Re:The Starship or the Canoe: Where Will Our Future Adaptati...
by pyrale on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:36AM
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> But those aren't caused by resources diverted to space exploration.
Going to space IS politics. It is, essentially, a vanity goal for a whole society. The resources diverted are, essentially, mindshare and political.
It is only fair then that people ask why we as a society look to space when we have so many problems here, just as it was fair to ask why so much attention was given to the race to the moon rather than, say, civil rights [1].
Going to space IS politics. It is, essentially, a vanity goal for a whole society. The resources diverted are, essentially, mindshare and political.
It is only fair then that people ask why we as a society look to space when we have so many problems here, just as it was fair to ask why so much attention was given to the race to the moon rather than, say, civil rights [1].
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2x_G0ct4