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Politicians and the desire of legacy.
by neximo64 10y ago
Politicians and the desire of legacy.
- wmeredith 10y agoIf only we would feed the space industrial complex as we do the military one. sigh
- chrisdbaldwin 10y agoWe need to be a peaceful species if we ever hope to commune with ETIs and unlock the inner mysteries of the universe. According to Edgar Mitchell, the ETIs will not tolerate violence. Zero point energy is too powerful to entrust to warmongering space pirates (like us).
- epoxyhockey 10y agoAnd their actions to be repealed or cut by the next politician in line.
- DanielBMarkham 10y agoThis is why cash prizes for advances that decrease the cost of space travel is the only thing a politician can do that has any chance of gaining my respect. It's action, not speech, and within a fixed time frame either tangible progress will be made or not. Twenty billion dollars to develop and demonstrate a reusable mass-driver system for deployment unmanned cargo to orbit? In the big scheme of things it's a drop in the bucket. But it would make a ton of other things much, much cheaper. The only problem is that it doesn't sound as sexy as a "vision" of space exploration decades from now.
- gxs 10y agoExactly. Obama has been trying to smatter himself across history throughout his presidency with a lot of "first president, first president in X years" activities, and this screams of ME TOO-ism. Previous to this comment he's shown zero interest in space or space exploration - can't stand the guy.
- MrZongle2 10y ago"Obama has been trying to smatter himself across history throughout his presidency..." And with little sticking, IMO. At least in the positive sense. Of the words that history may eventually use to describe the guy, "leadership" will likely not be one of them.
- rasz_pl 10y agoHe already has a legacy - remember when he promised to close gitmo if he gets elected?