Time To Stop The Obsession With Space Travel?

[Guest makapaka]

The drive for space exploration would be honourable in terms of seeking answers to the questions of the universe if we were capable of managing our own planet first.

 

as it stands I would much rather see any expenditure going towards fixing the myriad of problems we currently face on our planet 

[Waldo]

On 20/09/2019 at 19:29, ANGELFIRE1 said:

It's called Evolution, it's what humans do and will continue to do until this tiny Planet we inhabit ceases to exist.

 

Angel1.

The notion of humans outliving this tiny planet, it’s a little optimistic you know!

[Guest]

On 22/10/2019 at 17:05, lil-minx92 said:

At some point people will realise that time, brains and earth's resources are better utilised seeking solutions to over-population, starvation and exhaustion of the planet's resources. This is the planet that the human race evolved on and will eventually become extinct on- in the blink of an eye in the history of time. 

So you don't think space travel is a solution to over-population, starvation and exhaustion of the planet's resources?

 

You're incredibly small-minded. I guess you wouldn't encourage kids to bother to get into learning about the universe because after all what's the point?

 

Nothing wrong with extinction, currently it's what the human race deserves as far as I'm concerned the way it's going but that's an entirely different discussion.

[muddycoffee]

21 hours ago, probedb said:

So you don't think space travel is a solution to over-population, starvation and exhaustion of the planet's resources?

 

Nothing wrong with extinction, currently it's what the human race deserves as far as I'm concerned the way it's going but that's an entirely different discussion.

Space travel is massively wasteful to the earth's resources, especially manned space travel. If humans can survive another thousand years, by then we "might" have the means to travel to other planets where it would be possible to make a home, but this kind of thing is way beyond our technology today. The only way space flight is even possible now is when it is directly supported by a national government of a wealthy country or several wealthy countries.

 

It is worth reminding everyone that George W Bush promised that his administration would put a man on Mars, but this was later "dropped" when it was pointed out to him that this adventure would cost the whole of the USA's annual budget for 1 year at the time.

 

 

Extinction is an important part of life on this planet it always has been and it always will.