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- deathboy-1
I always think of this old quote on such space things.
"Consider this: The first hole ever dug on the moon by a man-made machine is now done. It is the most expensive hole in the history of the human race. Now, what does that mean? How do we know whether this is one of man's noblest achievements or if it is a game being played by a small group of lunatics for their own amusement -- at our expense?
Considering its been like 40+ years the question is still hard to answer. My guess is the real value lies somewhere in the fact it is easier to convince scientists and public funding to work on irrelevant things in order to appropriate it for militaristic aims.
- Why even get up in the morning?inv
- Aye, to be fair we've had fuck-all of value back from pushing scientific and engineering limitations.detritus
- yes we have. but what did we get digging that hole. was it worth the cost? could space exploration just not be worth it. Just trying to look at it objectivelydeathboy
- nothing wrong with looking at it with some cynicism. be pretty myopic not too.deathboy
- and inv i get up in the morning because their is no reason to stay in bed.deathboy