The array of opinions in OffTopic never cease to amaze.
For those of you who are interested in space stuff, here's a link to the world's largest non-profit space advocacy organization, [url=http://www.planetary.org]The Planetary Society.[/url]
[i][spoiler]Q: Do you believe space exploration and the discoveries heralded by solar reconnaissance are of practical use to us?
Or do you believe space exploration to be a misuse of valuable resources?
What are views are why do you hold them?[/spoiler][/i]
Discuss.
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Literally the most important thing right now, we could literally just mine the asteroid belt for fresh water if we finally run out one day. Along with a ton of other precious metals. The only thing we probably wont find in space is oil, so that's what should be the most preserved until we've got a replacement.