Space Travel - good or bad?

[Neilds]

As humans are looking to return to the moon, I was thinking if the whole space thing is good or bad. Yes, we need things like GPS , weather satellites and the like but should we be looking to colonise other planets when we have made such a mess of our own planet? There is already tons of space debris floating around above our heads, are we now in danger of leaving more junk on moon (and eventually Mars)? I do find the pictures from all the space telescopes fascinating but it still worries me about the other effects of space travel.

What are other peoples thoughts?

 

[Voyager EMH]

Ever since Apollo 8 in 1968 I have wanted to go to the moon.

Extending the human experience in this way is like people swimming the channel or climbing Everest. Not done those either.

In some ways it is not necessary. In other ways it inspires human endeavour.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Space travel provides the human race huge movement in technology advances

It always great to look to move forward

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Utterly pointless, a waste of money and a huge polluter.

The ship is going to orbit the moon. Whoopy doo. We may then land on the moon again, Whoopy doo. All to see some pictures of things we haven't seen before or to look at some rocks?

I get the point about the by product advances but the actual human in space stuff, nope, not for me.

 

[Orikoru]

I don't think I'll see people living on the moon in my lifetime so I don't particularly care.

 

[irip]

I think it’s fascinating and agree it helps our lives and technology moving forward.

The thing that gets me is how much is spent on it when we have a lot of people all around the world living in poverty.

I just feel that money could be better spent but I feel that way about a lot of other things as well.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I don't think I'll see people living on the moon in my lifetime so I don't particularly care.

What would be the point of them living there? No air, can't grow things.

 

[ADB]

I don't think I'll see people living on the moon in my lifetime so I don't particularly care.

It’s looking pretty attractive at the moment given world events

 

[jim8flog]

As already mentioned so many advances in technology have come from the space programme and the question is - Would we have them without it?

The real reason for many countries being interested in getting to the moon is to be able to mine it's resources.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

I literally have zero interest in this as a world event.

The amount of money and energy wasted on this right now that could be better served helping people out with the cost of living or other issues across the world seem far more important to me.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I think it’s fascinating and agree it helps our lives and technology moving forward.

The thing that gets me is how much is spent on it when we have a lot of people all around the world living in poverty.

I just feel that money could be better spent but I feel that way about a lot of other things as well.

I would rather they spend the money on the technology compared to the level of money they spend on warmongering

We all want better communication and space travel helps that

 

[irip]

I would rather they spend the money on the technology compared to the level of money they spend on warmongering

We all want better communication and space travel helps that

I agree which is why I said I feel that way about other things as well.

I would rather they spent both amounts on helping people that need it

 

[Imurg]

Until we develop Warp Speed it's all bit.. yeah, nice but...
At the moment it takes 9 months to get to Mars.....going to Mars is, in intergalactic terms, like getting up from your chair....
Space is big...really big..
When you think that the Voyager 2 has been going nearly 50 years and has gone about a light day's worth of distance ..we're just playing at it..

 

[Bunkermagnet]

So to me, what’s the end goal?
As I see it, there is no way this planet is the only planet with living organisms able to think, act and build in our solar system, let alone what else there is.
Now if you take that one step further, are those other life forms friendly or foe? If they are like some of us, we had better get sorted as our countries as we are rent going to be enough to stop this planet being oblerated.
If we want to build a space base on the moon, we have to all come together, accept as humans we all have blood and need oxygen, food and to sheet and develop the future together as one. sadly I know we won’t, so what’s being done now is probably a waste of money, time and resources. Let’s just stick to trying to kill each other because we know best.

 

[Hobbit]

Humans, as an animal, have evolved to live on earth. Some might want to live in a goldfish bowl on the moon, but until the earth is too crowded I wouldn’t rush there. If there’s a commercial reason to be there, fine. Okay, there’s valid reason for developing the means to explore and create a viable habitat…

Not wishing to sound like a Luddite but until going to the moon is like getting on a bus, it’s not for me.

 

[Canfordhacker]

I think it's inspirational - to do it as a challenge that has furthered so much for humanity. If we had all sat on our arses for hundreds of years, we'd still be feudal peasants.