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You are all so respectful! But this thread needs some dissenting opinions...
So here goes.
DaveOrion, I’m going to pick on you first. I hope you'll respond!
Do you consider it not an issue that we're defunding many areas of space research to the point that we are unable to maintain even a “skeleton crew” of researchers who are able to pass on their knowledge and methods to the next generation of scientists? Your prospect of dealing with Earth first is noble, but don’t we have lots of educated people trying to solve those problems already? I argue that while we’ve been figuring out how to put life in space, we’re also learning how to make life more liveable for those here. It is nearly impossible to get a grant from NASA without relating a convincing argument for how your research will provide a near-immediate benefit to people on Earth. Also, wouldn’t colonization of space offer a frontier for people to spread out, offering a decrease in population density on Earth, and decreasing the impact humans make on their current overuse of natural resources?
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