Current Events > UGH why are we even trying to go to outer space

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I have NO FAITH in Nasa tbh and you shouldn't either

It's a waste of money
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"NASA" breaking news announcement in "X" days!!!

announcement turns out to be a bunch of crap

every damn time
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Imagine saying something this utterly fucking stupid, and not even being smart enough to be ashamed of yourself for saying it.
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I don't wanna go to Mars
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NASA's budget should be at least doubled to 40 billion tbh.
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I feel that we should finish exploring this planet before we go gallivanting about in space.
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Gen_Lee_Enfield posted...

I feel that we should finish exploring this planet before we go gallivanting about in space.

It's not like we can't do both at the same time. There's freaking precious metals to be mined from asteroids, dammit.
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To get away from other people lol
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Because some people have this absurd idea that either:

A. Earth doesn't have sufficient resources to sustain life so we need to find another planet to ecologically rape

B. We need to make contact with extraterrestrial intellegent life that we have no proof exists

We should defund NASA and only give them enough to alert us to immediate threats such as asteroids or solar flares.
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TC have you seen the movie Interstellar? It actually is about people like you. the movie is set in the future and everyone lost faith in NASA and wanted to shut them down and it gets so bad that it starts being taught in school that the moon landing was faked

...theres nothing valuable out there.

You need both time and tremendously significant amounts of effort to explore the final frontier.
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HBOSS posted...

...theres nothing valuable out there.

minerals in asteroids

entire planets that are just like Earth, that have plants and animals and tons of living space. yes we haven't proven that that exists. but we know there is like a 95% chance it does. we keep finding earth sized planets. and some of those I am sure have earth like atmospheres. based on the sheer size of the universe and the law of averages, I believe that these planets exist.

I generally scoff at people who are like "Americans are stupid!", then I see topics like this, and think, "maybe they are on to something".
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but we know there is like a 95% chance it does

n't*
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Benify posted...

I don't wanna go to Mars

Get yer ass to Mars!
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SageHarpuia posted...

A. Earth doesn't have sufficient resources to sustain life so we need to find another planet to ecologically rape

It doesn't in the long term.

B. We need to make contact with extraterrestrial intellegent life that we have no proof exists

This isn't why NASA exists, but nonetheless, the scale of the universe pretty much precludes some others societies out there from not existing. It's just a statistical improbability when we've already found planets (with overall extremely limited technology on a universal scale) that come somewhat close to matching our conditions. That's in one limited area of one galaxy among multiple trillion, with liquid water occurring on at least two planets within our own solar system.

We should defund NASA and only give them enough to alert us to immediate threats such as asteroids or solar flares.

"Fuck exploration and culture! We don't need to know anything that isn't in the immediate vicinity!"

go back to the 1500s
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It doesn't in the long term.

It would if we redirected NASA's funds to sustainable farming.

"Fuck exploration and culture! We don't need to know anything that isn't in the immediate vicinity!"

go back to the 1500s

So you're willing to waste trillions in funds and resources because we might find something, meanwhile people are starving here?
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SageHarpuia posted...

So you're willing to waste trillions in funds and resources because we might find something, meanwhile people are starving here?

yes

No, we'd rather waste trillions on war spending instead.
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Let's defund NASA and watch as our weather prediction capabilities get shortened by literal days. Great idea genius
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Honestly defunding NASA is probably one of the quickest ways to ensure that the US stops being important in global affairs, other than what we've already done so far this last year.
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also, what we spend on NASA is nowhere near what we spend on the military. TC is crying about wasting money on NASA but it's not as much as he thinks. he should be campaigning to spend less on military because that is the bulk of our expenses

SageHarpuia posted...

It would if we redirected NASA's funds to sustainable farming.

What? Farming is not the issue with resources. A lack of food is an issue in developing or third-world nations due to poor farming conditions. In general, developed nations like ours do not suffer from food shortages on a seasonal basis. We do not have famines. The cause of potential lack of food in the U.S. is due to a lack of a person/family's economic resources, not the actual availability of food.

I'm talking about resources that are not easily renewed and are limited and could buckle under a growing population or cause huge price hikes. This isn't necessarily a concern within the next 50-100 yeas, but 1000-2000+? Absolutely, and that's when space travel to take resources from other celestial bodies would be useful to have. Even more responsibly, we could do that before it becomes an issue so no shortages occur to begin with.

So you're willing to waste trillions in funds and resources because we might find something, meanwhile people are starving here?

We don't waste trillions on NASA. We put in less than 20 billion per year and have even less consequential things we spend significantly more on.

So, sure, with the note that those 20 billion dollars are not the thing preventing people from starving. You're being disingenuous.
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Why do people act as if we can't support the poor, and support NASA at the same time?!?

Especially when NASA takes up such a tiny fraction of our budget?!?
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oh right and then there's the whole "NASA adds more to the economy than in drains due to tech advancements" thing
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Octaivian_Rex posted...

TC just got reckt hard

Those sexy blue aliens aren’t going to bang themselves.
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Sexypwnstar posted...

"NASA" breaking news announcement in "X" days!!!

announcement turns out to be a bunch of crap

every damn time

They have announcements for their announcements.
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mustachedmystic posted...

I generally scoff at people who are like "Americans are stupid!", then I see topics like this, and think, "maybe they are on to something".

Last I knew Americans have been the only ones to stand on another celestial body.
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CarlGrimes posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

I generally scoff at people who are like "Americans are stupid!", then I see topics like this, and think, "maybe they are on to something".

Last I knew Americans have been the only ones to stand on another celestial body.

I didn't mean we are all stupid(I'm American), just a large enough percentage to vote Trump into office.
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mustachedmystic posted...

CarlGrimes posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

I generally scoff at people who are like "Americans are stupid!", then I see topics like this, and think, "maybe they are on to something".

Last I knew Americans have been the only ones to stand on another celestial body.

I didn't mean we are all stupid(I'm American), just a large enough percentage to vote Trump into office.

Yeah, everyone should have voted for Hillary since it was Her Turn.
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I'd rather have Fusion power.
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All NASA does is tell us the earth is round. All those images they put out are photoshopped to hide the truth that the earth is flat. Wake up sheeple!

Laserion posted...

Sexypwnstar posted...

"NASA" breaking news announcement in "X" days!!!

announcement turns out to be a bunch of crap

every damn time

They have announcements for their announcements.

That's how every press conference works. It gets scheduled in advance. Or else no one would show up.
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Gen_Lee_Enfield posted...

I feel that we should finish exploring this planet before we go gallivanting about in space.

We pretty much have, though. Everything except the deep ocean which we are indeed exploring. Plus it's not like every scientist is just a blank dummy to be used in any field. We have marine biologists doing their thing and astronomers doing their thing and so on.
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CarlGrimes posted...

Yeah, everyone should have voted for Hillary since it was Her Turn.

Naw, everyone should have voted for Hilary, because as bad as she is, she's still better than Trump.
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mustachedmystic posted...

Naw, everyone should have voted for Hilary, because as bad as she is, she's still better than Trump.

the problem is there is a whole group of people in america who disagree with you and have the exact opposite opinion

"as bad he is, he's still better than Hillary"

Zero_Destroyer posted...

with the note that those 20 billion dollars are not the thing preventing people from starving

Yes, yes it would. Especially per year. Unless you think that literally 2/3rds of America is starving.
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omega cookie posted...

Imagine saying something this utterly fucking stupid, and not even being smart enough to be ashamed of yourself for saying it.

How I feel about this thread.