I love it. "Say, there's a good possibility there might be ice on the moon, which equates to water which can equate to founding a habitat on the moon. We should send up some drills, maybe a few robots, heck even a few people and investigate it."
"Sure, we could do that. Orrrr...we could blow it the fuck up! Who's with me?! USA! USA!"
It's like they're running out of ideas, so they fall back on the old, reliable, 'eh, just blow it up.'