[ic0n0cl4st]

Seems like a potentially great way to transfer a lot of wealth from taxpayers to the aerospace industry for a very long time with little oversight or roi.

[f6v]

In ideal world, we'd transfer wealth from football players, singers, actors, traders etc.

[ic0n0cl4st]

Or maybe we give more thought to the feasibility of space colonization and give people the ability to opt out of paying for this kind of adventurism?

I work really hard and would rather my taxes go to helping out those living today, not maybe those living in 1,000 years.

[entropea]

I agree with you. It's driven by nothing more than sci-fi fantasy. Robots are the future of space travel and public funded inventions for those do end up bringing useful technological advances in the future.

[0x_rs]

Is that not what has been going on with the possibly questionable cost-plus approach of NASA, let alone the US Military contracts and similar government grants for feasibleness research without commitment?