Space vs Earth

SpaceX and Elon Musk made history this weekend being the first private company to launch astronauts for NASA.

While all the media channels were full of the event, I also noticed a lot of comments regarding the problem of Space vs Earth. Why are we exploring the Space when the Earth is suffering… Why are we wasting money to discover other planets when we can use that money to feed our Earth. Of course, the question seems logical and you might incline to help the Earth but then I found this article/letter explaining why.

Hint: It’s all about long term goals than short term ones.

Read https://lettersofnote.com/2012/08/06/why-explore-space/