You know, I'd do the same thing. If I made it big, I'd support research into improving crop production and providing medicine to those who need it[1]. I'd also get certified as an RN or LNP, and then spend my time as a doctor traveling in third-world countries. It would be a great adventure, and I'd get to help other people out. Win-win.

That said, I'd save a couple of bucks and pay a visit to the Moon as well. :)

[1] The needy deserve humane treatment; our level of technology could easily provide food, shelter, and medical care to every person on the globe. That said, giving money to people who have demonstrated no ability to earn it on their own is pure folly...

> I'd also get certified as an RN or LNP, and then spend my time as a doctor traveling in third-world countries. It would be a great adventure, and I'd get to help other people out. Win-win.

You would be helping them out one at a time, on a planet filled with 6 billion people. One-at-a-time charity work is something I never had the stomach for. I'm a smart guy, I ought to be able to do better.

Read the sentence before the one you quoted. :) I mean, if I've got to work, what better way than to get my own hands dirty, so to speak?

Actually in my wildest dream I would become a corporate player in space tourism. And even if we don't seams to agree on that subject, I tend to think that it would do much more in the long run for humanity.

>Space would be awesome, but I think there are more rewarding things you can do with that much money.

Space is the ultimate humanitarian project. We live in a world where dozens of men have the power to destroy society as we know it with a single command. In addition, I think the greenies are full of hogwash but they seem to be upset about the potential of this whole Global Warming thing. If we do manage to screw up this planet, we will be much happier if we have another.

So, supporting space technology is better than contributing to charity, if you have a long enough view.