@TheHappySpaceman
If our best and brightest could now devote more time and energy to expanded our knowledge, and if many of our basic needs no longer were prioritized, we’d solve those problems quick.
When we discovered how to grow crops and domesticat wild life we were able to spend less time hunting and gathering and more time building society.
When the industrial revolution happened building projects that once seemed impossible were suddenly an everyday occurrence.
Every time humanity has found a way to shift their basic needs to the back burner we’ve experienced leaps in technology.
This could be the change that puts us on the red planet and beyond.