Crashing probes onto the moon is apparently more important, though. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a proponent of space travel but when infrastructure basics aren’t in place, maybe put space exploration on the back burner.
Once upon a time toilets won elections in India, though. Only a few years ago they finished building 110 Million Toilets, bringing some states up to 100% toilet per capita coverage.
I wonder if there’s a natural balance of some kind in the budgetary priorities of democracies, with impractical flashy things making up a small but stable allotment.
Crashing probes onto the moon is apparently more important, though. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a proponent of space travel but when infrastructure basics aren’t in place, maybe put space exploration on the back burner.
the trouble is that space probes win elections, not water treatment facilities.
Once upon a time toilets won elections in India, though. Only a few years ago they finished building 110 Million Toilets, bringing some states up to 100% toilet per capita coverage.
I wonder if there’s a natural balance of some kind in the budgetary priorities of democracies, with impractical flashy things making up a small but stable allotment.