You know what I'm afraid of? Some country's leader will go up there, see their bit, and think "All the rest of that should be mine."
I agree with your sentiment, but writing it is based on the assumption that all people are like you (or us) in our sense of goals and community. It's not true.
Still, I have often heard that people change their view of the "world", once they had an impressive experience regarding our place in the universe. After people are "infected" by the "space virus", and often adjust their priorities. Of course, that might more more correlation than causation.
But I still like the idea that people can be cured from megalomania by a quick trip to the moon, the space station, or by just driving up and down one of our space elevators.
That would actually be awesome! If they spend money on creating the technology to go up there and claim it all, along the way we will learn and advance so much, just like the rush for getting to the moon.
You know what I'm afraid of? Some country's leader will go up there, see their bit, and think "All the rest of that should be mine."
I agree with your sentiment, but writing it is based on the assumption that all people are like you (or us) in our sense of goals and community. It's not true.