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If I "slammed you and your work" it obviously wasn't directed at you, so please stop feigning offense. None was intended. I think outer space is an utter waste of time and hasn't a damned thing to do with human goings on here on Earth. Is there some benefit to be had? Sure. Satisfaction of one's curiosity is a benefit to be sure. A few technological advances? Possibly. Are those essential to human survival? Maybe. I just don't care about it. You do, that's great. I don't, lots of others don't, and don't want our tax money spent on it. If I was wrong about the source of funding, so be it. I can admit when I'm wrong. Beyond this of course, I think the search for aliens and other tripe like that is a complete waste of time. Searching for "earth like" planets is a fun for kicks and giggles but doesn't really provide us with any tangible knowledge that has applicability. Oh! We'll know we're "not alone", or we'll have another tool to beat fundie Christians over the head with! There are a myriad of reasons people want to find space aliens, and I don't share any of them. Whether or not we are alone is totally and completely meaningless to me. I do not care at all. If you do, knock yourself out. Have a ball. Don't do it on my dime, that's all.