People have presented valid arguments both ways: those against, about depriving the bottom billion of our planet by diverting much-needed funding; and those in favor, for furthering mankind's now-desperate need for discoveries and new life-saving technology through exploration in space.
Further ahead, mankind will have a place and a purpose in space, but until technology improves, manned spaceflight will be an expensive luxury.
Once the founding fathers "unleashed the mind of man" by codifying religiously based free-market principles in a written constitution, Norton explained, "we went further than mankind had gone in the 5,000 years previous".
After spending so much time with hermits, Mr. Bevilacqua believes that greater emphasis on accumulating material wealth, along with the growth of the digital and virtual worlds of video games and social media, has brought mankind further from a quiet pursuit of a simple, reflective life.
It shows how out of touch scientists are when, with all the knowledge and resources at their disposal to further the advancement of mankind, they end up thinking "You know what we need?
Nolan's film amounts to 166 minutes of agonising about whether further expansion is possible for mankind; in business terms, Hollywood currently faces a parallel dilemma of trying to find unsaturated markets and new creative paths in order to keep growing.
"So many things have been done for the protection of the health of mankind that fear is being driven further and further into the background".
"If mankind had concluded that further attempts were useless, why, we'd never have known the benefits of holiday flights abroad".
But he still dismisses hope that technology will allow mankind to stretch resources ever further.
For Proof that Music is the vilest Witchcraft ever sent from hell to bedevil Mankind, you need look no Further than the Soundtrack of this Film.
