while bringing people together in awe. Comments like these amount to nothing more than shitting on brilliant scientists and explorers just to look cool. 

Fixing earth’s problem would include a serious population reduction.

How about war ya creepo? That costs a pretty penny. Get fucked clown.

We can do both but sadly this administration and his republicans prefer to screw up this country.

Not a joke, imo. It's the truth. Can't afford health services but you can find billions for war and millions for a trip around a moon that you've already been to? Baaaaad priorities.

Should the rapist really be talking about problems that need fixing?

So some clueless guy thinks it’s a waste …🙄🤦‍♂️So much tech that has developed via the space programs , it’s a damned bargain !!

Our inability to solve the world’s problems is not due to a of lack of money. It’s because we can’t agree on the solutions.

Going to see comedians is a waste of money. Fix real life problems first.

I wonder if he was smarter when he was fat…

Dumbass is looking at the wrong budget. Pay attention to our DHS and military budgets. You’ll find plenty of ways to cut costs there!

We didn’t go to the moon to bomb it We flew a much shorter distance and spent more money to end up costing us more money… to bomb people that’s didn’t do anything to us And killed school children That’s worth the $? The government doesn’t serve the people anymore (if ever). At least going to space broadens our horizons and pushes the limits of human exploration

Here is my position. I love NASA and space science. However, if they said, we will not launch another mission until there is no more food insecurity and homelessness is eradicated, I would be fine with that. Yet, in reality, if they didn’t spend the money on NASA, it’s not like they would spend the money on anything worthwhile, so until the Pentagon passes an audit, I am all for spending a small fraction of the budget on NASA.

Like Mr Show has said- We Are Earth People, Let’s Blow Up Earth Things. [https://youtu.be/GTJ3LIA5LmA?si=XpHekocIwlxs-dPZ](https://youtu.be/GTJ3LIA5LmA?si=XpHekocIwlxs-dPZ)

Impossible when you have problem creator 🎃going all out to make sure chaos is a mainstay

The only problem with Earth is Humans. Fix Humans.

He must be new to earth lol

https://xkcd.com/1232/

Tell him to use some of his riches to help the earth as a start.

Money is created and not scarce. The only reason poverty exists is because that is what the elite wants.

We can do both, Anthony.

They are going to space *because* they *dont want* to fix the problems on Earth.

The budget for NASA and Artemis II is roughly .35% of the Federal Budget. It always makes me giggle how few people know this. If you think something that takes up less than half of 1% of the budget is a waste….i think you better just zip it.

Celebrities well known for not wasting money.

Everyone thinks they’re an expert on everything nowadays

Seriously. And yesterday we all agreed the orange wonder was insane so let’s keep up with removing him. He is still incompetent.

Don’t worry the administration just cut their budget 27 billion dollars

I'm tired of hearing rich celebrities opinions on the world. 

The issue isn't funding, it's priorities.

And for a service that matters, the Post Office is 0% of the budget.

Sorry, best we cam do is slash NASAs budget and also not fix anything on Earth.

Agree with him 100%. How about we take care of our vets and get kids school lunches?

Who gives a shit what an uneducated actor has to say?

How will the rich get even richer and push the poor people into servitude unless they can now exploit another planetary body. They have all but ruined the one we live on. Be realistic…. The aren’t interested in fixing the earth.

How about we stop spending trillions on blowing the shit out of everyone & everything?

Trump’s golfing tab is now up to $100 million taxpayer dollars. I have a problem with that. But not the moon mission. He who controls the moon will control access to all the natural resources out in space. US can’t let China become the gatekeeper to space.

Ah yes that 0.5% of the US budget is really going to change the world

I’m convinced the people who think he was joking either didn’t watch the video or have never seen a comedian tell a joke in their life.

Sorry but the wasted money is all in the defense budget.

Anthony Anderson isn't exactly the brightest bulb in the package.

I do stand up too ! A few times a day at least, more if there snacks

You don’t need more money to fix our biggest problems right now.

I get his point but honestly at this point I’d rather build a big pile of cash and set it on fire rather than let the trump administration decide how to spend it.

NASA is always tight on the budget. They deal with expensive science, but if you are looking for waste in government (its there) look elsewhere... The black box of a military budget for starters. I don't support the current war, but America is getting its ass handed to it by Iran - yet we spend an incredible amount more and on the military industrial complex. Also why was Kash Patel flying around in a private jet to the Olympics ? Why did we spend $200 million on the president golfing this year?

they need to stop funding wars

There's no one in charge on Earth willing to fix Earth's problems.

Coming from a guy who people have to pay to listen to his jokes about weiners

Earth problems like the assaulty ones in his life?

Bro look around thats not the fuckin problem

Somebody go find them Island Boys, I desperately need to hear their opinion on the matter too.

While I don't disagree entirely this is like damn near the last bit of not defunded American Science that could possibly benefit society as a whole, even if it's accidental trickle down tech.

Is there oil on the moon? Asking for a friend.

I mean, Kangaroo Jack wasted money but you were in that, Anthony

Always thought this guy was a tool

Earth problems could’ve been solved by sending certain ‘leaders’ on a one-way trip to the moon…

A lightly story, MEGATRON *stooge*; tryin to make use not find what is on _The Dark of the Moon_

we still need hope for the future tho

Nasa gets approx 25B - they are in the bottom of depts in terms of what they get. Dept of Defense is the biggest waste of money. Has no checks and balances in terms of how much spending it does. DOGE cut costs all over and never touched DOD. There was a HQ to be built in Afghanistan but the completion date was set for January 2012, after the Marines were supposed to leave. Commanders on the ground realized what a waste 64k would be. Two Army generals and a Marine general all requested permission to stop construction, arguing the current plywood headquarters in Helmand was just fine. They were rebuffed by Maj. Gen. Peter Vangjel, then the deputy commander of Army forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. He wasn't thinking of military needs—just the military budget. Congress had budgeted money for 64k, and getting permission to do something else with the cash would require congressional approval, so "reprogramming it for a later year is not prudent," So because the money was approved work proceeded. In April 2013, the building was completed—and the Marines decided not to use it. When SIGAR inspectors visited a few months later, they found a fancy, empty building. The furniture still had plastic wrap all over it. So much waste... https://reason.com/2025/01/12/materiel-loss/

He ain’t wrong but he ain’t right either. We get a lot of advances from the space program that trickle down to our daily lives, it’s not just about learning more about space. That said, some missions seem to be put on for show when the money could be spent elsewhere, and I have mixed feelings about SpaceX

He wants to take his mom

This shit is crazy.... What the f*** does Ant think about the situation?

We can do, and should strive for, more than one thing at a time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4

This is absolutely not the problem with government spending. Defund the military and and DHS 50% and we will have enough to fix systemic infrastructure inadequacies, eliminate college debt, and tackle universal health care.

Cave dweller mentality

But where will the wealthy flee to after raping and scaring Mother Earth into an unlivable waste land????

Oh no, wait till he finds out about Military funding lol

He needs a Snicker's

Earth will always have problems. There are clowns everywhere.