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The US Space Program

In the 1960s in the United States, we had lofty ideals for where we'd be now in our space program. We thought, at the rate we were moving, that we would have branched out to other planets by now. I remember when I was a kid I wanted to be the first person on Mars, as I thought we'd be there sometime between 2005 and 2010 at the latest. They were wrong then; I was wrong. This country's government does not seem to understand the importance of the this species branching out into space. They complain about how difficult it is. They complain about how many lives it has cost. But, most of all, they complain about how much it costs in dollars, in money. Frankly, this is not about money, or shouldn't be, in my opinion. it's about the future of humanity being confined to this little spheroid right here in our own little corner of the universe. Our future, the future of the physical population of the Earth, becomes more at risk everytime someone conceives a child. I've already advocated extreme population control measures, and now I am advocating humanity branching out, living on other worlds and moons, and using their resources, careful not to disturb whatever indigenous life they may find. Second, and most importantly, I am advocating this for the intellectual future of humanity. When will we all realize that we are not alone in the universe?