While that’s true, in many cases (e.g. asteroid detection) the interventions may be worthwhile when astronomical waste has vast importance, but not worthwhile when they have zero. It would be informative to know on which of those sides, for example, an exponential discount rate of 5% falls. Also, discounting additionally reduces the value of future years of present lives, so there are some differences because of that as well.
While that’s true, in many cases (e.g. asteroid detection) the interventions may be worthwhile when astronomical waste has vast importance, but not worthwhile when they have zero. It would be informative to know on which of those sides, for example, an exponential discount rate of 5% falls. Also, discounting additionally reduces the value of future years of present lives, so there are some differences because of that as well.