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We have more resources than we know what to do with. Negative to zero interest rates all over the place. The problems on Earth are not being solved or worked on
by njarboe 7y ago
We have more resources than we know what to do with. Negative to zero interest rates all over the place. The problems on Earth are not being solved or worked on due to political problems not resource limitations. Plus total current space related expenditures are probably 0.05% of global GDP. Global GDP is ~$85 trillion would mean a space spend of $42.5 billion. Sounds about right.
- tsimionescu 7y agoIt's not just about monetary resources. There are also engineering, research, PR and other kinds of resources spent on this. Not to mention, there are people who seem to honestly believe that moving to Mars is a viable strategy for humanity in the same te scale as global warming (perhaps even Elon Musk among them? Hopefully not, but definitely GP among them). That is such a silly idea, but with such potential to be used in the concentrated campaign of convincing people to ignore global warming, that it must be spoken against any time it comes up.