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wilsonnb2 | 7 years ago

You can't just point to a list of inventions that came from research in space exploration - you also have to make a case that these inventions would have otherwise not come about, or at least would have come about much later.

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TeMPOraL|7 years ago

I disagree. You would have to make the case that these inventions would come about without space travel - that there were alternative commercial interests and government incentives that would finance the necessary research.

wilsonnb2|7 years ago

But you're the one using these inventions as justification for future space exploration - shouldn't the burden of proof fall on the one making the claim?