Each of this week’s questions center on space and humanity’s relation to the deep dark cosmos.
The questions are straightforward.
Your answers…not so much.
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The Final Frontier
In the modern era, the United States government has allocated as much as 4.41% and as little as 0.49% of its yearly budget to pay for deep space exploration and related sciences.
Given the choice, what percentage would you spend?
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We Come in Peace (or not)
Imagine you are earth’s emissary to a strange, faraway planet. Upon landing your spaceship, you immediately encounter what appears to be friendly alien life.
What are the first three things you say to them?
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The Few and the Many
Imagine the world will end in five years.
The government’s plan is to construct one spacecraft for each family. Each ship can hold a family of four. The ships will fly to a nearby star system and drop you off on a habitable planet.
The problem: You and your spouse have four children.
Stay on earth and wait for the end? Leave two kids behind?
Or convince your spouse to send the kids alone without you?
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Until next week…