The added value of these Voyager spacecraft has been exponential. Their original mission long since accomplished they continue to send back information about the nature of space. Which brings to mind another premise.
The existence of humans here on Earth has been but a blip in the history of our planet. Various cataclysms have occurred that wiped out almost all species many times in the past and there is no logical reason to assume that it won't happen again. As long as we are prisoners on this planet we will be forever held in hostage to the capriciousness of nature. Mankind can never fully evolve until we are free from the threat of easy extinction.
In light of that premise, should we not be doing much more to achieve the capability to move off this orb rather than being absorbed in petty squabbles over its wealth? I am certainly not the first to point this out. This has been voice many times before but we are always willing to neglect the survival of the human race in favor of exigent crises. What will it take? Or are we doomed to meet our demise in the same manner the previous occupants of the planet did?
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