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@ewen@social.ewenbell.com I agree with most of that, but resources are finite and when spending on a particular endeavour runs into billions of dollars I think it is right to ask what the benefits are. When numbers get that large many people lose all sense of proportion. I agree that there is value to space exploration in general, but I question whether it is necessary for missions to be crewed. I absolutely agree we spend too much time justifying research. If the proportion of their working hours academics spend writing research proposals that are never funded (in the UK at least) was widely known it would be a national scadal.