by saying space exploration disadvanges outweights its advantages in this present times, is the same like putting down the invention of the wheel faaaaaaaaaaaaar back in the past. Without their groundwork (wheel), we wouldn't even have a proper bicycle to ride on, not to mention trains and cars now.

I'm sure what has been done and researched today will be a salvation to our future generations.

Some of us can't see past our own benefit (for eg. putting $$$ researching sexual enhancement so we can "use it" when we're 80 yrs old). We prefer everything that man do, we hope to personally enjoy it (even though we are not contributing to it), rather than seeing our children benefit from it.

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Added on July 7, 2009, 9:34 amYea, its like a dual-prong method. What if mere "repairing" doesnt work? then humans suddenly find out they're stranded on a dying planet with no means of escaping.


This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Jul 7 2009, 09:34 AM