Today billions of dolloars are invested on space reseach. Some people argue that the wealth should be invested on healthcare and eduction etc.
The idea of spending astronomical sums of money on space research is widely debated, with many people claiming that this could be better spent on such other vital sectors as healthcare, education and the like. In my opinion, this notion merits serious consideration.
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There are a myriad of arguments in favour of my stance. The most preponderant one is that with countless numbers of satellites out there, forecasting weather has never been as precise and accurate as now. Not only can scientists predict flood, storm, tsunami and other calamities with near-perfect precision, thanks to space exploration, but researches on space also allow constant contact between satellites, space shuttles and the like, which would otherwise be next to impossible. Needless to say, all these merits stand space research in good stead as far as state-of-the-art communication is concerned.
However, there are some pitfalls that can easily overwhelm the potential benefits of space exploration. The primary concern stems from the fact that space research entails colossal amounts of expenditure, whereas we have got millions of people starving all over the world. Besides, affluent nations can best use their resources by improving the infrastructures in an array of sectors such as healthcare, education, transport and so on, instead of sending robots to find water on the Mars, costing taxpayers billions of dollars. Last but not least, the large amounts of money spent on these ventures can be better utilised in uplifting the living standards of people in underprivileged nations.
From what has been discussed, one can observe that there are other priorities in the world at present, from eradicating poverty to setting up new infrastructures to improving the standard of living, which should be looked after first, before investing such mammoth sums of money on space research programmes.
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Often times it's not what you can prove more so than how well you can write history aka "his" "story". When super powers are in competition, they will go to any extreme to put compete the others. I agree with you that it is a waste of money, those are facts. Here's what got me straching my head; How can you build something to go to a place they have never been yet fail to discover what is on earth. The ocean floors have not been fully or ever a quarter of it been discovered. But you telling me you can exit and enter the earth via some spacecraft?
Imagine how great society would have been if those funds was use for education, healthcare, and quality of life. Anything that make sense always get overlooked. It's about the profits in most places.
Nice read 👍🏾
Yes aman - I agree there are other priorities at the moment! SK.