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And it almost certainly would not have been spent on those things even if the missions were cancelled. It's like getting angry at software companies because th
by lfuller 11y ago
And it almost certainly would not have been spent on those things even if the missions were cancelled.
It's like getting angry at software companies because they're not spending all their profits on solving climate change. The existence of a problem doesn't mean that the entirety of society and technological progress must pause until it's solved.
- GreaterFool 11y agohear, hear https://launiusr.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/why-explore-space-a-1970-letter-to-a-nun-in-africa/ https://launiusr.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/why-explore-space-...