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Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
Well...to play devil's advocate...you could say that choosing to build Rockets and uber-telescopes rather than feed starving humans is also depressing...
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Yet we build fancy new cars, go out to nice dinners, buy new clothes, build bigger warships, pay for massive governments, etc..
Its all about being realistic, the funding for Nasa compared to say the US military budget is pennies.
The starving humans is a matter of will and desire on the part of the wealthy nations. We won't fix it by removing a great institution like NASA and handing out food instead.
You can't starve the human mind and its curiosity, well unless you love the dark ages.