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Re:NASA spacecraft to probe possibility of life in Europa's ... by holoduke on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @05:07AM (#41645347)
What more important can we human beings do than exploring space and improve our tech?
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Re:NASA spacecraft to probe possibility of life in Europa's ... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @05:28AM (#41645432)
> What more important can we human beings do than exploring space and improve our tech?

This is a value statement. Every answer from heroin to petting my cat is technically a valid answer.

OP's question is written obnoxiously. But it raises a valid point: why should we do these things, and why should it matter to people who don't find it inherently valuable?

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