“There is something inherently dangerous, unnatural, and of questionable value when mankind explores places whee he is unsuited to survive in his natural state. “
Most of the Earth would not meet your criteria for being survivable if we were restricted our our natural state.
So we develop tools to help us survive. Technologies developed through and for the space programs have greatly improved our lives.
America was settled because it had great resources and a small amount of government.
I'm not sure I would agree with that -- at least in terms of the land masses of the world.
America was settled because it had great resources and a small amount of government.
It's kind of comical to read this on a thread about something that was one of the largest government boondoggles in the history of mankind. There's a reason why NASA ran the space program, not Grumman or Boeing.