[WorkingClassFilth]

Here’s the deal about space travel . . .

Investing in space travel is valid if:

1. You believe that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
2. We have the technology to mine and untilize resources from planets and asteroids.
3. Cost to benefits is direct and promises immediate pay-back.

It is not valid if:

1. Evidence of extraterrestrial life is less than conclusive. When UFO-ology graduates from the level of ghost hunts and parapsychology, we’ll talk.
2. We ain’t nowhere near able to extract resources from ANWR, let alone the moon, Mars or some other planet.
3. We’re bankrupt.

Discussion over.

[Sherman Logan]

Except for:

1. A very good axiom is, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

2. The Earth is a single basket.

[rawcatslyentist]

It is not valid if:
4: Your planet has already been mined.

Like this one. Where did the Mayans go? How much gold did it cost them?