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Internal problems always will be. By this logic we should cancel almost all pure research projects.

From a UN Report: "More than 700 million Indians, or roughly two-thirds of the population, do not have adequate sanitation. Largely for lack of clean water, 2.1 million children under the age of 5 die each year"

My point is: shouldn't a country like India put their research and money toward solving THESE problems instead of putting a man on Mars?

How do you figure?

If anything space exploration is research intensive. We have done a lot of research in space and even on the ground before we got there.

I'm curious as to what you mean by pure research.

I don't understand your comment. You're saying that certain research should take priority over solving internal problems, but space exploration shouldn't...? Why?

Humans in space efforts have nothing to do with research. They are now purely national prestige efforts. And I am extremely pro-space, I just don't think current efforts are doing ANYTHING AT ALL about getting us there permanently.

I'm saying that it should be more of a priority amongst the general public. I didn't say it should take priority over other forms of research. =)

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