[RadioAstronomer]

I think we better end this conversation here. Obviously we are not even in the same ballpark as to our interests and what is important to the future of civilization.

[That Subliminal Kid]

Well, why not elaborate on why it is so important?

Read this when you get 30 minutes. Home Alone In The Universe

[going hot]

or we'll have another tool to beat fundie Christians over the head with!

There are in fact some who really are not interested in new info or discoveries, intra or extra terrestrial. There are others, who are afraid, very afraid, of new discoveries causing their core beliefs to come crashing down around their ears.
Such has been the core of resistance to exploration and the development of new ideas for centuries.