I would have appreciated it if the article could have elaborated a bit more on why the Navajo Nation considers this a form of desecration, beyond the vague statement about the moon being a sacred place for them.
At face value this seems both completely absurd and arbitrary, so I can't help but wonder if there is some context I'm missing here, because otherwise it just seems like the leadership of the Navajo Nation is trying to deliberately hurt their own credibility.
If they make objections in the future about desecration of sacred land, it will be easier to argue their objections are frivolous by using this as an example going forward. An unfortunate outcome for them.
At face value this seems both completely absurd and arbitrary, so I can't help but wonder if there is some context I'm missing here, because otherwise it just seems like the leadership of the Navajo Nation is trying to deliberately hurt their own credibility.
If they make objections in the future about desecration of sacred land, it will be easier to argue their objections are frivolous by using this as an example going forward. An unfortunate outcome for them.