Originally posted by bobjuice
Sigh all you want old lad, it was you who started the thread stating "curiosity has landed". We now know that you weren't inviting discussion on the subject as dissenting voices have been silenced. So, were you informing us all of this event in case we hadn't heard already? Unlikely i'd have thought.
Subsequent posts hinted at a kind of petty nationalism that does you no favours at all. "united states of space"? "gb got the olympics, we landed on mars"? - oh dear, another master race on the horizon is it?
We all know Nasa is a body of great minds from all over the globe so why do you post pictures stating "we" did this backed by an american flag? Just to get a reaction I would guess, or trolling to put it in your own terms.
After the embarrassing nationalism came the claims of space research helping the world, not before. There are by-products of all science that help others in some way or advance things more quickly than they otherwise would have by default, no argument there. But to say it helps everyone is simply not true.
Missile technology may well advance at such a rate that you now have a new coating on your frying pan and medicine advances at a faster rate during wartime but it's a huge failure in joined up thinking to follow that logic through and say "war helps everyone".
I didn't deny that it's a scientific achievement to land on Mars, of course it is. But i'm of the opinion that it an enormous use of resources for little known return. It is a luxury, like a holiday (as Kamal put it). So comparing luxuries to basic needs of humanity is fair enough i think when talking of resources. Or is humanity a less important denominator than that fucking flag of yours that you are brainwashed into singing songs at?
I certainly didn't expect starvation to be made into a joke. "arbitrary hunger"? ffs (sigh)
back out of what? I said
Subsequent posts hinted at a kind of petty nationalism that does you no favours at all. "united states of space"? "gb got the olympics, we landed on mars"? - oh dear, another master race on the horizon is it?
We all know Nasa is a body of great minds from all over the globe so why do you post pictures stating "we" did this backed by an american flag? Just to get a reaction I would guess, or trolling to put it in your own terms.
After the embarrassing nationalism came the claims of space research helping the world, not before. There are by-products of all science that help others in some way or advance things more quickly than they otherwise would have by default, no argument there. But to say it helps everyone is simply not true.
Missile technology may well advance at such a rate that you now have a new coating on your frying pan and medicine advances at a faster rate during wartime but it's a huge failure in joined up thinking to follow that logic through and say "war helps everyone".
I didn't deny that it's a scientific achievement to land on Mars, of course it is. But i'm of the opinion that it an enormous use of resources for little known return. It is a luxury, like a holiday (as Kamal put it). So comparing luxuries to basic needs of humanity is fair enough i think when talking of resources. Or is humanity a less important denominator than that fucking flag of yours that you are brainwashed into singing songs at?
I certainly didn't expect starvation to be made into a joke. "arbitrary hunger"? ffs (sigh)
back out of what? I said
Their program has a global impact. As others have said, they aren't going to cure every single problem, but their focus is definitely on more than just space travel.
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