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mk · 3665 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Philae has landed! (We landed on a comet. +1 for humans)
I'd argue that political and cultural change most often follow technological change. Personally, I think we are on the verge of another technologically-driven upheaval, and that space exploration will only play a very small role, if any. I believe that our cultural systems are a reflection of social systems that are technologically possible and stable. Our situation will not be undone by political will, but by new technologies that make it obsolete. What we learn from space exploration can be a component, and I think it would be a positive one; I don't think all of them are.