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This is so sad to me. If there is no political pissing contest to be had, the people in-charge don't care to do it. Why is curiosity not enough? Why must we al
by BlackDeath3 13y ago
This is so sad to me. If there is no political pissing contest to be had, the people in-charge don't care to do it.
Why is curiosity not enough? Why must we all be more concerned about who has more nukes than about the 99.999%+ of space out there that we've never touched?
Yeah, yeah, I know. Something about human nature...
- ivanca 13y agoAll nations existences are completely arbitrary -besides the ability to kill or exile previous residents-. Therefore one of the few common goals of the people inside the most rich of those arbitrary separations is to have the most advanced and numerous weaponry; everything else is open to discussion and that sadly includes science that is not clearly towards that goal.
- BrandonMarc 13y agoPolitical mindset: Funding a pure science project won't help me win my next election. Now where's my intern? So long as space travel depends on politicians, this'll be the case, with some rare exceptions. Even Columbus had to justify the expense of sending his ships on an exploration cruise heading West across the Atlantic (trade with India).