I agree that we need to take care of the Earth and solve a lot of the problems we face here before we reach out to other planets. Getting our priorities straight so we can be in a position to invest in science, education and space exploration requires that we learn some lessons and solve some big problems first, that I…
I somewhat agree, and disagree with this. The problem isn't lack of interest. The problem is that we have so much to fix here on this planet, things of far greater importance than moving to a planet that doesn't even naturally sustain our lifeform. If we put the billions upon billions of dollars that would be going into a…
I agree. NASA takes up .48% of the US national budget, less than HALF of a percent and they are answering some of the most important questions humans can think to ask. So far the War on Terror has cost America 5 TRILLION dollars (that's not including the war on drugs and other crazy useless things they waste their money…
Agreed, almost all of America's technological advancements came from the space program. I wish our military spending had a rate of return close to what we get out of NASA. BUT I don't think we can just forget reality and blaze ahead like we don't have problems or that those problems won't impact anything like education and…