If i had any trust left for the government of the usa i might buy into that line about "saving lives". Unfortunately my governdent has gone far too far -and that is said from just what is known, i suspect there is an even darker element to the spying, tracking, analyzing and manipulating. Who watches the watch dog? Lacking confidence in oversight, i say nay to near everything which comes out of this corrupted governdent.
It's not just chimps and humans. Think hen-picking. Or think of ant guards standing guard outside a nest, they will kill any workers infected with deadly fungus then carry the body out to the graveyard where they then commit suicide. Nature has her ways. i would not be surprised if this behavior is noted in the plant kingdom as well. Then there is the Gaia hypothesis in which we could expect this "balancing" even on planetary scale.
If the usa would curb corruption we'd find all sorts of monies with which to do a great many useful things. Climate Change research being something critical. The drought in California alone being something which has significant global impact right now. We must know how this changing weather will impact our ability to farm food and obtain fresh water, ++. Nothing political about that. The political side of climate change does not change the facts of its occurrence.
Cataloging for purpose of collision prevention (of spacecraft and planet) is all well and good. But perhaps the added motivation of profit will be required. Eventually we will get up there and start mining those things. i'd like to see this happen sooner than later. Why mine rare resource from the earth, and damage planet in the process, when we have all those rich rocks floating around in space. We'll need cleaner method to reach and return from orbit, but there are numerous methods already proposed. It seems we lack will, but perhaps mostly we just favor war too much to invest in these things.
If we are to continue consuming in the way we do, then i think the space program is vital to the continuance of human. The mining of space rock will reduce planetary pollution which ought significantly help our circumstance. As will the moving of heavy industry into near space.
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If i had any trust left for the government of the usa i might buy into that line about "saving lives". Unfortunately my governdent has gone far too far -and that is said from just what is known, i suspect there is an even darker element to the spying, tracking, analyzing and manipulating. Who watches the watch dog? Lacking confidence in oversight, i say nay to near everything which comes out of this corrupted governdent.
NASA has tools to monitor climate. That is all i would want NASA to do, monitor.
It's not just chimps and humans. Think hen-picking. Or think of ant guards standing guard outside a nest, they will kill any workers infected with deadly fungus then carry the body out to the graveyard where they then commit suicide. Nature has her ways. i would not be surprised if this behavior is noted in the plant kingdom as well. Then there is the Gaia hypothesis in which we could expect this "balancing" even on planetary scale.
If the usa would curb corruption we'd find all sorts of monies with which to do a great many useful things. Climate Change research being something critical. The drought in California alone being something which has significant global impact right now. We must know how this changing weather will impact our ability to farm food and obtain fresh water, ++. Nothing political about that. The political side of climate change does not change the facts of its occurrence.
Cataloging for purpose of collision prevention (of spacecraft and planet) is all well and good. But perhaps the added motivation of profit will be required. Eventually we will get up there and start mining those things. i'd like to see this happen sooner than later. Why mine rare resource from the earth, and damage planet in the process, when we have all those rich rocks floating around in space. We'll need cleaner method to reach and return from orbit, but there are numerous methods already proposed. It seems we lack will, but perhaps mostly we just favor war too much to invest in these things.
They estimate based on what is known.
If we are to continue consuming in the way we do, then i think the space program is vital to the continuance of human. The mining of space rock will reduce planetary pollution which ought significantly help our circumstance. As will the moving of heavy industry into near space.