Bill Maher is just not satisfied by the Artemis II mission: ‘Let’s repair the ****present on Earth’ | EUROtoday

Bill Maher is lower than enthused concerning the success of the Artemis II house mission to the moon and again.

“At a time where there’s a lot of tension going on here on Earth, this is kind of the feel-good story that has everybody excited,” the comic mentioned within the opening monologue of Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

“Wherever I go, ‘Bill, did you see the photos?’ Yeah, I saw them. Earth as I’ve always seen it.”

He added, “I just don’t get it. I mean… everybody’s like, if we’re on the moon, we can get to Mars. I don’t want to go there either… there’s nothing out there except other rocks. Let’s fix the s*** show here on Earth.”

Maher’s remarks had been taped earlier than the crew of the Artemis II returned safely to Earth, splashing down within the Pacific close to San Diego simply after 7 p.m. on Friday.

During the 10-day lunar fly-by mission, the four-person crew, consisting of astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, surpassed the Apollo 13 document for farthest crewed spaceflight and captured views of the far facet of the Moon.

This didn’t impress Maher, who went on to moan about house exploration later in his present.

“I’m not a fan of going to the moon,” he mentioned, chatting with his company Douglas Murray and Paul Rieckhoff. “Same question I’ve been asking since I was a kid. Why? Is it worth the money? What are we doing there? It’s just another big f****** rock.”

Maher added that the cash used for the mission, estimated to be over $4 billion, may have been spent “more wisely” and described house journey as one thing for “rich people to do for fun.”

“By the way, it’s not outer space, it’s right next door. It’s nothing,” he mentioned. “Here’s the universe, and we’re on the moon, 250 miles away. I have more miles on Delta… we’re not really getting anything from it.”

His remarks had been criticized by Rieckhoff, who mentioned the mission had been inspiring, since Artemis II had “gone further than any people have gone.”

“By 10 more miles. We’ve been to the moon before. We know [what it is],” Maher replied.

Maher’s response additionally struck a nerve over on Fox News, with commentator Charlie Hurt blasting the comic for not recognizing the “magic” of the moon mission.

“I hate even giving them airtime, but maybe it’s worth paying some attention to goofballs like Bill Maher who would rather just sit around and I guess argue about politics on Earth,” Hurt mentioned.

“Bill Maher’s among the least impressive people that I’ve ever listened to, but there are some people like him out there who look at this and don’t see the magic of this,” Hurt mentioned.