Starting in the 20th century, governments have increased the funding allocated to space exploration which is directly coming from taxpayers. Even though exploring the space surrounding us can help with preventing possible dangers, as well as finding new sources, the costs of such operations can be diverted to more promising sectors, such as healthcare and education.
In addition to having access to the supply of the materials that are scarce on Earth, knowing upcoming dangers beforehand are the main advantages of space exploration. Humans are utilizing Earth's resources at such a rate that, we will be running out of them in a near future. To prevent this, it is necessary to launch space exploration programmes in order to find a new supply of those materials. Furthermore, dangers coming from outside of the world have always worried people. For instance, the meteoroids falling to the Earth are capable of killing thousands of people. If governments have knowledge of that kind of dangers, they can carry out necessary measures to decrease both economical and human losses.
Despite the benefits above, space exploration is costly and does not always yield positive results. To illustrate, NASA - the Space Agency of the US costs 22 billion dollars per year, while this money could be used to build new hospitals, schools, etc. Additionally, there has not been a single case that the expeditions sent to space have affected the lives of ordinary people positively. Instead, they have been paying taxes to see no apparent benefits.
To conclude, while space exploration can have benefits to the world in form of a new source of materials and the prevention of the upcoming harmful events, the costs allocated to this sector are not proportional to the new findings and could be used to improve other sectors.
Starting in the 20th century,
governments
have increased the funding allocated to
space
exploration
which is
directly
coming from taxpayers.
Even though
exploring the
space
surrounding us can
help
with preventing possible
dangers
,
as well
as finding
new
sources, the costs of such operations can
be diverted
to more promising sectors, such as healthcare and education.
In addition
to having access to the supply of the materials that are scarce on Earth, knowing upcoming
dangers
beforehand are the main advantages of
space
exploration
. Humans are utilizing Earth's resources at such a rate that, we will be running out of them in a near future. To
prevent
this, it is necessary to launch
space
exploration
programmes
in order to find a
new
supply of those materials.
Furthermore
,
dangers
coming from
outside of
the world have always worried
people
.
For instance
, the meteoroids falling to the Earth are capable of killing thousands of
people
. If
governments
have knowledge of that kind of
dangers
, they can carry out necessary measures to decrease both economical and human losses.
Despite the benefits above,
space
exploration
is costly and does not always yield
positive
results. To illustrate, NASA
-
the
Space
Agency of the US costs 22 billion dollars per year, while this money could be
used
to build
new
hospitals, schools, etc.
Additionally
, there has not been a single case that the expeditions
sent
to
space
have
affected
the
lives
of ordinary
people
positively
.
Instead
, they have been paying taxes to
see
no apparent benefits.
To conclude
, while
space
exploration
can have benefits to the world in form of a
new
source of materials and the prevention of the upcoming harmful
events
, the costs allocated to this sector are not proportional to the
new
findings and could be
used
to
improve
other sectors.