>Let's waste endless amounts of money to try to get into space!
Okay, what are the benefits we get from space?
>U-uh, mining asteroids, we won't die if the Earth goes cataclysmic-
Okay, how long will it take to start seeing these benefits?
>Like 60-70 years maybe...
Real numbers, please.
>...two centuries to start getting anything at all...
And how much will that cost?
>A... few...
A few what, sir?
>A few... quadrillion....
Alright, so why don't we just invest that money into becoming biologically immortal and other important shit like fusion that have immediate benefits to mankind. And THEN we do space later?
>But elon musk said- he said that we need to move to mars before earth explodes!
Looking at the binomial distribution, we've got millions of years before the next catastrophic event that we need to worry about.
>oh my frog I need to take my insulin shot