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In your opinion, is space exploration necessary? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I just started thinking about it. Why is space exploration even that necessary? They're spending so much money on it when we have so much problems in our own planet..

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[โ€“] -3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's great propaganda.

That's about it.

Don't get me wrong, propaganda isn't inherently bad or anything, you just need to consider how the propaganda is being used.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Do you just not really care about climate research and weather forecasting? Satellites give us more information about our atmosphere than you can shake a stick at, and they save more lives from extreme weather events every year than you can count. Not to mention GPS. You could rightfully call that a product of the US Military, but it is worth every cent that we've put into it

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    We're talking about exploration. Satellites aren't exploring anything, they're basically just infrastructure.

    As is depicted in the OP's picture, I'm specifically talking about sending humans to space, and additionally, using them to explore deeper into space. It's mostly pointless as anything other than a propaganda tool. Anything that can be discovered by sending humans out in space can be discovered by humans on Earth.

    The space station might need humans on it to maintain it, but again, the station isn't exploring anything.

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