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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
Mmmm.. This raises many questions - more about the human species - scientists in particular, than about space. Are they paid to waste time? Who pays them? Lunatics? Have they solved the world's food problem? Nope. Have they found alternative natural resources for power? Nope. Have they finished curing all diseases? Nope. Have they found a way to make pigs fly? Nope
Interesting "discovery" for a 3 second attention-getter in the bar - let's celebrate 
Meanwhile... there is a nice parcel of six billion trillion miles of real estate - can we have offers please??  |
Probably because these scientists are thinking more than a few years into the future. They probably recognize that even if the worlds food and disease and fuel issues are solved, we still fucked this planet up beyond repair. So trying to find some other planet that's suitable for living might be something worth looking into.
Not to mention meteors and asteroids that might be headed our way that would make all the problems previously mentioned completely obsolete.
Good thing you aren't running this show.