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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by f6v on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:06PM (#26612012)
In ideal world, we'd transfer wealth from football players, singers, actors, traders etc.
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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by ic0n0cl4st on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:48PM (#26613686)
Or maybe we give more thought to the feasibility of space colonization and give people the ability to opt out of paying for this kind of adventurism?

I work really hard and would rather my taxes go to helping out those living today, not maybe those living in 1,000 years.

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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by entropea on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:46AM (#26619337)
I agree with you. It's driven by nothing more than sci-fi fantasy. Robots are the future of space travel and public funded inventions for those do end up bringing useful technological advances in the future.
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