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Do you agree with the mission to Mars, would it not be more to the point to spend all those Billions on fixing this planet?
Spending those billions to fix this planet would be far more to the point, in my opinion.
What is the number one chore you would happily never have to do again?
No, I do not think so.
The world would be bettered much more by the advances in science from overcoming the technical difficulties of the proposed mission plus there is no way of even guessing what leaps in knowledge may occur from what is learned there.
The advancement of science for the sake of science is always expensive with no apparent monetary benefit, but the advancement of knowledge can lead to vast improvements in our daily lives.
The mission to the moon made a huge impact in the daily lives of billions of people. It kicked the advancement of electronics and computer technology ahead two decades.
The Apollo spacecraft was the ultimate in computer tech at the time, but within a decade you could buy a calculator for $100 that had more than a thousand times the computer power.
There were huge advancements in understanding the human body under extraordinary environments which lead to advances in medicine.
Humankind is curious for a reason. Increasing knowledge is more valuable at enhancing our lives than anything else. The millions whose lives you may improve now, would turn into billions with the advancements possible.
I have lived long enough to see what the 'Race to the Moon' caused. The same questions were raised then and I have seen the results of those advancements. They were worth ten times what we paid or even more.
Would our world and daily lives be better if science advance much slower? (about 10 times slower; example going from black and white TV to color took 130 years instead of 13 years)
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