Jupiter moon Europa has shallow lakes

This is one of the reason's why I think going into space is a waste of time and money. I read the link and just thought big deal it's a lake with water in it.

The amount of money spent finding that out could have been spent on something useful.
 
teaboy5 said:
This is one of the reason's why I think going into space is a waste of time and money. I read the link and just thought big deal it's a lake with water in it.

The amount of money spent finding that out could have been spent on something useful.
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Eh...

There maybe life present there which is a very big deal.

I just wish the UK put more money into such things. The 10bn being wasted on the Olympics could have been put to much better use towards scientific projects such as this.
 
teaboy5 said:
This is one of the reason's why I think going into space is a waste of time and money. I read the link and just thought big deal it's a lake with water in it.

The amount of money spent finding that out could have been spent on something useful.
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There are no facepalm images large enough to match up to that. Water on other celestial bodies means potential life on other celestial bodies. Life on other bodies means we could potentially live there/exploit their resources. That's worth more than throwing it away on a lot of the other pointless stuff we waste money on.
 
I sort of agree with teaboy5. Space exploration is nothing but very expensive willy waving. Yes, products have come around thanks to the development of the space age but I don't think that it is worth the costs. Space travel should be embraced and encouraged, but through private companies and not paid for by the State.
Discovering bacteria in a lake in Jupiters moon isn't going to do much for us, here in this country.
I also agree that £10bn for the Olympics is a waste of money, but £10bn in a space programme would be equally wasteful.

We also do not need any potential resources that may exist 'out there' at this time, nor can we afford to search for them to allow future generations to gain advantages from them at this time.
 
greywolf said:
Eh...

There maybe life present there which is a very big deal.

I just wish the UK put more money into such things. The 10bn being wasted on the Olympics could have been put to much better use towards scientific projects such as this.
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The olympics will (hopefully) raise money from tourism, bringing back a cup of water from one of jupiters moons is a waste of money, irrespective of whether it contains life.
 
I love stuff like this, I hope they send something there soon and investigate it!! And it's not a waste of money :( Space exploration is one of the biggest things ever, finding out if there is life else where and what places are inhabitable for humans!
 
Its called exploration you div we find these things out now so that we can go there later and maybe make interesting breakthroughs which will help us here on earth.

If we all had your attitude we would never get anywhere in life.
 
Ahleckz said:
I sort of agree with teaboy5. Space exploration is nothing but very expensive willy waving. Yes, products have come around thanks to the development of the space age but I don't think that it is worth the costs. Space travel should be embraced and encouraged, but through private companies and not paid for by the State.
Discovering bacteria in a lake in Jupiters moon isn't going to do much for us, here in this country.
I also agree that £10bn for the Olympics is a waste of money, but £10bn in a space programme would be equally wasteful.

We also do not need any potential resources that may exist 'out there' at this time, nor can we afford to search for them to allow future generations to gain advantages from them at this time.
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we can afford it. We must do it for the future - not only in our life time but for 100s. 1000s of years ahead of us.

The potential to find life out there has never been so good and it opens up a wealth of possibilities to know its defaintly in our own system let alone what else could be out there.

It will change the way everyone views their own life, we will no longer be the only ones out there - regardless of whether we find fish or algae and it will ultimately encourage more growth in the space sector not only from states but private companies.
 
teaboy5 said:
Tell me what's so funny? What will finding water on a lake that man will never land on do for us now?

We can hardly get to our own moon, never mind one orbiting Jupiter.
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Man will never land on it, which crystal ball did you use to come up with that?

Just because we can't get to it at the moment doesn't mean we should stop looking, ever thought we need to find things before we figure a way of reaching them?

Water and life on other planets and moons is HUGE, life, spaceports, other places to colonise and bring up life should the worst happen to our own planet.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
we can afford it. We must do it for the future - not only in our life time but for 100s. 1000s of years ahead of us.

The potential to find life out there has never been so good and it opens up a wealth of possibilities to know its defaintly in our own system let alone what else could be out there.

It will change the way everyone views their own life, we will no longer be the only ones out there - regardless of whether we find fish or algae and it will ultimately encourage more growth in the space sector not only from states but private companies.
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No we can't, otherwise we'd probably do it. Why must we do it? There are 1001 other, more beneficial things, that the money could be spent on today that would have real benefits for us today.

Ultimately, does it really matter if we are alone or not? It won't change anything. People will continue with their lives and not give a second thought that bacteria lives 3km under Jupiters moon.

Ultimately, it probably doesn't matter if there is or isn't bacteria 'out there'. It will be unlikely to help us, today, here, in any way.

Yes, there are possibilities with fuel and elements 'out there' that would be beneficial to obtain and mine. However the cost/benefit just isn't there at the minute as we have plenty of other ways to generate power.

Space exploration is an academic adventure, and much like the space race originally it is expensive willy waving.
 
Firestar_3x said:
Man will never land on it, which crystal ball did you use to come up with that?

Just because we can't get to it at the moment means we should stop looking, ever thought we need to find things before we figure a way of reaching them.

Water and life on other planets and moons is HUGE, life, spaceports, other places to colonise and bring up life should the worst happen to our own planet.
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Space ports really? And you talk about me having a crystal ball?

I don't think we will ever colonise another planet. Think of the manpower and equipment that would need to be lifted into space just to build a small base for a few people to live in, and even at that it would take 20 plus years to even do that going by the way things are done at the minute.


IMO the money should be spent on fixing our own energy issues on earth as that is going to be one of the biggest things the world will face in the years to come.
 
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teaboy5 said:
Space ports really? And you talk about me having a crystal ball?

I don't think we will ever colonise another planet. Think of the manpower and equipment that would need to be lifted into space just to build a small base for a few people to live in, and even at that it would take 20 plus years to even do that going by the way things are done at the minute.
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What like the ISS you mean?
 
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