Quote Originally Posted by ShadesWolf
We have vast areas of the oceans unexplored, it is an ongoing source of power. Why not understand this more than wasting resources on flying to the stars.
It`s not wasting resources. Think what we might find out there; aliens for example (seriously, they might exist).

Also there`s alot of undiscovered resources on asteroids (as pointed out above) and think of all the money there`s to earn thanks to tourism.

Space is the future!