Does God Exist?

[Saquist]

Someone in the church in rome once said ignorance is bliss; he meant the ignorant can bless us. Keep the populace ignorant and under threat of hell fire and damnation, oh and give us your money!

He's right...but not for the reasons he gives.
Ignorance in science and religion give us a reason to do nothing becoming laxidasical. We are relieved of the responsibility to act on what we know.

Can you expand on this, please?

From where does your curiousity originate?

Oh not glum. But in terms of space exploration (manned) we have had shelved hundreds of projects that were all to have happened before 2000. Once the Apollo program was terminated, the US Government lost interest and since then NASA has had its funds dramatically reduced.

That's true.
The NASA program has been aware for more than ten years that replacement for the space shuttle was necessary. Since then Scram-jet and Ram-jet technology has been explored in depth with a myriad of space planes and military projects.
Very observant.

The shuttle system was a major advancement, one that is soon to be improved upon with a second version. We also have great plans for viable space elevators, we just need a few advances in carbon nanotubes and funding.

The strides in underwater exploration and the unmanned probes we have sent throughout the solar system are pretty huge, and Europe and Japan have made highspeed rails a reality.

I wouldn't be so glum.

Yes there is reason to be hopeful.