[mkr-hn]

Your comment sounds like a wordier version of "we should stop exploring space and solve all the problems on Earth." It doesn't sound any more compelling when you use more words to say it. We can continue to push our boundaries while working on improving things.

[thornad]

Nope, I'm not saying anyhting against space exploration. On the contrary. I actually did work as a contractor for NASA, and it was a dream of mine to work there. But I do have a problem with going there as an escape from the mess we can't face at home, and to rob and pillage some more - a pattern so common to our culture.