Warren Ellis: On space travel
Warren Ellis: On space travel.
I am writing this in the wake of the announcement — entirely expected — that US government funding for Nasa’s human space flight initiatives has been cancelled, and any American progress in that area will now be turned over to private enterprise. And if you think that this is a good idea, just ask yourself how reliable your local rail service has been since deregulation.
The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species…