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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by colordrops on Monday May 15, 2017 @04:57PM (#14345055)
You can't really make people work on things they aren't interested in though. The experts that are involved in the space industry may not function well in other industries, regardless of imminent doom.
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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by KellhusSmellhus on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @04:36AM (#14348188)
But money spent on space interested experts could be spent on climate interested experts.
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Re:Bill Gates questions worth of space exploration for impro... by colordrops on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @10:09PM (#14355041)
We are going in circles. My original point was that the money spent on space travel is negligible compared to other expenses.
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