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In your opinion, is space exploration necessary? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Nebulous_Keito@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just started thinking about it. Why is space exploration even that necessary? They're spending so much money on it when we have so much problems in our own planet..

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[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 days ago

Of course not, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. We go to space because it’s cool and we can, and that’s a beautifully human thing to do. As for the money, it’s a baseline fact of this world that enormous sums will be spent on things that don’t fix our problems, and space is as good a use as any for that wasted cash. If it were space or solving hunger, solving hunger is the obvious priority, but practically speaking it’s “don’t solve hunger and go to space” or “don’t solve hunger.”