“Well as soon as we invent a warp drive, Hyperspace drive, or find some Spice to bend space we’ll have a go..................”
As I watch the United States decline, I am more than pessimistic about mankind’s future. We’ve scaled down our space program, and we’re cranking out generations of lazy, stupid citizens.
It seems to me the only thing humans are really good at is killing each other. The only way we’ll invent some kind of faster than light travel is purely by luck of having an underfunded genius making the discovery.
That’s the beauty of capitalism. Find a need and fill it. Our ‘pioneer days’ of earth explorations are basically over. There is nowhere left to go but space........................