But space exploration and colonization is as important as finding cure for diseases considering our tendency for self destruction.
Currently all humans staying on earth currently is the equivalent of putting all eggs in one basket. Just as it is important to find cure for diseases, solve the problems of hunger and improve people's lives, space colonization is important too!
What do you think could happen to the earth that would make it less habitable than Mars within the next billion years? An asteroid impact 5 times the size of the one that killed off the dinosaurs and it would still be a nicer place (assuming your not in the blast radius.) Add burning all fossil fuels, a nuclear war, a massive outbreak of Ebola, and it would still be easier to have a self sustaining habitat on earth than Mars.
But space exploration and colonization is as important as finding cure for diseases considering our tendency for self destruction.
Currently all humans staying on earth currently is the equivalent of putting all eggs in one basket. Just as it is important to find cure for diseases, solve the problems of hunger and improve people's lives, space colonization is important too!