>>313421
What does space have that the Earth does not? Is it wise to waste resources trying to get things going up there? It's not an intelligence thing it's a 'only a rich man would be able to pull it off' thing and there's no reward, only risks that your geekdom business venture will fail. No one even gave a shit about space travel or the original Saturn V missile schematics would not have been lost. They were just being prideful towards the Russians, triggered that a second world nation had better technololgy than them. What with how they faked the moon landing, at least the video of it, it might not even be possible to travel in space. Even if it is what highly important individual would actually risk their life trying such things? We can't send dumb ass mice to experiment with, it's going to be highly important individuals that will nope at the drop of a hat just as rich people taht could go make a helium 3 mine on the moon will nope. Is it really intelligent to mine fuel for the sake of a status quo? We'll get there, eventually, but only after we run out of oil and coal here. Your children's chidlren will enjoy the 'intelligence' of being a slave to the oiligarchy family I guess. People can't even agree on political things and you think space travel is the intelligence issue. "I am an animal, I travel far, hear me roar".
>>313448
Nuclear shit is hard to use in outer space. It's not like aa submarine where it can just use heat and push water around. There's nothing to push in space. Going to the moon to mine fossil-fuel 2.0 is gay.