Japan was highly influenced in chinese culture
Megatrends was a very popular book form the 1980's that attempted to make predictions about the future.
Many people considered this as a, "mainstream book."
Pros
Exploring the unknown
Developing technology
Testing and experimenting with unknown aspect in physics -
Creating new theories
Cons
Other issues are more important
Can be a waste of money if theories can be validated
There are dangers and risk that are unknown in space
Hope it helps
The imaginary line of secrecy and mistrust is called the iron curtain.
