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> These decisions should be taken by scientists and experts. Who decides which expert to listen to? Because we have experts on both sides of this issue. > Not
by tredre3 3y ago
> These decisions should be taken by scientists and experts.
Who decides which expert to listen to? Because we have experts on both sides of this issue.
> Not to mention, asteroid hunting will be a lot more effective from the moon anyway, since it has high visibility due to a lack of atmosphere and a low gravity which makes escaping the orbit a lot easier.
This is just futurism-level techno babble used to justify imposing YOUR desires onto the population by making your goal a mandatory step before we get to do what the majority of the population actually wants. The reality is that building anti-asteroid orbital defence is cheaper, faster, more versatile, and plain easier than building a base on the moon.
- RugnirViking 3y ago> This is just futurism-level techno babble Is it? It seems pretty understandable to me. No atmosphere means easier to spot rocks Less gravity means easier to launch rock deflection mission with more mass. > Who decides which expert to listen to Right now? Our democratically elected officials do, by way of appointing a head of NASA, and also each time NASA wants to approve budget items
- okdure 3y agoDemocratically elected once vetted by the donor class
- notRobot 3y ago> Who decides which expert to listen to? Because we have experts on both sides of this issue. The representatives you elect. If you're not happy, you can try to hold them accountable or elect someone else. I acknowledge this isn't perfect, but it's what the system is right now. > The reality is that building anti-asteroid orbital defence is cheaper, faster, more versatile, and plain easier than building a base on the moon. Since I provided reasoning for my opinion, would you care to do these same, as opposed to stating it as fact?
- Kerb_ 3y agoYou think asteroid missiles are legit but telescopes on the moon unaffected by atmospheric effects and orbital objects are fantasy techno-babble?