A Spoken Word Artist Argues With Himself Over Whether or Not Space Travel Is Worth It

Today ’s instalment in the Royal Institution ’s attractively designed online Advent calendar , which is theme “ A Place Called Space , ” have address Book artist Mark Grist cast down with a petulant variant of himself over whether or not the benefits of place exploration overbalance its costs .

( Funniest unbelieving line : “ If you spend that much money on anything you ’ll at least get a few design . All I see is people up there sing David Bowie anthems ! ” )

If you have n’t yet checked out the RI ’s calendar , which sport a new daily post through December 24 with originative , outer space - theme contentedness , you ’re not even a week out of the loop . old posts have so far includeda lovely animated shortin which astronaut Helen Sharman , the first Brit in outer space , utter about her dreams;an infographicthat break down the stats of all who have been to the International Space Station ( fun fact : not get facial hair helps your odds ) ; anda history of Project Mercuryillustrated with retrieve footage .