[TheOtherHobbes]

A while ago I was reading a harrowing description of life in the 1930s. One of the author's memories was the sound of a neighbour in a nearby house screaming - and screaming, and screaming - in unbearable pain while dying of cancer.

We've definitely moved on since then. Moonshot or no, anything that helps make that experience less likely has to be a good thing.

[DrScump]

That neighbor's tumor type could still well be incurable, but palliative care and pain management have improved significantly since then.

[ams6110]

Possible I guess, but we had morphine in the '30s and probably a lot easier to get than today.