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Space exploration is great, but manned missions are dictated by vanity and congressional pork more than scientific needs.
by xnx 1y ago
Space exploration is great, but manned missions are dictated by vanity and congressional pork more than scientific needs.
- ApolloFortyNine 1y agoYea, it was an insane achievement in 1969, but today the technology exists, it's really just the money that's missing.
- themafia 1y ago> but manned missions are dictated by vanity We were last on the moon in 1972. We haven't been back since. That's nothing even remotely like "vanity." I think there's a vanity involved in making this type of comment. > and congressional pork If the public wants it then it's not pork. > more than scientific needs. "Scientific needs" is not a well defined category. Those who proclaim to represent it while expecting it to hold a higher value than the will of the voters are misanthropic bullies.