Space exploration does NOT disprove a divine link any more then weightlessness disproves gravity. Obviously there are "things" not seen or perceived by the filtering processes of the human brain. Since miracles are a reality we must assume there are more to the picture then we see.

after all dinos werent a interplanetary species.

lets face it, sooner or later were gona find that a big arse civilization killing rock that we can't move/blow up is heading our way. and we would go colonize the moon or something else ASAP, And probably do a shoty job.
Shouldnt we colinze and explore space NOW instead of later? Besides thats human nature, we explore becuse ITS THERE! People Explore by nature. It's not enough just to send a robot to the moon or mars, we must go there ourselves. That inevitably leads to colinization.

The heavens declare the Glory or God.

Colonization and getting into space? Colonization of America anyone? Was it "good"? Good for WHO? For Europeans? What about the natives? Who are we to decide that we are more important? We have no prospered, but who are WE to decide that, on their homes? Maybe they had different views of prosperity.

Think of it like this: What if a thief comes into YOUR home and claims that "taking" this home is "important in the long end, for him and his pals". After all, he is the one important, right? Won't you feel annoyed? What if he says that killing you is good for his family? Won't you feel annoyed? Good cause that's exactly what we are going to do once we colonize.

I know you're going to say that "no one actually says that we'll colonize inhabited planets" — but I'M LOOKING AT REALITY. Our mentality is the same, fucked up, greedy and all that. We are selfish bastards. I am looking at reality, while people who claim the above are naive and think that we as a species are "good". What makes you think humans will overlook an inhabited planet for profit and colonization and "how awesome" it is? Awesome? Good to know that it's awesome for us to wipe out someone else. After all, LOOK AT EARTH. Look how many species we destroyed and continue to do so. Look how we practically RAPED the planet. Does THIS FREAKING species called homo sapiens need to expand FURTHER? Without a shift in mentality? Gimme a break. I'm objective.

And no, I'm not naive enough to think that Space exploration will solve humanity's mentality — greed, political power and whatever else that plagues us. What happens in Aliens (the movie)? We colonize a planet. Some aliens start eating us. We then say "Nuke the bastards!". WHO THE HELL IS THE BASTARD HERE? Who is the one who invaded their homes? We should go and nuke ourselves, put us to jail.

As someone said in a nice review of Starship Troopers (good movie that portrays humans as "colonists" even though in the movie, everyone cheers when humans kill 100 aliens):

Here I quote part of the review:
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The Earth is at war with these creatures. They're inhuman, vicious. This is graphically demonstrated through out the film but most notably via a propaganda website that the movie presents to us as a futuristic version of `Why We Fight'. At one point, a cow is lead into a pen holding one of these giant insects, which quickly cleaves the cow in two. We are horrified! These insects truly are barbaric, evil! Look what it did to that cow! They must be destroyed! (Yet how many of us had steak before seeing this movie?) Then the website narrator proudly states that people on Earth are doing their part in the war effort as we watch a woman and her children dump Earth bugs on the ground and stomp on them. These bugs are native to our planet. Like the American-Japanese in WWII, why are they getting picked on? How are the bug-stomping mother and her children any more humane and caring than the repulsive alien insects?

The film is insanely violent. People are literally cut to pieces by the smaller creatures and slowly, painfully melted by a plasma the larger insects spray. However, the alien bugs fair no better. The people and cows getting hacked up relentlessly in this film horrify us but we cheer as machine rifles and grenades blow the giant insects apart. The body count is high on both sides. It is all literally and purposely utter, senseless violence. But then at one point a psychic uses his powers to read one of the alien's emotions. He triumphantly yells, `It's afraid!' and a legion of human warriors jubilantly cheer at this pronouncement. Who's barbaric here? What is humanity? These bugs are clearly not `human' yet they are intelligent, advanced, and most importantly they have feelings. If they can be afraid, can they not also be sad, happy, in love? These are questions the writer has left to us to ask with out leading us by the hand through what could have been a much more preachy film.

