Recent content by Shane Wegner

I'm going to say... Qualified No, people do things that border on unselfishness. Here is why. 1- Having kids, inherently unselfish (personal level). Having kids doesn't benefit you personally in the long run. You are still going to die. You don't get to transfer your soul into the husk of...

The cost of lifting something into orbit with current chemical rockets is ~$10,000 a pound. That means it costs $1.5 million bucks just to launch a 150 pound human into orbit. It takes pennies per pound to put it in a hole on the surface. If you have a bag of trash that weighs 20 pounds, it...