> Can anyone share why they are "inspired" by these events? Honest question.
I love space and spaceships. I wish I could work in that industry and would jump at the chance.
> With all of the real problems occurring on Earth today, I cannot help but feel this is just ego-driven madness.
Yes indeed. But, ego-driven madness generates a lot of useful utility. I'd say the worst part is the pollution of satellites for ground-based space observation. Despite that, I fully think that mankind should expand into space and become a spacefaring race in spite of all of the risks. And I think, for compensation, publicly accessible orbital observatories should become a thing. Unfortunately, at the current price tag of orbit, that might take a while.
> Instead, are we merely spread humanity across the galaxy in centuries to come--if at all? For what purpose?
For whatever purpose we want. The only unfortunate thing is that only the rich can afford to guide us at the moment. I look forward to the day that anyone can own a spaceship as anyone can own a car.
There's a lot of spaceship science fiction movies and TV series to draw inspiration from. I get the impression that you're either too young to have seen a lot of it or, perhaps, it hasn't been a passion of yours. What drives you to to be who you are?
Chances are good that, even if you want to just be a simple farmer, you use and rely on "space age" technology. Who knows what cool and/or useful stuff could be brought by the future of space tech? In-orbit manufacturing of exotic materials for safety, for communication; in-orbit energy collection and generation. I'm excited for the prospect of orbital farming for food -- a completely controlled environment away from pests? Oh man that's going to be game changing!
I love space and spaceships. I wish I could work in that industry and would jump at the chance.
> With all of the real problems occurring on Earth today, I cannot help but feel this is just ego-driven madness.
Yes indeed. But, ego-driven madness generates a lot of useful utility. I'd say the worst part is the pollution of satellites for ground-based space observation. Despite that, I fully think that mankind should expand into space and become a spacefaring race in spite of all of the risks. And I think, for compensation, publicly accessible orbital observatories should become a thing. Unfortunately, at the current price tag of orbit, that might take a while.
> Instead, are we merely spread humanity across the galaxy in centuries to come--if at all? For what purpose?
For whatever purpose we want. The only unfortunate thing is that only the rich can afford to guide us at the moment. I look forward to the day that anyone can own a spaceship as anyone can own a car.
There's a lot of spaceship science fiction movies and TV series to draw inspiration from. I get the impression that you're either too young to have seen a lot of it or, perhaps, it hasn't been a passion of yours. What drives you to to be who you are?
Chances are good that, even if you want to just be a simple farmer, you use and rely on "space age" technology. Who knows what cool and/or useful stuff could be brought by the future of space tech? In-orbit manufacturing of exotic materials for safety, for communication; in-orbit energy collection and generation. I'm excited for the prospect of orbital farming for food -- a completely controlled environment away from pests? Oh man that's going to be game changing!