Everything You Need To Know About Proxima b, The Closest Earth-Like Exoplanet To Earth

[Colin$mackabi$h]

Every discovery aint always good

 

[Idiopathic Joker]

So I ask again, what area of scientific fields of study are being under utilized because of NASA?

That's not what you asked before. This is a diff question.

I'm talking about money, resources. The resources necessary to keep NASA going could be used to solve problems ( pick whatever field you like, honestly ) and spread solutions that're actually applicable here, on Earth.

So again, what purpose does knowing that there's an Earth-like planet (that we can't even relocate to, or get to in a timely fashion) all while destroying our own planet and a lot of things on it it serve?

There isn't any field in science or medicine that is suffering. Medicine and other fields are actually flourishing. AIDS will be eradicated in 10 years because of cures that's been discovered. They recently discovered a way for cancer cells to commit suicide. The innovation of smart cars will make the atmosphere healthy again, not to mention new gasoline improvements. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with knowledge about the universe, it actually shows how far we've come as a species that we can detect other planets in other solar systems. Maybe we can't there. Maybe our kids can't get there. Maybe our grandkids won't. But maybe their kids will. Maybe our great grandkids find a way there with new technology. Another home for humans and its all tied back to today, when the space exploration phase of humans is in is infancy.

 

[silverfoxx]

Guys guys,....

Y'all ever wonder like man, like we are all living on planet earth...... like we all represent as one for this planet called.... earth

 

[deadeye]

Every discovery aint always good

Yo,

In the back of my mind I'm hoping these white folks discover life on another planet........they end up being black............they take over Earth.............and then either wipe all of them out or enslave them.

It's like watching white people in horror movies.

They just don't know when to leave well enough alone.

 

[Ajackson17]

Studying the stars is an African thing and it's our legacy. So I don't understand why black folks think studying the stars is a fool's journey when Nasa developments created many technology that is used in medical science that have saved lives.

If you are tired of Nasa, then how about you get into the stem career fields yourself, a astro-physicist skill set will help future generations, not your ass today.

 

[Jabu_Rule]

Everything out there poses as much of a threat to our existence as what's here. I want to know what this rock filled of humans is floating in and i want to know that our species has the potential to outlive this planet. It will be another 4 billion years before our sun expands into a red dwarf consuming the earth, and maybe our species will be extinct by then, or maybe we will be the only species living in other galaxies. I'll settle for scientist being aware of a asteroid heading in our direction. The budget for Nasa is already cut and it's already spurned industries such as Space X to take financial advantage of Nasa's discoveries, not to mention what it's done for flight, the advancement of mathematics, and the advancement other scientific fields such as quantum computing. Comparatively, looking through, and building telescopes don't cost as much, and it's normally a joint effort with other nations.

 

[32DaysOfInfiniti]

This whole why does it really matter question could be asked about literally any topic. Just because it's not of interest you doesnt mean knowone cares or that it serves no purpose...

Thats like white people asking "why do these record labels/advertisers invest 100s of millions of dollars into hip hop, I see no value in that."

The truth is, that money is not really taking away from anything else (hence our trillion $ deficit). These people study their whole lives to look into space so thats what they are going to do. You act like its a mandate that we have to care.

Yeah life sucks, yeah humans are evil, but that doesnt mean we dont have the right to pursue what we care about. I champion these space niggas for having enough passion in there field to get billion dollar investments. There are lessons to be learned from that.

 

[not_osirus_jenkins]

It's nice to know. I love the idea of the universe. I'm glad humans can't travel to it. This virus should not spread.