[spiritomb]

Space exploration is towards the apex of our technological achievement

really? says who? humans have evolved to be on Earth for 100,000 years .. we're not going to colonize Mars or interstellar space. perhaps cyborgs, robots, single-cell life .. but not humans.

once you accept that, it opens an enormous set of questions. like .. is a world full of post-humans something we should be striving for? (seeing ppl's faces glued to smartphones is only the beginning, and that is sad enough).

i'm sorry, but you're talking out of your ass .. and imho, you have watched too much star trek and have become enamored with sci-fi garbage.