MTZehvor on 18 January 2016
| Ljink96 said: Sad as hell. I just realized that we spend billions of dollars on space research and people are starving on our own earth. But back on topic, the rich just get richer because they have the knowhow and their tactics, although very effective, often lack morality. Me...I don't care to be rich. A while from now it'll all be useless. But to those who earned their riches, I have nothing but good things to say about you. Economics lacks morality, this is why statistics like this don't necessarily shock me, but they sicken me. |
For what it's worth, space research is arguably one of the best investments in terms of "fairness." Research from NASA has been crucial to the creation of prosthetic limbs, allowing people who are born without/lose a limb to at least be capable of doing many of the things those of us with four working limbs can do. NASA's research has also led to water purification being much cheaper and far easier, so that nearly anyone, regardless of how poor, in a developed society can have it, when originally it was limited to the upper class. Research from NASA has also benefitted food safety, hospitals, pollution levels, fire fighters, and highway safety. Space research is one of the better investments for helping all of a society.
