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Also the city I live in doesn't have a, "how to get to the Moon" problem, it has a "homeless" problem. The planet I live on also doesn't have a, "how to get to

Also the city I live in doesn't have a, "how to get to the Moon" problem, it has a "homeless" problem. The planet I live on also doesn't have a, "how to get to the Moon" problem, it has a climate change problem, a pollution problem, a corrupt political system problem. We've got lots of Hard Problems to solve before we need to go back to the Moon.

sbr464 7y ago
I’m not downvoting you (maybe mentally), it’s a valid point. It’s also been a long-standing perspective; Whitey on the moon, from 1969: https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 And from the Atlantic: Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/moondoggle-the-forgotten-opposition-to-the-apollo-program/262254/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/moond... (I’m personally for moon and space missions, there will always be issues to overcome)
heretoo 7y ago
Pretty sure the same was said about sailing out into the ocean, many centuries ago. Or leaving the safety of the cave.
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thomasmarriott 7y ago
Exactly — THE WAY OUT IS UP: https://marriottexpeditions.org/finalmarket https://marriottexpeditions.org/finalmarket
- thomasmarriott 7y ago
  "At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities."
- erikpukinskis 7y ago
  All that does is the widen the same doomed closed system. The way out is in. It's mutuality and ecology. There are infinite resources available if we scale down our economies. Billionaires who live gigawatt lives need to be seen as the wastrels they are. We need to learn to respect the ant and the mouse.
fiblye 7y ago
Research into space technology employs countless people directly and also feeds into service industries and other sectors, reducing homelessness. Space technology also results in breakthroughs in understanding about our own planet and fuel efficiency, helping climate change understanding. It’s shortsighted and harmful to focus only on bandaid solutions today. We have enough people in this world to solve many different problems.
tjbiddle 7y ago
Multiple problems can be solved at once. Everyone is passionate about different things - That's what makes the world go round.

sbr464 7y ago

I’m not downvoting you (maybe mentally), it’s a valid point. It’s also been a long-standing perspective; Whitey on the moon, from 1969: https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4 And from the Atlantic: Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/moondoggle-the-forgotten-opposition-to-the-apollo-program/262254/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/moond... (I’m personally for moon and space missions, there will always be issues to overcome)

heretoo 7y ago

Pretty sure the same was said about sailing out into the ocean, many centuries ago. Or leaving the safety of the cave.

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thomasmarriott 7y ago

Exactly — THE WAY OUT IS UP: https://marriottexpeditions.org/finalmarket https://marriottexpeditions.org/finalmarket

thomasmarriott 7y ago
"At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities."
erikpukinskis 7y ago
All that does is the widen the same doomed closed system. The way out is in. It's mutuality and ecology. There are infinite resources available if we scale down our economies. Billionaires who live gigawatt lives need to be seen as the wastrels they are. We need to learn to respect the ant and the mouse.

fiblye 7y ago

Research into space technology employs countless people directly and also feeds into service industries and other sectors, reducing homelessness. Space technology also results in breakthroughs in understanding about our own planet and fuel efficiency, helping climate change understanding. It’s shortsighted and harmful to focus only on bandaid solutions today. We have enough people in this world to solve many different problems.

tjbiddle 7y ago

Multiple problems can be solved at once. Everyone is passionate about different things - That's what makes the world go round.