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.. and won two world wars...
Alone? :tiphat:
.. and won two world wars...
Alone? :tiphat:
Alone? :tiphat:
It is far safer and economical then sending people who have to deal with the nagging concerns of life (being strong enough to eat, sleep, and reproduce viable offspring before they die).
We did it with help of course, but I do think it is a fair argument to suggest our entry into both of those wars were critical for the success of the Allies. :tiphat:
He who complains about life being "nagging", is probably not alive himself.
The Allies would not have won without the US, but the US would not have won without the allies.
It's different. With sailing across the Atlantic there was a goal with benefits (a new route to India for the spice trade). We don't have a 'space india' to go to with the promise of tangible benefits, nor did the Europeans have the ability to build robots to sail the ocean and do their trading for them.Let me to rewrite the question
Is manned sailing between america and europe in 1492 a worthy investment to begin with?
..Yes! :lol:
Right now all we are known for is Stupidity,Rednecks,Guns and Repubs, Blowing **** up, and vast amounts of natural resources.
Let me to rewrite the question
Is manned sailing between america and europe in 1492 a worthy investment to begin with?
..Yes! :lol:
I personally prefer people who treat any weapon like it is: Potentially deadly.
And while the cost was high. It was not extreme. The three ships used were not even that big. And vastly sucked compared to the navy at the time.
Today a mars trip is 2-3 hundred billion dollars minimum.
Um yes because they knew of the spice trade at the time. The thought was that the world was alot smaller and that going around the world for a bit would land you in prime trading locations and back.
And while the cost was high. It was not extreme. The three ships used were not even that big. And vastly sucked compared to the navy at the time.
Today a mars trip is 2-3 hundred billion dollars minimum.
The cost was extreme for spain because had little resources after hundred of years war and was hard to convince the kings to expend the money and resources in the travel.
the thing can change if some valuable minerals are discovered in the moon or mars ,and science and tech return could be the new spices market. ( iron, helium-3, titanium, uranium..)
The budget now is high, but nothing compared with the military in the world
And we could develop sophisticated robots that mine the minerals, build transportation networks for the robots to get the minerals back, and still manage to explore the solar system and beyond. This approach requires a minimum amount of consumables, has a high degree of flexibility, and still benefits the human race. Until we can put people somewhere they can survive by themselves and are capable of doing it in a reasonable time-frame, I see no practical use in putting humans in space (somewhere where living becomes a huge chore because we were not designed for 0gs).
I want to continue exploration and our understanding of the universe, but we're moving into an era where it is more practical to do with machines we create then doing it with people.