Lets go to the Moon!

NASA is sending two unmanned spaceships to the moon to detect the presence of water-ice. I think that this is a good idea and will further our understanding of science, and can be helpful to our future, however I am slightly concerned with the price that the mission was set at. I believe that $79 billion is a bit steep for our current state of economy. I am not sure as to what percentage of the funding NASA receives from the government, but I feel like our money can be used to do better things right now. We could be spending money on helping our economy and creating more jobs for people.