What if all the money spent searching for life on other planets are all in vain? My guess is that the answer to extra-terrestrial life may lie much closer to home than we may know. What if aliens originated right here on earth? Besides, I think that with all the technological advancements we have acheived this far & after all the money spent doing this research, how long will it take to even get a clear glimpse of what lies beyond our galaxy, let alone get close enough to study it. By the time we realise it will take too long (perhaps beyond the time of mankind) to finally get reasonable answers, we probably would have realised that we should have spent the effort saving our own planet & civilisation as we know it.
Oh well.. just a thaught. Shate yours if you have any!
Claude
2007-04-11 00:25:42 · 5 answers · asked by Claude 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Not in vain...an endless enigma perhaps. Money is simply a value assigned to establish a value to products or services which humans perform whereby we exchange our hard earned efforts during our lifetimes for something in return...if we look at research and exploration as vain, then perhaps we would have never ventured across the oceans to discover America...
...You're right to question the validity, considering some peoples of our Earth still think blowing themselves up as a solution to salvation. I believe that whatever the "cost", we need to seek answers to "What's out there?" Be it just emptiness, space gas, or potential planetary destructive objects which might collide with our only secure habitation, Earth itself. And so, yes, we need to have concerns about protecting this planet of ours as well...whatever its "cost".
What could be worse is someday discovering that we did not start seeking another habitable planet soon enough?
2007-04-11 00:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by walrus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're wrong. First let's say that NASA doesn't donate food to the poor or anything. This is what donation company's for people in the Himalayas etc are for. NASA isn't aiming to kill people that are starving, it's aiming for new information on things in space. Basically our whole future in a hundred years. We have to start SOMEWHERE. Starvation and overpopulation will always be around. What makes you think that it won't? These people already have diseases too as well, and will die later on. It may seem harsh though to not feed them but they'll die anyways, I don't think we have enough medicine to cure them either. Though you do have a point. We simply do not have enough money to feed,heal, and house homeless people in India or somewhere. Even if we had a trillion dollars that went to them (If we did have that, we should pay that back to China because of our debt...) it wouldn't be enough. So let's say. In a 100 years when we become a type-I civilization. There will be no terrorism, the world will become to have some control, and we'll have to look into space travel because of the destruction we have caused upon Mother Earth. It is a long journey. It's like when man first made a boat. Most likely he didn't go very far. Because he had to endure a lot of dangers of waves, sharks possibly, etc... Over time man created a bigger boat, and traveled further and to different islands or countries, they became more intelligent etc... Likewise that's happening with space travel. Only it's going to happen at a faster and alarming rate, considering technology is pushing the limits every year.
2016-05-17 08:32:37 · answer #2 · answered by holly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I second Gene's answer. What about all the money spent on nuclear weapons? The whole principal behind developing a nuclear arsenal is to deter your enemy from attacking you, so in effect they are created in the hope that they will never be used. Kind of like kung fu. That's the best case scenario with nukes btw.
What if all those scientists and dollars went towards exploring space and developing new propulsion systems? Then you might start to see results.
Be patient. There was a long gap between the creation of the first navy and the ability to circumnavigate the world. Science needs time to find the right answers, not to be nagged into giving out quick and easy answers.
2007-04-11 00:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by Cyrus Vance 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People like to know answers and gain knowledge. One could say the same thing about all the hoopla about actors and singers and American Idol etc. Live and let live, perhaps.
2007-04-11 00:46:51 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We either colonize other planets or go extinct.
I chose life baby.
2007-04-11 17:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