re: Why so much emphasis on space when 95% of our oceans remain unexplored?

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Dude the oceans are huge, if we wasted time trying to search every nook and cranny we'd never finish. Space is much more manageable, size-wise.

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1. no. space is bigger, by orders of magnitude beyond comprehension.
yes the ocean floors are so deep that we have not been down there, but we have our doubts about any sentient beings living down there, no cultures. all there is is mining and learning about the planet. space holds space brothers, and mining without the pressure of all that water. we have the technology to mine on the Moon, right now. we will tear it up like West Virginia.


2. the payoff is bigger long term if we develop the capacities required for travel to far planets. e g we might be able to run from earth after we make it uninhabitable.
it might be that it takes us eons to develop everything necessary to travel millions of light years. it might require generations to live in space.