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Uncomfortable about space exploration

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Spacerace2 · 23/08/2023 19:36

I’ll caveat this thread by saying this isn’t a pop at India but AIBU unreasonable to ask if it is right to spend so much on space exploration when so many on this planet live in abject poverty? Or is it right to try and find another planet whose resources we can exhaust?

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Startyabastard · 23/08/2023 19:40

I thought this, OP when I saw the headline.

TheBarbieEffect · 23/08/2023 19:39

YANBU. They have bigger problems they should be fixing.

SwedishEdith · 23/08/2023 19:38

What if we discover something that can provide cheap fuel or be used for food production that could be feed the world?

Hooferr · 23/08/2023 19:38

I dunno.

Is it right to spend money inventing new biscuits/cars/shoes when people are starving? Because we do all of that too.

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