Hear, hear! It's a shame that it only got so much government funding in the beginning because it was beneficial to the arms race with Russia. People don't realize that looking up at the stars is more than just a silly curiosity. The study of the planets and stars around us is going to matter when resources run dry and the planet becomes unlivable. That might seem like a distant future for now, but it won't be for the generations that succeed us. I know people don't care, especially since it's in the future, but those are still going to be our people dealing with the problem. To hell with pride for your race/country, have pride for your species.
I completely agree. Sometimes, I am so utterly disgusted by the human race that I'm glad I'm only partially a part of it.
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With the utterly stupid and wasteful shit we spend money on, it is a crime that we have not continued space exploration with the fervor of the 60's and 70's. We are on the verge of understanding some of the most fundamental and important forces in the universe, but can glean little more from our vantage point.
So, what do we do? We make sure to send almost all of our moeny and resources straight up to the fat old white men who make up the handful of people who actually benefit from our economy...just like their puppets in Washington spent most of the 80's and this decade ensuring. So, as long as
they are financially comfortable (after all, what individual person doesn't need several billion dollars to live on?), no one gives a shit about anything so "needless" as space exploration and the evolution of our species.
I can only pray that when we are visited by a superior species (which I fully believe we have been in the past, helping us along at key points. The evidence is right in front of people, but they prefer to attribute things to magical, invisible white-bearded men in the sky....but that's a topic for another ranting thread)...that they will be able to discern the members of the human race who are ready to listen. Of course, should that happen, the almighty military will claim the event as theirs to deal with (NATIONAL SECURITY!!!!), and we will blow any chance of a partnership with a superior intelligence in...oh, about ten minutes.
