Why should we invest more in space and marine exploration

Hi!

How y'all doing? I'm fine too, thank thee :)

In this post, I will argue on the need to invest more money in the exploration and colonization of the solar system (and beyond) and the depths of the sea.

Throughout history, human kind has been defined by expansion. With expansion I mean habitat expansion. This expansion is required or encouraged by:

• Overcrowding
• Lack of resources
• Quests for glory (not the legendary Sierra game) and wealth
• Scientific (or just plain simple) curiosity and search for adventure
• Possibly other reasons that I cannot think of right now :P

Except from expanding their territories, humans also explore to escape from unbearable situations in their previous locations. In this case, the territory is not expanded; it is displaced. Thus, it can also shrink.

Let's now see if the reasons for expansion are valid for our time:

• Overcrowding
• It's high time to find an escape from this discomfort except committing suicide (BioTek - Die Sect), killing each other and not giving birth to anything.
• Lack of resources
• We need more resources.
• Quest for Glory - Wealth
• Human nature
• Adventure - curiosity
• Human nature

As for the gradual destruction of our territory, it is an undeniable fact. (we've marked it not just by pissing on it)

Having discovered the whole world (as our satellites have proven), we must now turn to more difficult endeavors, in order to survive as a species (in the long run) and in order to avoid future financial crises and wars.

The last two can actually be connected ([1] [2] [3]) in the fashion that financial crisis causes war, which can be viewed as the solution for the crisis due to the development for war, during the war and after the war.

So, we should go forth and explore the far reaches of space and depths of sea. It is essential for our survival.

Ta ta,
elias a.k.a. diluted