The first argument is more or less understandable (still wrong): you can’t just propel yourself upwards at your earliest convenience to reach the moon, you have to play around with orbital mechanics.
If your friend’s idea of a moon-worthy vessel is an unsteerable rocket with infinite fuel and a chair strapped to it… well the odds are effectively zero.

The second argument? bro, last time I checked the moon was still orbiting Earth

Are we used to choosing comfy things despite […] concerns

People have been choosing convenience above everything else for a while, personally I find that doing so is even glorified at times.