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Why Do We Explore Space When Earth Cries Out?

Why, in this chaotic world filled with inequality, climate change, and a damn ocean of earthly crises, are we so hell-bent on exploring the…

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Joseph Allen Paine
Nov 27, 2023
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Why, in this chaotic world filled with inequality, climate change, and a damn ocean of earthly crises, are we so hell-bent on exploring the void beyond our reach?

Here’s a provoking thought.

This pursuit of the cosmos might just be the most human thing we’ve ever done.

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Let’s ground this idea and explore some of the important reason…

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