Is it really necessary to send humans to those places just to get the knock-on benefits? Couldn’t we do those things directly, without going there?
It seems to me that, today, those who have the money to spend on these endeavors would only do so if there were perceived short-term benefits to themselves. That means they plan to exploit the resources, or increase their own power somehow.
I know the good engineers that make this happen are doing it for the challenge and in the pursuit of knowledge, and I know that’s why we poors support it, but that doesn’t “pay the bills.” What is the motivation behind the money? Why are they really doing this?
I don’t know man, permanent settlements on other worlds seems kinda like a big thing to not have a justification for. I’m not saying that you need to have good reasons either. Most of the colonialization on earth had emotional reason behind it. I want to know what your reason is?
Is this like an Everest thing? “I want to climb it because it’s there”
I love to go on adventures and do dangerous things, my face is currently broken in two places because of mountain biking.