Are these endeavors so separate? The curiosity, thirst for understanding, and drive for mastery and improvement that brings advances in engineering, medicine, a

Are these endeavors so separate? The curiosity, thirst for understanding, and drive for mastery and improvement that brings advances in engineering, medicine, and science seems to also cause people to gaze longingly at the cosmos. Not to say we shouldn't be pushing to make even more progress on those difficult, pressing issues.