A few things that, perhaps, we have only seen in movies or read in scientific books, are not that far away from happening. In the 1960s, John F. Kennedy, the president of the United States at that time, gave a dramatic speech about space exploration. He requested for more billion dollars for five years to achieve the goal of landing a man on the moon and returning to the Earth safely. Since then, popular debates about space exploration have become more common.
The thing about space programs is that they are not only composed of the best engineers and physicists, they also have the best chemistries and biologists. Is this multidisciplinarity that creates innovations for our lives. X-rays, kidney dialysis machines, athletic shoes, digital imaging, global position satellites, medicines, cosmetics, and even more things can be used as examples of what we had received from it.
Our planet is indeed passing through climate change, famine, pestilence, and even more problems, and we can not forget about it. And it is a fact that space programs are expensive. But what most people do not know is that space exploration does not only focus on extraterrestrial lives or space tourism. It also studies what we can do to preserve the Earth and life here. Satellites can provide data on climate change, can measure pollution, as well as be used to predict natural disasters, being capable of saving people’s lives.
There is a long list of the positive consequences of aerospace science, outweighing the negative points. From my perspective, governments should fund programs for space exploration, because the benefits from this are enormous. This is a topic that must be discussed even more, to open people’s minds about the greatness of space programs and help them realize the wonders that have come and will come with it.
A few things that, perhaps, we have
only
seen
in movies or read in scientific books, are not that far away from happening. In the 1960s, John F. Kennedy, the
president of the United States
at that time, gave a dramatic speech about
space
exploration
. He requested for more
billion
dollars for five years to achieve the goal of landing a
man
on the moon and returning to the Earth
safely
. Since then, popular debates about
space
exploration
have become more common.
The thing about
space
programs
is that they are not
only
composed of the best engineers and physicists, they
also
have the best
chemistries
and biologists. Is this
multidisciplinarity
that creates innovations for our
lives
. X-rays, kidney dialysis machines, athletic shoes, digital imaging, global position satellites, medicines, cosmetics, and even more things can be
used
as examples of what we had received from it.
Our planet is
indeed
passing through climate
change
, famine, pestilence, and even more problems, and we can not forget about it. And it is a fact that
space
programs
are expensive.
But
what most
people
do not know is that
space
exploration
does not
only
focus on extraterrestrial
lives
or
space
tourism. It
also
studies what we can do to preserve the Earth and life here. Satellites can provide data on climate
change
, can measure pollution,
as well
as be
used
to predict natural disasters, being capable of saving
people
’s
lives
.
There is a long list of the
positive
consequences of aerospace science, outweighing the
negative
points. From my perspective,
governments
should fund
programs
for
space
exploration
,
because
the benefits from this are enormous. This is a topic that
must
be discussed
even more, to open
people
’s minds about the greatness of
space
programs
and
help
them realize the wonders that have
come
and will
come
with it.