Reaching the moon, when about 25% of the population is hungary by the Govenments Standard

"Ghar mein nahi Daaney, Amma chali bhunaneein", an old saying. Is our government not trying to attain false glory, by aspiring to reach the moon ? When, according to their pleading before a court of law, they define poor "who earn less than Rs. 500/= odd, and even when by these standards the estimated number of poor in the country is at about 23 crores in a population of 110 crores ? ( nearly 25%), and even then is it fit and proper that the scarce resources of the country are being used for a false Glory. Could not the money spent thereon be used for developing our villages ? Could not the efforts of our scientists be used for developing farm related technology, development of ways and means to increase farm productivity ?