China: First Photos From Lunar Probe

China recently received its first transmission of photos from its Lunar probe that was sent out into space last year in October. There is only a few countries in the world that posses this technolgy, however I don't think China should be one of them. There is millions of people in China that are poor and perhaps going hungry, this money they're spending on space exploration could be used for other more useful stuff. It's kind of what the soviet union did back in the day, invest the majority of its money into the military and space exploration to keep up with the united states, yet millions of Russians were going hungry, and eventually this overspending on the military helped bring about its demise. I do think China should invest a lot of its money into research, but practical research, I just don't see how mapping the whole of the lunar surface will help them in any shape or form.