***Scientists of Sherdog - explain why Space prioritized over Ocean Exploration?***

[wlu.29]

So much of our ocean remains unexplored, but we at least know there is life here.

What are the scientific reasons that space exploration is prioritized, and the obsession with colonizing mars over creating the possibility to live in the ocean?

 

[90 50]

Mars gives us things the ocean doesn’t have, like a space outpost Incase aliens come to invade.

We might stop them before they get to earth.

Think of it as a fort in the old days.

 

[Monte Moku]

The big void is where our future inevitably lies. The ocean is really interesting and can help us answer questions about our past, and how to help future generations make the Earth a more sustainable environment -- but we're not moving to the ocean one day. If we don't kill ourselves before the sun consumes the Earth, the oceans will boil away and then we'll have to go to space to find a new home. If we start investing in space research and exploration now, we'll have either terraformed something or found a new home to live in. And they'll probably have some cool oceans to explore there, too. And then maybe one day, on that distant planet in the future, a guy will log onto the internet and make a post on a forum asking why people care so much about space when we could be exploring these cool oceans we don't really know much about. And then maybe a guy will point to the big expanding ball of fire in the sky and remind them that we need to escape that thing one day.



Also, space is really interesting and looks cooler

 

[JonesBones]

Reminds me of what Richard Feynman said about Nanotech. There is plenty of room at the bottom.

 

[JonesBones]

Mars gives us things the ocean doesn’t have, like a space outpost Incase aliens come to invade.

We might stop them before they get to earth.

Think of it as a fort in the old days.

No. If aliens are coming for us a little outpost on Mars won't do shit.

 

[no fat chicks]

Why not both!
More money should be invested in scientific endeavors.

 

[JonesBones]

The big void is where our future inevitably lies. The ocean is really interesting and can help us answer questions about our past, and how to help future generations make the Earth a more sustainable environment -- but we're not moving to the ocean one day. If we don't kill ourselves before the sun consumes the Earth, the oceans will boil away and then we'll have to go to space to find a new home. If we start investing in space research and exploration now, we'll have either terraformed something or found a new home to live in. And they'll probably have some cool oceans to explore there, too. And then maybe one day, on that distant planet in the future, a guy will log onto the internet and make a post on a forum asking why people care so much about space when we could be exploring these cool oceans we don't really know much about. And then maybe a guy will point to the big expanding ball of fire in the sky and remind them that we need to escape that thing one day.



Also, space is really interesting and looks cooler

Space is empty and boring. The ocean is much better. Amazing creatures. Warfare.

 

[rj144]

Your thread title is an awful description of what's in the OP.

 

[90 50]

No. If aliens are coming for us a little outpost on Mars won't do shit.

At the very least gives us an earlier warning and some intel

 

[Omegaboy13]

Because space is the next battleground. Money always gets put where it is needed for defense/offense first.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

approximately 54% of people worldwide can't swim.....

 

[90 50]

approximately 54% of people worldwide can't swim.....

65% of statistics are made up

 

[JonesBones]

At the very least gives us an earlier warning and some intel

Oh come on man. They would be able to scan us from years away. It is like modern radar. We have planes and shit that can shoot down things totally out of range and in safety from who they are targeting.

Imagine intergalactic cruise missiles. Sounds awesome.

 

[syct23]

WAR!!!

SPACE FORCE...

 

[Monte Moku]

Space is empty and boring. The ocean is much better. Amazing creatures. Warfare.

Space is full of stuff man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_astronomical_objects

Some cool things off the top of my head: Magnetars, Black Holes, Supernovas, Quasars, Solar Flares, planet formation, the wow signal and Amy Mainzer

 

[SamSchmidt]

Because space is the next battleground. Money always gets put where it is needed for defense/offense first.

Kinetic rods from God baby

 

[Lonesome Crow]

Space exploration was initially prioritized because it doubled as development of ICBM tech during the cold war. If you could put satellites into orbit and land on the moon, you could also drop a nuke on the Kremlin while Comrade Andropov was taking a shit.

 

[wlu.29]

approximately 54% of people worldwide can't swim.....

100% of the people cant breathe in outerspace

 

[rj144]

65% of statistics are made up

59.2% of posts about made up statistics are made up.

 

[mjmj]

The big void is where our future inevitably lies. The ocean is really interesting and can help us answer questions about our past, and how to help future generations make the Earth a more sustainable environment -- but we're not moving to the ocean one day. If we don't kill ourselves before the sun consumes the Earth, the oceans will boil away and then we'll have to go to space to find a new home. If we start investing in space research and exploration now, we'll have either terraformed something or found a new home to live in. And they'll probably have some cool oceans to explore there, too. And then maybe one day, on that distant planet in the future, a guy will log onto the internet and make a post on a forum asking why people care so much about space when we could be exploring these cool oceans we don't really know much about. And then maybe a guy will point to the big expanding ball of fire in the sky and remind them that we need to escape that thing one day.



Also, space is really interesting and looks cooler

Right this minute, it would be humanly possible to colonize the ocean. If the real reason was for future colonization, the ocean would be the obvious choice.