New Horizons probe captured incredible images of dwarf planet Pluto and its moons this week. Nearly $720 million were spent on the 10-year voyage, which is less than the cost of building Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium.

WCCO’s Pat Kessler jokingly said that Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium requires more money than New Horizons mission and even does not provide humankind significant insight into the deep secrets of the universe. The cost of New Horizons mission is even lesser than half the $1.7 billion price tag of the Southwest Rail Project.

The comparison by Kessler highlights that $1 billion have to be spent on a new football stadium just to have their favorite team to play in, but a probe mission to Pluto is cheaper than that.

Suggestions have come to send the Vikings to Pluto, as it will increase the fan base of the league. Moreover, it will help in collecting highly coveted Pluto dollars, or whatever currency is used there. The Jaguars also play home games in London, so what’s wrong in sending the Vikings to Pluto for home games.

The move will also make the Vikings the best football team on Pluto. The biggest advantage is that the land on Pluto is not owned by anyone, which means owner Zygi Wilf can build a stadium of any size as per his wish. However, the drawback is the replays of Cordarrelle Patterson making three-yard catches will take a bit long to return to earth because of the distance between both the planets.

Well, the reality is, it’s never going to happen. “People are talking about why are you going to spend money in space? Well actually, we’re not spending it in space. It’s all spent down here. Jobs, people, building the probes. People designing them, that’s all in our economy just like anything else”, said Ron Schmidt, the observatory coordinator at Jackson Middle School in Champlin.