The world today is such a wicked place.
Fighting going on between the human race.
People got to work just to earn their bread.
While people just across the sea are counting their dead.
A politician's job they say is very high.
'Cos he has to choose who's got to go and die.
They can put a man on the moon quite easy,
While people here on earth are dying of old diseases.
A woman goes to work every day after day.
She just goes to work just to earn her pay.
Child sitting crying by a life that's harder.
He doesn't even know who is his father.
- Black Sabbath's "Wicked World" (1970)
I'm a fan of manned spaceflight and exploration (slash finding a high availability arrangement for life from Earth). However, I believe we have more pressing matters to tend at the moment. In the meantime, it seems we need more Encyclopedists. ;-)
There are certainly always important things going on at home (Earth). I am not suggesting that these will always be more important than manned space flight; I'm suggesting that they are more important at this time. Are you saying that prioritizing manned space flight, above all else, is always a good idea? If not, what priorities have you before manned spaceflight? What's the rush? Are you concerned with climate change? Is the answer to it to move on from Earth, instead of _first_ trying to nurse it back to health?
A politician's job they say is very high. 'Cos he has to choose who's got to go and die. They can put a man on the moon quite easy, While people here on earth are dying of old diseases.
A woman goes to work every day after day. She just goes to work just to earn her pay. Child sitting crying by a life that's harder. He doesn't even know who is his father.
- Black Sabbath's "Wicked World" (1970)
I'm a fan of manned spaceflight and exploration (slash finding a high availability arrangement for life from Earth). However, I believe we have more pressing matters to tend at the moment. In the meantime, it seems we need more Encyclopedists. ;-)