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I think there are a lot of people on here who think that "conquering space" is a giant distraction from the many very real problems that exist here on Earth tha

• Pristina 8y ago
  but muh space, muh high contrast colorful nebulae, muh railguns
• laumars 8y ago
  I disagree. I think that conquering space makes sense from the perspective of creating a redundant copy of the human race (I say “redundant” rather than “backup” because Mars is too close to Earth to protect it against any sizeable interstellar events). My issue with Mars One was that it didn’t seem very credible in achieving its goals and that worries me that now people have been burnt by Mars One, they will not take a more credible organisation seriously if/when one comes along.
• neatcoder 8y ago
  I think such thinking is very short-sighted. Space exploration is necessary. It satisfies human curiosity, a very innate need among humans, one of the reasons why our species has been very successful so far. That there are real problems that exist here on the Earth somehow does not preclude space exploration. Space exploration and solving problems on the Earth are not mutually exclusive activities. They can both be done in parallel and sometimes one helps the other and vice versa.
  • Retra 8y ago
    On the other hand, any argument which proposes that we should explore space because we are unable to solve problems on Earth is entirely foolhardy and fantastical.