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This is my main point. Well, that and that most crewed space exploration is super inefficient and mostly for vanity. But yeah, go space...

I don't think there is anyone in this thread saying that we shouldn't be funding space programs. At least, I'm not. But rather, should...

Just my thruppence. For the record, I don't know much about space flight or exploration, but I have worked in academic science (PhD...

Yup. Specific things have gotten worse or better when it comes to lifespan, health, poverty, war, etc . . . but overall we are doing...

You're trying to explain things that don't correspond to the position I hold. I'm not opposed to science funding. I don't think science...

Heck, even just 50 years ago - or less. I'm reading Factfulness right now, by Hans Rosling, and it's about misconceptions we have about...

Well, no...that is the point of analyzing opportunity cost.

Oh yeah?! Well I guess I agree then! I would add that I believe the space flight vs social spending is a false dichotomy. Money for...

If you can make Mars habitable, you can definitely make Earth habitable for a lot less money. And while climate change is bad, and has...

When it comes to science for its own sake and government, we already have solutions. The Antarctic program is a good example. It...

Colonizing Mars or another body in our solar system, or beyond, is not happening before unchecked climate change risks our extinction...

That's the thing - it's a cop out. It's a way of passing the buck instead of actually acknowledging and fixing the harm they are doing...

Oh good lord. Of course, not all who support funding space programs wish to "abandon" Earth. But looking at the colonization of other...

Magically forget the greed, corruption, and incompetence of our fellow humans? Especially those in charge? Sure, okay, we all...

Yes. Medical and scientific research also, but yes, social spending.