[FirstLvR]

I HATE the fact technology has to be influenced so much by politics. The only reason we are not travel the stars by now is our own fault.

[msabalau]

We don't have interstellar travel because Apple's suppliers have to meet labeling requirements?

But yes, there are nice things that the money that goes to defense budgets could be spent on, if there weren't authoritarian leaders making irredentist threats against democracies.

[mensetmanusman]

If the trillions that was spent on defence was spent on a space station, there is an argument to be made.

[BudaDude]

Agreed. It's sad that we as species just can't get it right when it comes to getting along with each-other.

[nicce]

U.S. made nuclear submarines are really interesting from that point of view. We had technology in 1960s to make reactors which need to be refilled once per 15-20 years without significant incidents. But because of the fear of misuse and technological theft, we have energy crisis.