On a more philosophical level . . . Gone is your knowledge of our place in the universe—the only human pursuit that has transcended culture, region, and time. All supplied by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Martian rovers, and the countless other spacecraft, with and without humans, that have left Earth to explore. Others who do support space exploration would have access to these things. But not you. All because you would not annually check a box that allocated 6/10 of a penny of your tax dollar. That is the entire allocation to NASA. That is the cost of your access to the universe that you
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