We can solve those problems when they become relevant. That's the point. They won't become relevant until actual misions make them relevant. Until we know wha

We can solve those problems when they become relevant. That's the point. They won't become relevant until actual misions make them relevant. Until we know what's out there we can't know when we'll want to send people far away. Add to this that we won't want to send people far away because we haven't (still) the right technology and you have a nasty vicious circle. This remembers me those other news on HN: the duck tape programmer. We need a duck tape exploration program, that's it :-)