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Originally Posted by peter12
I personally question the need for the space program. It's extremely costly, dangerous, and awful for the environment. Surprisingly useless to us as a species too. Why do we feel the need, this last half-century, to escape this beautiful earth?
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Manned spaceflights are too expensive and unless we're willing to send on missons of no return, it should be shelved. I say keep sending those probes out though. To me, it's not about escaping the earth, but more about seeing what's out there.
I find the photos of distant planets and galaxies that are sent back worth every penny.