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| Fei-Hung said: I like how there are people here taking Hollywood for reality. We live in a planet where to this very day we haven't bothered creating water lines to the desert for starved out tribes etc. We are part of a species that overcharge for medicine that could save the lives of millions and overcharge for the simplest of medicine. If there was an event that would threaten the world, the only people getting of this planet are someof the 1% who could afford it along with some scientists to help provide for them. Between this small group of people and with the technology they have, they will be able to grow humans through frozen eggs and sperm rather than transporting millions. In other words, we are paying for the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Rockerfellas, the monarchy, etc to continue our species. I think the military and space travel is a waste of time. If the same amount of effort was put into securing our environment and healing this planet, we wouldn't need to worry about the planet dying on us. |
Yet what does long term space travel need?
Closed water recycling, efficient food production in hostile environments, efficient battery designs, efficient solar power designs, waste recycling, air filtering. All technologies that can help us down here. I rather have some money go into space travel than researching the next more efficient way to kill people by drone.
Some of the 1% escaping the planet, that's Hollywood. The Earth would pretty much have to break up or turn into a ball of lava before it will be easier to survive off planet.
It would indeed be nice if the military budget was spend on Nuclear fusion research, desalination plants and water pipelines. We can't even be bothered to engineer for droughts in our own countries though. Complaining about the lack of rain is easier, then worry about floods later and quickly get rid of all that water.
