I really agree with this. I really hate the attitude that one day we can just go to space and leave all of our earthly problems behind. That's some really stupid shit. I hate all the money and focua being spent to go to Mars. Why? Mars is a cold dead place worse than any desert on Earth. The rest of space is big and cold and empty. The Earth has everything needed to sustain humans indefinitely. Instead of going to space we should really trying to make sure the one place we know of in the universe that can support us continues to do so instead of this insane belief we can just fly into space and save ourselves. Nothing will ever be as good as Earth and the chances of findinf anything or anywhere else that can even support us might as well not even exist.
People that believe space will save us are as bad as the people that believe Jesus is coming back to save them.
I'm not against space exploration, but it's interesting to me that while we wonder about life on other planets, and dream of placing our own lives there, most of our own planet's life (which could help provide cures for all kinds of ailments) remains undiscovered.
People that believe space will save us are as bad as the people that believe Jesus is coming back to save them.