I am not against any scientific
enquiry. I support science and
I fully support the work of science
in making living better for all
of this. My respect for science
makes me think about something.
We are trying to send spaceships
to the corners of the solar
system. We are sending some
that will go even beyond. We
are trying to find out more
about the surface of Mars and
about satellites of Saturn.
All this needs billions of dollars
and millions of man-hours of
the best brains of science.
At this same time on our earth,
there are countries, which are
so poor that many children die
of malnutrition. People have
to walk many kilometers to fetch
small quantity of water. Children
die because they have nothing
to protect themselves during
the winter. There have no medicines
to protect against early blindness
and many other diseases that
make their life hell forever.
The world is as much full of
poverty, as much of prosperity.
What are we gaining by finding
out about the surface of Mars?
If the same money and the same
brains are used to prevent early
deaths in the interiors of Africa,
will it help us? If some money
is diverted and water is sent
to villages in poor countries,
will that help more?
What helps us more? When I
say us, I mean not a nation,
but the earth. Many people
are working to alleviate misery,
but a lot needs to be done.
Will science be more beneficial
if it is used to help mankind
than finding out how and when
the cosmos was formed? A child
dies of hunger and thirst.
A child dies of diseases.
A child dies of winter. Is
saving that child less important
for us than to find out if
Mars has any ice on its surface?
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