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> It might backfire. Manned space missions are risky and expensive, and the interesting discoveries seem to be coming from unmanned missions. Are there enough m
by tivert 2y ago
> It might backfire. Manned space missions are risky and expensive, and the interesting discoveries seem to be coming from unmanned missions. Are there enough microgravity experiments left to justify the risk and expense of the ISS?
I think NASA loses the funding game if they try to justify themselves based purely on "interesting [scientific] discoveries."
- GMoromisato 2y agoI agree. I would rather expand the discussion on benefits so that we see that the risk is worth it. I just don't know how to do it. But I think we need professional storytellers and dramatists to tell the story of space exploration in order to really sell the benefits. After all, we enthusiasts love space exploration not because it will lead to zero-G medicines, but because exploring space is freaking cool. We need to tell an emotional story, and emotional stories have risk and conflict (even if it is conflict with physics).