NASA Completes early tests of mini nuclear fission Reactor which could Power human Settlements on Ma

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Historically, exploration was for economic gain

with religious missionaries in tow

I'm not getting the benefits of space exploration. OK, minerals, new research and knowledge. We have more than we are able to handle profitably or responsibly here on earth.

We're going to sink hundreds of billions of dollars on exploration with a light payoff. Unless they bring home minerals - gold, platinum, silver, palladium. This will be the gold standard effect of Quantitative Easing because it would expand the money supply without economic activity to back it up. It would be very inflationary, as much as the Conquistadors bringing home gold to the King of Spain from South America. France too. They had price inflation after the precious metals started arriving.

People can't heat their homes here. We're building fission mini-reactors for celestial gadflying. This is something Trumpers understand, in ways that we liberals sometimes don't.