• isyasad@lemmy.world
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    6 天前

    Space travel and even space research is 99% useless and should be defunded. Look up most space research and you will see that the vast majority is either only useful in space or in zero gravity (aka useless) or is research that could be done on Earth. Just an absolutely massive waste of money that could be redirected to (thinking of something that’s left/right ambiguous) terrestrial medical research?

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      6 天前

      Satellites would like to have a word, lol. GPS, weather tracking and modeling, telecommunication to remote areas, and detailed topographical mapping, just to name a few, all seem like pretty worthwhile sectors which are all directly tied to the space industry.

    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 天前

      That’s literally been a right-wing talking point for decades. At least until space programs come to their state. Then they’re all for it again.