Why Does Space (Outer) Always Have To Be A Race

[Hvizsgyak]

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Why is America back at trying to win the space race? We should have been miles ahead of everyone else. And I admit, we have been doing a good job of getting back into shape lately but we should have never let ourselves get slowed and flabby in the first place.

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Back in the mid 90's, there was a call to all outer space enthusiasts - NASA should focus more on short manned flights near Earth (possibly more dangerous and expensive) or inexpensive unmanned scientific probes to the ends of the solar system. I was very much in favor of the more expensive and manned flights around Earth's neighborhood. Many manned space enthusiasts lost that election. Less expensive unmanned space probes won out. But they did bring a sense of awe to the space enthusiast with excellent video and pictures of our solar system and beyond. In the end, these unmanned probes may have kickstarted the desire for manned missions nowadays.

But instead of cutting costs by working more with other nations (China India, Japan and Russia), we decided to make a race of the situation like we did with the Soviet Union back in the 1960s and 1970s.

 

[timothyu]

But there is so much more out there to ruin than just here.

 

[Hvizsgyak]

But there is so much more out there to ruin than just here.

You bet! An infinite amount of stuff to ruin .

 

[timothyu]

You bet! An infinite amount of stuff to ruin .

And what's cool is no guilt for taking for personal profit what belongs to all the people like is done here, unless aliens be invisible

 

[Hvizsgyak]

And what's cool is no guilt for taking for personal profit what belongs to all the people like is done here, unless aliens be invisible

I was worried before that once aliens saw how lucrative the mining of minerals would be in space that they would want a big cut (those gold hording Anunnaki). But after all the advancements in exploring distant galaxies and not seeing much life out there, I think we can claim it all for ourselves.