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There have been at least 5 major extinction events on this planet. Whilst I believe that taking care of Earth should be our number one priority, is it so wrong

There have been at least 5 major extinction events on this planet. Whilst I believe that taking care of Earth should be our number one priority, is it so wrong if a billionnaire decides to focus on improving our ability to travel into space? Not to belittle the invaluable work ESA or NASA do but the incredible progress SpaceX has made in just the past 15 years speaks to how little development governmental space agencies have made in the field of rocketry over the past 50 years. Doing anything in Space is insanely expensive - I for one am extremely glad we have two lunatics (in Musk and Bezos) willing to lose their shirt over it.

flashman 8y ago
> There have been at least 5 major extinction events on this planet. The odds are that number six will be a) caused by humans and b) due to the same economic and industrial systems that concentrate wealth among a few individuals. I never said Bezos was wrong to focus on space travel, just that he lacks imagination for ways he could allocate his capital. Perhaps we should be restructuring our systems to prioritise our planet above the ability of individuals to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.