Science

In fact it's cold as hell.

It's also blasted by radiation that tears apart DNA and other biomolecules; radiation that Earth's much thicker atmosphere and magnetic field protects us from.

Sending people into space isn't "progress," it's a circus, a distraction from the actual sorts of progress we'll have to make if we expect the human species to survive, let alone thrive.

I doubt humans will ever have a significant presence in space, but our robots might.

I can imagine Boston Dynamic sorts of robot androids and dogs bouncing around the moon's surface wearing only Tyvec suits.

Heck, maybe we'll create actual artificial intelligence someday, Asimovian positronic brains of sorts (not the empty artificial idiocy that's being promoted by billionaire wankers these days), who will keep us in the loop as they explore the solar system.