I just started thinking about it. Why is space exploration even that necessary? They’re spending so much money on it when we have so much problems in our own planet…
I just started thinking about it. Why is space exploration even that necessary? They’re spending so much money on it when we have so much problems in our own planet…
Space exploration falls into the category of “luxury spending” for me. Only when every human on Earth is fed, clothed and housed should we be looking out to the heavens.
The spending on space exploration isn’t what is stopping us on satisfying the basic needs of everyone. It’s political will that stops us there. It’s the fact that our governments do not see their populations as their priority. They see their corporations as their priority.
Solving problems for the sake of solving them yields great joy (and unexpected benefits). You don’t need to have a stable job to solve a sudoku or crossword once in a while.
If not for space exploration, we’d not have soo many technologies. We’d not have pushed so many boundaries that a lot of advances would have happened way too late than we did.