Some of you have probably already seen this, but if not I highly recommend watching it. Actually, you don't even have to watch it. Just press play and keep it open in a tab, and listen. It's a very interesting discussion about our future in space.

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This was reeeeeaaally freakin good
sadly true, that the private sector- which has the best chance of operating efficiently- has no interest in space exploration, and government- which is the most likely to do it *at all*- doesn't make it a priority.

i've always thought space exploration was like education, and you should invest in those futures. it's almost a moral obligation.

you really have to research, though, to find out why these wacky science people are interested in it at all. they need public relations and advertising in their budget NASA has a video game on their site, that's a start.

we probably wouldn't have bothered at all with space, if JFK hadn't made it seem like a competition with Russia.