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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.

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

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

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