I just watched this depressing video about the $130b dollars spent building a high speed rail in England (HS2). He actually mentions off-hand how many James Web

I just watched this depressing video about the $130b dollars spent building a high speed rail in England (HS2). He actually mentions off-hand how many James Webb Space Telescopes that could buy. (the video is about the fact that the rail line will actually be 100% useless in the end, not just overpriced) https://youtu.be/rQ8mpBL07l8 https://youtu.be/rQ8mpBL07l8 So maybe it’s fine if we spend a bunch of money on getting to Mars. There are plenty of interesting arguments for doing it, and it would be a way better use of resources than just flushing it down the toilet on useless infrastructure. Could be much worse.