{"id":45513,"date":"2026-04-09T07:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45513"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:29:04","slug":"actor-anthony-anderson-trashes-artemis-ii-moon-mission-as-a-waste-of-money-whats-it-all-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45513","title":{"rendered":"Actor Anthony Anderson Trashes Artemis II Moon Mission as a Waste of Money: &#8216;What&#8217;s It All For&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Actor Anthony Anderson claimed the moon mission is a waste of money, citing various issues such as \u201chomelessness\u201d and underfunded programs, which he says still need to be addressed on earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">After being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/08\/anthony-anderson-says-artemis-is-waste-of-money\/?adid=social-tw\">asked<\/a> by TMZ on Tuesday if people \u201ccare\u201d about the Artemis II flight, Anderson replied, \u201cMe, personally, not really.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI hear something, like, how much money it costs us just to turn the block around the moon for no other purpose other than to say that we sent four people further into space than anybody else has,\u201d the <em>The Departed<\/em> actor continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really doesn\u2019t make any sense to me, when we look at the grand scheme of things, about what we need here and at home, for society,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Anderson went on to say, \u201cI still see homelessness, I still see dilapidated buildings in the city, I still see programs that need funding \u2014 that can\u2019t get funding, that actually help people \u2014 and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/share.tmz.com\/watch\/anthony-anderson-artemis-ii-space-exploration-04-07-2026\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to spend this type of money just to circle around a place that we\u2019ve only gone to once in the last 60 years or so, and not have anything and not do anything, what\u2019s it all for? That\u2019s my take on it,\u201d the <em>Hustle &amp; Flow<\/em> star said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of a war, our economy is crashing, gas prices are through the roof, but we sent four people to go circle the block around the moon and come home and now tell us if our shit is still there,\u201d Anderson continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still see shit in the hood that needs to be re-built \u2014 the elementary school I grew up in, in Compton, needs to be\u00a0re-built right now, man, and I\u2019m doing my best to help it,\u201d the <em>Transformers<\/em> actor added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Anderson then brough up the U.S.\u00a0Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), bizarrely suggesting that people won\u2019t be able to build things in space because they are getting deported from the United States.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to go build a space \u2014 how they going to get shit up there?\u201d he said. \u201cICE is here stopping everybody and deporting everybody \u2014 not to be that guy, but \u2014 who\u2019s going to build this shit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for\u00a0the Artemis II crew, they are set to wrap up their mission with a\u00a0Pacific splashdown near San Diego on Friday, after ten days in flight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. 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