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vashistamped t1_ixe37kq wrote

If all the budget that the nations spend on defense is used for space exploration we would've probably colonized Mars by now.

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Safe_Base312 t1_ixe41s7 wrote

I've always said, that if humanity could put its inherent pettiness behind it, and actually worked together, there is so much we could accomplish collectively. But, we seem to want to smack each other around more. Sad really.

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Janeway1109 t1_ixfbduw wrote

We’d probably all have our own personal space ships by now.

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scunglyscrimblo t1_ixgewxu wrote

There’s a timeline that we only slightly diverted from where we went full stop towards space expiration during and after the Cold War. I fully believe that people would be on mars right now and a fully functional space economy would exist

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