http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/why-explore-space.html http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/why-explore-space.html > Indeed, something very good came out

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/why-explore-space.html http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/why-explore-space.html > Indeed, something very good came out of this work, and also out of similar work done by others at other places: the microscope. ---- Also, remittances have been increasing and these help the situation in poorer countries enormously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remittance and I'm pretty sure that the Internet is not entirely fault free in causing this increase. And then there's this too: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2012/07/17/mobile-phone-access-reaches-three-quarters-planets-population http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2012/07/17/mo... Giving people access to some form of communications, even if it is just SMS surely can't hurt and must be bound to be an investment that can pay back itself, Malaria or no Malaria. Bill Gates should be congratulated and commended for his work every day. But to read out of that that the two have no relation with each other is a bit short-sighted.