Considering the fact that, in his book _Stranger in a Strange Land_, Robert A. Heinlein–who wrote the novel upon which Starship Troopers was based–pointed out that there were millions of people already in America before the Europeans came and ruthlessly slaughtered these `subhumans' on their new property, it is safe to say that there is a lot more going on in this film than a simple slug-fest. The dazzling special effects and heart pounding action are all just a distraction–like all the noise in real life–from the more important things said here. Even the trailer and commercials for this movie were purposely misleading with Blur's delightfully mindless `Song #3' blaring and the singer yelling `Whoo-hoo!' as a stream of soldiers pour out of ships to go to battle. Every aspect of the film was one gigantic, satirical slap in the face of humanity and no one noticed.
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So with our RATIONAL thoughts of TODAY, let's think. Are we evil species? Is colonization evil? You bet it is.

Why is it good? Just because we are we? Are we so primitive to escape objective thought regarding the matter? Wake up people. Humans will always abuse. Colonization is a new opportunity for us to RAPE more planets, and EVENTUALLY, even invade inhabited homes.

So we're the SERIAL rapist set loose in the universe. Bad thing is, there's no police that I'm aware of (of course aliens could be watching us at this time).

If that's the case I would surely expect and HOPE aliens to counter-attack our selfish species and wipe us out before we do more harm to the innocent.

Astronomy brought spectroscopes to humankind and without spectroscopes biology and chemistry would not function at all.

X-ray detection came from X-ray telescopes and from lab experimentalists like Runtgen on the ground. Along with the aid of spectroscoopes we have been able to analyze the difference between the ways in which X-rays can be created and detected.

Crystallography comes from X-ray science and enables us to see the the physical structure of molecules and allows us to view the behavior of diesel fuels in fuel injectors and to watch how viruses enter cells and interact with the cell once inside. It has enabled us to see how fruit fly muscles behave just like human heart muscle. The number of discoveries at places like Argonne Labs are creating new drugs with less side effects, bullet-proof vests, artificial limbs and heart muscles that are incredibly efficient. Research in diseases like diabetes, cancer, ecoli and others are all finding advances toward cures from the use of crystallography.

The studies of the sun, dying stars, white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes has brought about discoveries in quantum physics. Meanwhile, back here on the ground, our particle accelerators have confirmed what astronomers discovered and, with the aid of NASA, have realized and brought those astronomers newer dicoveries about the microcosmos. And those particle accelerators have provided us with the source for the X-rays used in crystallography.

The study of spacetime structure on board Columbia has shown how molecules shape themselves differently in microgravity. Moss on the earth's surface reacts to the gravitational field by growing away from it inside of caves. In space it developes a Fibonacci spiral pattern like sunflowers have on earth. But those sunflowers lose their spiral patterns in microgravity. This means that spacetime structure affects molecular shapes and makes us realize that evolution on another earthlike planet with a different mass will take an entirely different journey.

It also means that topology dictates how shapes change and molecular science is very sensitive to shape changes. This means that future topologists will likely recognize a signature shape change pattern that vaccines and cells experience when they interface that may be repeating in other vaccinations. This will allow the biochemist, with the aid of a software program written by topologists, to greatly reduce the number of experiments necessary to find cures..

Our satellites are presently exploring the ozone layer, pollutants that are not visible, weather patterns, and tsunami threats.

I could drag this out further but don't need to. Exploring the stars has made us explore ourselves.

If we move beyond that, I ask the questioner how much of his tax dollar he thinks is being spent on space, and if he might compare it to the amount being spent on the Department of Agriculture, or Labor, or (the big one) how much of his tax dollar is taken in by the government solely for the purpose of giving it to another citizen. With NASA's budget well under 1% of the federal budget, "are we spending too much on space" always strikes me as an attempt to divert attention from the big ticket items.