I view space development as very, very, very nice to have, but not absolutely essential. I would prefer to tax the shit out of the wealthy to pay for essential things at home (such as health care), and let private equity fund the nice to haves like commercial space travel. The exception would be for science missions. I’d prefer for the government to continue funding pure research, so that knowledge doesn’t get gated behind pay walls.
GPS, solar power, and a shitload of science all benefited massively from space missions that used government funding through taxes. That is the approach that I am in favor of, not space tourism for rich fucks.
I view space development as very, very, very nice to have, but not absolutely essential. I would prefer to tax the shit out of the wealthy to pay for essential things at home (such as health care), and let private equity fund the nice to haves like commercial space travel. The exception would be for science missions. I’d prefer for the government to continue funding pure research, so that knowledge doesn’t get gated behind pay walls.
GPS, solar power, and a shitload of science all benefited massively from space missions that used government funding through taxes. That is the approach that I am in favor of, not space tourism for rich fucks.
Yeah, that’s why I said I’m in favour of maintaining government funding of science missions.