Is space exploration more important than sorting out local earthbound problems? And the reason?

Both are important, If we made a big run on space, say a Jacobs Ladder, a railgun launcher, and a full sized L-5, there would be enouph work to employ millions. Meanwhile if we built Wind, Solar, and Tidal power plants, more millions would be employed. It should be done with private capital. This would put dollars back to work, and create a new batch of billionares.

February 22

Posted by Dave Cobb (10286 total points) - Report

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  Pat So there you have it. Dave Cobb for president! And yes, I vote.

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  MrsDK Pat, he's too smart to throw his hat into the ring. For that matter, he doesn't wear a hat.

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  Pat Darn. That's our problem, the smart ones stay out of politics. I tried!

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Absolutely. After we totally screw up the planet Earth, we need another place to go and screw things up. Uranus is already totally f&@#ed so how's Pluto this time of year?

February 22

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  Pluto68 Far out, as usual. LOL

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I don't know if space exploration is 'more important' than sorting out other earthbound problems, but I think there is definitely a need for it.
Adding to our overall knowledge base can only benefit us in the long run.

February 22

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Exploration is needed for someone to boldly go where no man has ever gone before.

February 22

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  mzrpl Belgium?

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Think what we learned from our early space explorations: Tang, Velcro, and that the moon was definitely not made of green cheese.
We got tired of Tang; Velcro is still in use; we haven't been back to the moon.

February 22

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  mzrpl I was REALLY looking forward to those shipments of green cheese...!

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Yes because we are looking for aliens to warn them earth is not a good place to live.

February 22

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Yes, anything to keep you humans out of the Black Lagoon.

February 22

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Only to those whose livelihood depends upon the income earned from this endeavor.

February 22

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  mzrpl I was thinking long-term. WE won't benefit!

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