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To do that, we need more research, more production, better technologies, better energy usage, which turns out to be growth.
by allendoerfer 7y ago
To do that, we need more research, more production, better technologies, better energy usage, which turns out to be growth.
- coldtea 7y agoNo, we could do that with limited growth (of general commerce economy) and just having more resources given to science. Even as a matter of political will (tons of resources in the US e.g. are given to the military which could be use for NASA programs). We went to space with an 1/10th the economy of today. We had not been to the moon for 40+ years, despite the economy growing ever stronger.
- allendoerfer 7y agoWhat got America to the moon was taking the leftovers of an beyond-imagination evil dictatorship, designed to take over the world, and applying it to win a race against another dictatorship. During that whole process millions of people experienced horror or lost their lifes in the cruelest ways imaginable. While I acknowledge, that economic growth has problems, it does not seem all that bad to me. I imagine going to the moon just is not a priority right now. The superrich already want to spend their money on space projects. Let's wait what regular people want to buy, after health, etc. is solved.