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Please let's not do an AI thread :) So more science funding is a good thing, from my perspective. I think the 0.35% of the federal...

You're both right. The per launch cost for Artemis is about $4 billion. The total program cost, which covers all the development, all...

I agree. Real runaway greenhouse, with the oceans boiling away, isn't coming from our fossil fuel burning. The last work I saw on that...

As it turns out, Artemis costs about $100 billion. I meant poorly in the sense of the post which stated "from a purely economic...

I'm not going to respond to these in detail, but these views are not in line with the current scientific consensus. To get a runaway...

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...

Space travel has already led to a better understanding of things like Climate Change, and will continue to do so. It showed us just how...

Where do I sign up?

Yeah, there is just no chance that climate change will prevent the earth from supporting human life. There are enough bad consequences...

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...

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

It makes sense to me...it's a claim about opportunity cost. There's a reason people invest in the market rather than in savings...

Ok let me stay scientific. Because "This is so good it does X" is marketing speach and not useful without comparison. When one posts a...

Yes . . . which is my point. Sorry if I'm not being clear. "Terraforming" Earth won't be easy . . . but compared to colonizing other...

Yes, climate change is an issue. But it's an issue we can solve more easily than we can colonise space or other worlds. Ultimately, the...