Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost?

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NASA tracks large space debris and used to publish a monthly (as I recall) list of all the space junk orbiting the earth. You don’t want to send a rocket up only to have the payload collide with something. In order to stay in orbit, the spacecraft/satellite needs to be moving very fast or its orbit will gradually deteriorate. Satellites have boosters to keep them in the right spot and there is some evidence of satellite refueling missions.

Without a faster than light drive, I think mankind will be staying on earth. And even if a breakthrough occurred tomorrow which would allow us to travel to the nearest star system or habitable planet in hours, it would be wise to do an unmanned recon first.
 
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IMO it’s a waste of money. Should be cleaning up the ocean with that cash.
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Clean the ocean. And support water reclamation programs as southern California is running out of water and is putting water restrictions in place. and there are a whole huge load of desperate homeless people in southern California living on the street. Why not provide some bathroom facilities for them instead of spending money to go to the moon. The homeless are in desperate need of food, clothing, shelter and a place to use the toilet. The lack of toilet facilities can cause disease to spread. You will not prevent disease and hurt to homeless families by going to the moon. But you will prevent disease and help out hungry homeless families by providing them with a minimum level of existence and at least toilet facilities.
It is also possible to set up some sort of government work programs for them. Let’s make America great again by supporting the homeless who need toilet facilities.
 
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Just a thought on the topic:

Why does investment in the sciences have to be “worth it”?

Not everything should be viewed in terms of it’s market value.
Making discoveries and exploring is an end in itself and shouldn’t necessarily be viewed in terms of how we may be able to exploit that for profit.
 
Well, I believe Velcro was conceived many years before in the 1940’s.
 
The VELCRO ® brand of hook and loop was invented by a man named George de Mestral in the 1940’s while hunting in the Jura mountains in Switzerland. Mr. de Mestral, a Swiss engineer, realized that the tiny hooks of the cockle-burs were stuck on his pants and in his dog’s fur and wondered how they attached themselves.

It was patented in 1955.
 
Sadly, that’s all investment is, with some rare exceptions. Google parent, Alphabet, has an X lab that still requires money but has a high tolerance for failure.

For me, exploration and science should be fun.
 
edwest said:
Sadly, that’s all investment is, with some rare exceptions.
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Yeah, which is why there’s no point relying on business to invest in scientific research. Some research will need government funding because it’s got no immediate prospect of profitability.
 
The private sector is leading the way as far as commercializing space and assisting NASA. I’m not sure what the end goals are for the next five years but space activity will not be slowing down.
 
NO, thats not what I mean.

Its not about being America’s Fault at all. sheesh.

Ease back on the she is engaging in anti american rhetoric. Ease back on the rest of the world thinking its your place to solve everything. Ease back on the its all America’s fault. Ease back on the oh other countries sit back in a nice place and say why aren’t the Americans working on this.

FWIW, it is a global problem, Plastics in the ocean and the damage they are causing, and the fact that plastics are now found in almost every waterway , do you buy bottled water? whats its plastics count?

WE all, everyone Globally use plastics. WE use macro and micro plastics, All of us.

Do you have a problem with that sentiment?

(waits to be flagged and flamed, but you know, your post is really insulting to me. )
 
IWantGod said:
Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost?
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In short:

No. See 1 Tim. 6:7, which seems to draw upon Job 1:21 & Ecc. 5:15.

Most of what you ‘see’ and ‘hear’ related to ‘space exploration’ is propagandistic, self-serving, and ultimately fraud (though certain truths are utilized), especially that ‘Apollo’ and ‘mars’ business. Humans and satan (see 2 Cor. 4:4; Rev. 12:8-13) are confined to this local earth, though having access to high altitudes.

N.A.S.A. - Not Always Scientifically Accurate
N.A.S.A. - Never A Straight Answer
N.A.S.A. - Numerous Anomalies Scams Abound
N.A.S.A. - National Academy of Space Actors
N.A.S.A. - Not Anything, Simply Aether,
N.A.S.A. - Neither Aerospace, Sadly, Astro-NOTS!
N.A.S.A. - Never Accept the Serpents Assertions.

The ‘space program’ is actually another system based upon the ‘tower of babel’ reasoning/thought, being another way up into Heaven other than The Way (John 14:6), another ladder other than the Jacob’s Ladder - Jesus Christ. The only way into Heaven now is by vision, or by John 14:1-3.

Some names I may recommend to you (most of which is freely available online to read or watch, consider scientifically). Bill Kaysing. James Collier (Was it only a paper moon); Bart Sibrel (Astronauts Gone Wild); Ralph Rene (Nasa Mooned America), Marcus Allen. David Percy (What happened on the Moon, Analysis; Hall of Mirrors), Mary Bennett. Jim Fetzer. Jarrah White (Moon Faker, Mars Faker (youtube)), Richard Hall, and in this present list, last but not least, N.A.S.A. itself, and its own material, still available and that which has since been removed, deleted, redacted, etc.
 
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Nice job with the acronym. I study fringe subjects. There are varying degrees of fringe. So, from one to 10, I would call this an 11. Nothing personal. I’ve got decades of researching fringe material behind me.
 
edwest said:
Nice job with the acronym. I study fringe subjects. There are varying degrees of fringe. So, from one to 10, I would call this an 11. Nothing personal. I’ve got decades of researching fringe material behind me.
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A few acronyms I borrowed, the others were just me having a good time with it.

As for the second part, I take nothing personal at all. However, I wasn’t quite sure what you meant in conclusion. Are you saying you disagree (I took it that is what you are saying)?

There are several things to consider (sound in vacuum, objects freely moving, and the obviously injured image of N.A.S.A. itself and its ‘debunk’ videos which only ascerbates the glaring anomalies, etc, for instance:)




You may have considered all these already, and if so, please do not take offense, for they may be of use to another.
 
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Salmonslayer said:
But if we disarm do you think the Chinese or the Russians will? Or do you think they’ll just start gobbling up their neighbors since there’s no longer anyone to counter them?
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We’re looking to fight yesterday’s wars with big guns, big ships, submarines, and really complicated fighters. The reality is the future is in asymmetric war using cyber warfare. You don’t have to look much past the tampering in our 2016 elections by the Russians.
 
I think you’re into tinfoil hat territory here.

Also I would say that there’s nothing in scripture that says we can’t travel in space.
 
The problem with calling NASA fake is this: I can take my telescope in the backyard and verify plenty of NASA’s claims about the solar system. You me or anyone else can go see the ISS and/or several other man-made space objects on any give night.

BUT THEN you expect me not to believe the portion of their claims that I can’t directly verify. That just seems suspicious.
 
I think space exploration is worth the cost. I’ve already started working on it. 😎

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Yes, I have. Thank you for being so courteous. The flag pole placed on the moon had a thick wire attachment that swung up and out 90 degrees to allow the flag to appear to hold up as it did. I saw the live feed of the landing as it happened.
I learned from special effects experts and prop people brought in to study the Alien Autopsy film. Their comments regarding it being real or fake, resulted in one conclusion: it could be faked and a few procedures done by the doctors were considered not consistent with dealing with an unknown, presumably real, alien life form.
 
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