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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The nations in 15th century Europe were also not democracies that were accountable to their citizens. The exploration of the new world was not done because it was in the best interests of the people... it was done to line the pockets of the kings and queens. Europe itself was still subject to famine and epidemics during that time, education was largely ignored for the average citizen, genocides and pillaging were the norm... in fact, who is to say that the world would not have been better off if the colonialist nations focused more on their own people?
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Who cares if they were democratic or not? The point is, if you go with the idea that social problems need to be solved first, then we will never explore anywhere else.
One of the problems with space exploration is that it is government controled. The US government would not authorize some provate company to start there own space program in the USA. So the government is inherently involved.