Emmet O'Neill
raghukamath@emmetoneill I think both can go in parallel. Often the tech needed for rockets ends up helping people on ground. So both side should be encouraged.
@raghukamath Maybe they can. But right now they aren't.
America already landed people on the moon almost 60 years ago, and we've launched plenty of rockets and satellites since. (We've made plenty of ICBMs with this tech too.)
But we still haven't met the needs of our people. ~10% of Americans have no healthcare. We're told "it can't be done".
I'm not against science or space exploration, but we don't really need to go *back* to the moon to solve the problems that we face here on Earth.
@raghukamath Maybe I'm too cynical... It's cool to watch a rocket blast off.
But it's tax season and I'm watching my country build ballrooms for the political elites, wage pointless wars in the middle east, and try to repeat space missions that we already did when my parents were kids.
I simply don't feel that our priorities are in order.
If another country was doing it, then I would have no complaints.
@emmetoneill We all are now tired by the shenanigans of our governments. Sadly some also feel fear of expressing this. It makes us loose hope in the process and system. But then we should be optimistic. Every night is surely followed by a day. The problem both here and in your place seems to be from non participation of people. I hope people wake up and choose better, not just once but every-time, that is only thing I can hope for the sake of my (our) future generation.