Paul F. Dietz ) wrote:
: Matt Giwer wrote:

: The thread of course covered exploration of the physical world as in
: Columbus. And I pointed out just how damned few explorers like him there
: have been.

: It's a bait and switch argument. In order to justify government
: funding for space exploration, the proponent claims that exploration
: is an inherent human drive and, as evidence, points out all
: sorts of human activities that could be called 'exploration',
: not just of the geographical variety.

: The problem is that if exploration is defined that broadly, why
: is only space exploration able to satisfy this putative drive?

: (I will leave aside the question of whether something being
: a human drive is sufficient to justify government subsidy.)

Yes, it's quite obvious that you have never thought about war in-depth.
You save your speech about government waste, fraud and abuse for NASA and
give the DOD a pass.

Why don't you explore ways to reduce the DOD budget?

Eric

: Paul