This can't be stressed enough. The military does a lot of R&D spending, but it's nowhere near as beneficial to the U.S. or the world than if we encouraged more space programs with that money.
It's unbelievably depressing to me that we could be leading civilization into a multi planetary age but choose not to.
The [space program] does a lot of R&D spending, but it's nowhere near as beneficial to the U.S. or the world than if we encouraged reduction in taxes so [private consumers and businesses] can instead spend that money.
It's unbelievably depressing to me that we could be leading civilization into a multi planetary age but choose not to.