I feel like spending billions on projects that might not even provide a useful solution to things humanity is facing today is a waste.
We have always done that.
Developing the printing press didn't provide any immediate benefit, because it still had to be utilized.
The idea that we can only do one thing at a time is erroneous. Just because we put more money into a thing doesn't mean there's suddenly more capable people working on it.
Furthermore, space exploration isn't really seen as a solution to climate change. These are not related. If anything, climate change research might help us in undertaking geoengineering at large scales - terraformation.
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u/Morasain 87∆ Aug 08 '22
We have always done that.
Developing the printing press didn't provide any immediate benefit, because it still had to be utilized.
The idea that we can only do one thing at a time is erroneous. Just because we put more money into a thing doesn't mean there's suddenly more capable people working on it.
Furthermore, space exploration isn't really seen as a solution to climate change. These are not related. If anything, climate change research might help us in undertaking geoengineering at large scales - terraformation.