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It doesn't seem like our obsession with space caused any difficulty in printing RNA. Progress is not a quantity, you can't subtract from over here and add it
by akira2501 4y ago
It doesn't seem like our obsession with space caused any difficulty in printing RNA. Progress is not a quantity, you can't subtract from over here and add it over there by whim. Humans are also not born into service to their fellow humans, so there is no ethical mechanism to even dictate this.
Meanwhile, space networks have enabled global communications, global rescue, and global positioning. All exceptionally important mechanisms, arguably, more important than using one of several possible mechanisms to fight a flu.
Given that there were many other possible mechanisms at our disposal, the desire to push mRNA technology on everyone might be considered a medical technology fetishism of it's own.
- ROTMetro 4y agoSpace programs have: Improved global shipping (reduced costs, increased safety, etc). Improve global crop yields with understanding planting times, harvest times, etc. Reduced geopolitical tensions (way less secrets, no more dangerous airplane overflights, ability to monitor compliance remotely). Enabled safer air travel (weather satellites, ADS-B). Understand global warming (using monitoring satellites). Made archeological discoveries. Helped fight poaching in Africa. These are a few of the outcomes I know off the top of my head. But yes, what have aerospace programs done for anyone?