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There is nothing more important than space exploration. Nothing. It sickens me that our race is concerned with building big weapons and fighting over politics and land and oil when we can look up at the sky at night and say "good god, look at that." And we still don't know shit about our galaxy, much less our universe...hell, we don't know if there's organisms living on Titan or Europa. I can't believe that we spend so much time and energy on bullshit on this hunk of rock when the sheer fact that we're alive on this planet is so mind boggling that I don't understand how the general public doesn't care to find out what else is out there.
We should be pouring 5% of our federal budget (bare minimum) to catapult our race back into the glory days of the 60s when NASA and space were on the forefront. I baffles me that people can look up to the sky and not be in sheer amazement that we exist, that our universe exists. We are living beings, sentient beings, on a chunk of rock that swirled together from a bunch of dust and shit...why does no one care for further explanation??? How can people learn about Proxima Centauri and not care to get to it?
I don't really know how to explain myself but I'm sick of the space program not getting funding. The budget should be increased tenfold.
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"A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert
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