Help save planetary exploration

[puggsoy]

Either way, as Mighty Jetters already said, small offtopic comments happen all the time and everywhere and as far as I know have never been an issue or forbidden, it's when the original topic gets swamped or the derailment drags on when it becomes a problem so I didn't see what the fuss was all about.

That's mostly what I was apologizing about. I was making too much of a fuss about it for a reason I can't remember (if it ever existed).

That's where the "survival of humankind" comes in. Kinda related to the dream of immortality. Couldn't it be more important to improve life instead of just makign sure it prevails? It will be over at some point anyways, so maybe instead of trying to postpone the inevitable, it may be considerable to make it as good as it can be. Try to reduce the actual problems we have that make life worse - war, poverty, all these things, you know.

The thing is that it's natural for every living thing to want to ensure its species' survival. I mean, even plants do it. It's as close to a purpose of existence as we'll ever get, an instinctive one no less, so just straight up denying it is unnatural. (Whether that's "wrong" or not is personal opinion, though.)
I do get your point, like enjoy life and such, and I agree to an extent. However the impression I got from your post was "have fun and worry about the future when you get there". Which is practically like saying drugs are OK: it feels good and who cares about the consequences.
I know that's not what you're trying to say of course. My point is just that enjoying life is just as pointless as prolonging human survival, if not more so.

Oh and about the advancement: pretty sure the people who care about that aren't discontent with their lives. Advancement in technology is just like exploring new places, it's exciting and just what people do. If mankind would halt and just stay at their current technology level we would eventually get bored.
Plus it makes us feel smart