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With all those gazillions of charity money we, as a species, could've established Moon and Mars colonies ten times over.

Instead it's sunk into giant black hole of bureaucracy and consulting fees.

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Bezos has invested around ~5B already in Blue Origin, so your expectations may need some calibration.

I'd much rather we spent that money eradicating hunger and curable diseases first.

Eh, investing in something like a Mars mission could return on investment many times here on Earth, that might solve those problems quicker. E.g. vertical farming tech.

How? We are already investing in vertical farming tech. What has Mars got to do with it?

Look into the dividends of the space race.

What is stopping companies from investing in Ag tech now?

Nothing, which is why billions are flowing into Ag

Sometimes you can't do things with money. Going to Mars is one of them.

Although Musk and Bezos are both trying, so you should be happy about that.

$4B is not even close to enough to do either of those things. The Apollo program cost $283 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars.

Technology improves though. You can expect SpaceX, and maybe BO, to have spent <20B once we get there.

I'm talking about gazilions in charity which goes to waste, with that $4B being a very small part of.

And how exactly would a moon colony help feed those people needing charity here on earth?

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