MizzAritzia
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OMG u r so rite, i mean come on, for us to go to mars is gonna take like about another THOUSAND YEARS !!! thats bs!
Should billions be spent on 'space travel'?
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MizzAritzia
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omg, whats with the "stars and universe" anyway?!? thats bullshit, like seriously get real!
Space is, in my opinion, the only way we have a chance in hell of surviving as a species. I can think of too many ways to take out a civilization clinging to this rock like a frail lichen. It is much harder to kell something spread over several AUs of space.
Yes, we could use that money to feed the poor in Africa or fund cancer research. All is well until something natural or artificial happens to disturb our little mass delusion. A rock falls down on us or is directed by some suitably nasty government or we find out we aren't the only sapients in the universe or a thousand other things. Then we either go into a dark age or die out completely or something else significantly bad happens.
Also, controlling space puts you in a place of power over the rest of the technologically advanced world. Imagine somebody getting ahead and putting together one thing in space to systematically destroy all communication and GPS satellites that were not their own. Switzerland could take down the friggin US with something like that.
Yes, we could use that money to feed the poor in Africa or fund cancer research. All is well until something natural or artificial happens to disturb our little mass delusion. A rock falls down on us or is directed by some suitably nasty government or we find out we aren't the only sapients in the universe or a thousand other things. Then we either go into a dark age or die out completely or something else significantly bad happens.
Also, controlling space puts you in a place of power over the rest of the technologically advanced world. Imagine somebody getting ahead and putting together one thing in space to systematically destroy all communication and GPS satellites that were not their own. Switzerland could take down the friggin US with something like that.
MizzAritzia: "omg, whats with the "stars and universe" anyway?!? thats bullshit, like seriously get real!"
Alright, sure, I'll get real and start watching monday night football and maybe even give a shit about Anna Nicole Smith's so-called success. You want to know reality?! It's a glutonus kid growing up with most of his entertainment and education flowing in from a screen (because teachers are some of the most underpaid professionals in this country) while he is tricked into trying to achieve a "social ideal" with overpriced and worthless clothes, shampoo, shoes, cell phones, drugs, and other useless SHIT to force the kid to either grow up to get a job that satisfies these addictions or go on welfare, all the while not giving a damn about a kid in africa who barely has enough resource to live, and dies before his 18th birthday because he tried to make a living in the sex trade and got AIDS. GET REAL?!?! Space is real, it's one of the few true goals we have left, it's what's going to help that kid in africa get a real job because Africa, having lots of land on the equator, would be prime real estate for space launches, stimulating massive economic growth on that continent. Problem solved. Get a clue.
Alright, sure, I'll get real and start watching monday night football and maybe even give a shit about Anna Nicole Smith's so-called success. You want to know reality?! It's a glutonus kid growing up with most of his entertainment and education flowing in from a screen (because teachers are some of the most underpaid professionals in this country) while he is tricked into trying to achieve a "social ideal" with overpriced and worthless clothes, shampoo, shoes, cell phones, drugs, and other useless SHIT to force the kid to either grow up to get a job that satisfies these addictions or go on welfare, all the while not giving a damn about a kid in africa who barely has enough resource to live, and dies before his 18th birthday because he tried to make a living in the sex trade and got AIDS. GET REAL?!?! Space is real, it's one of the few true goals we have left, it's what's going to help that kid in africa get a real job because Africa, having lots of land on the equator, would be prime real estate for space launches, stimulating massive economic growth on that continent. Problem solved. Get a clue.
I agree with weed eater.
Why would you target the money that is being spent on something productive such as any scientific research including space?
Shouldn't we be targeting the much more vast amounts of money being spent on worthless pursuits?
Feeding, housing, educating, protecting, nurturing, science are good ways to spend money. Including space research.
Worthless entertainment media, fashion, telemarketing garbage products, motor powered vehicles, junk food, oversized houses, video games, and tons of other overpriced designer worthless trash is where most of our money is going.
Why anybody would complain about money being spent towards something good when there is much much more relevant stuff we are throwing money away at is beyond me.
Why would you target the money that is being spent on something productive such as any scientific research including space?
Shouldn't we be targeting the much more vast amounts of money being spent on worthless pursuits?
Feeding, housing, educating, protecting, nurturing, science are good ways to spend money. Including space research.
Worthless entertainment media, fashion, telemarketing garbage products, motor powered vehicles, junk food, oversized houses, video games, and tons of other overpriced designer worthless trash is where most of our money is going.
Why anybody would complain about money being spent towards something good when there is much much more relevant stuff we are throwing money away at is beyond me.
