Just imagine what we could discover if the financing between space exploration and military switched. 
What are your thoughts about what we could achieve?
By the way, is the military spending really necessary?
What are your thoughts about what we could achieve?
By the way, is the military spending really necessary?
The technology developed by NASA is also useful to the air force and some are for the civil consumer market. Now look at that chart and imagine what US could achieve switching from weapons to health care. But unfortunately the priorities are different, and many "pro-life" dudes would kill you to keep these things as they are.
Yes, you are right, I would be killed in a day or two and it pains my heart.
War and warfare shouldn't even exist anymore, we, as humans, should set our goals not to profit or rule, but to evolve and discover area (space) around us.