It's blowing my mind how many people are against space exploration. I thought this was something we could agree on. Insane leaps of technology have came out of the space program, so it's not a waste of money by any stretch.
To be fair, more than a few people were against it long before Trump.
Mostly, in my observations (read: anecdote, not fact), whining about how the money spent there doesn't instead get spent on their little pet projects (especially ones they personally benefit from).
THIS. People have protested space exploration forever basically because humanity or any government should never try to advance any new thing until EVERY SINGLE existing problem has been solved. Imagine if our ancestors were that retarded.
It's blowing my mind how many people are against space exploration. I thought this was something we could agree on. Insane leaps of technology have came out of the space program, so it's not a waste of money by any stretch.
It's blowing my mind how many people are against space exploration now that Trump is for it.
There I clarified who the people are screeching against space exploration now.
To be fair, more than a few people were against it long before Trump.
Mostly, in my observations (read: anecdote, not fact), whining about how the money spent there doesn't instead get spent on their little pet projects (especially ones they personally benefit from).
THIS. People have protested space exploration forever basically because humanity or any government should never try to advance any new thing until EVERY SINGLE existing problem has been solved. Imagine if our ancestors were that retarded.