Space Essay: The Importance of Space Exploration
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk. This amazing quote reveals how you have to keep innovating until you get it right. And it also shows that even if it may seem impossible, if we keep innovating, we will eventually reach mars Nasa and other companies launch spaceships into orbit, but some people believe the price of the exploration is too expensive But I believe that space exploration is a good thing. Therefore, humans should keep investing into space flight research because in general, it will improve the life of people around the globe.
First, caring for humanity as a whole is very important, and space exploration can help solve problems on Earth.Sending people to space requires much research, and this research can be put to good use for healthcare and medical discoveries. One source claims,“Medical research conducted on the International Space Station helps us understand the human body in new ways, helping save lives and improve quality of life.(”https://www.planetary.org/articles/space-exploration-is-always-worthwhile) That quote shows all the opportunities we could get from medical research and that understanding the body more could lead to more lives being saved back on earth. “All the social and environmental progress in the world won't help us if an asteroid impacts the Earth.”(”https://www.planetary.org/articles/space-exploration-is-always-worthwhile) This paragraph reveals that space exploration could preserve humanity and if something ever happens to the earth, the humans could make an escape to a space station or another planet.
Furthermore, space exploration comes with many economic benefits. Space exploration opens up many new opportunities for people on earth too. For example you could help make designs for homes on mars. “We get the same kind of payoff for space spending in other countries. Spending on space supports highly skilled jobs, fuels technology advancements with practical applications, and creates business opportunities that feed back into the economy.” (”https://www.planetary.org/articles/space-exploration-is-always-worthwhile) Like the quote says, Spending on space gives people new jobs, many people can be employed in working in space. This also supports technology advancements making lives better for humanity overall in the future. “Between 2005 and 2017, the number of people worldwide who had internet access went from 1 billion to over 3.5 billion - 16% to 48% of the population. Even more impressive, the number of people in developed nations to have internet access went from 8% to over 41%. By the latter half of this century, internet access is expected to become universal.”https://interestingengineering.com/is-it-worth-it-the-costs-and-benefits-of-space-exploration
Many projects like starlink can bring the internet to people who normally do not have access, and in the long run, the ad revenue will gain the world(but mostly the internet) money.
Some people may think the cost of space exploration is not worth it.
However, taking advantage of our discoveries could expand humanities growth and wealth.
Many people believe that space exploration is not worth the cost, while some people do think it is. “Public opinion research has shown that people estimate NASA to take up as much as a quarter of the U.S. federal budget, but in fact, NASA’s budget only represents about 0.5% of the total federal budget and the proportion is even smaller for other spacefaring nations.”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CKCdlxt2nffj42r3RRnq1dOwg9T5mDvmq35Qng1l9GA/edit#heading=h.ushwovu36clg This shows that people may be opposed to Nasa because of all the taxes, but Nasa only makes a small percentage of the federal budget and the price is not as bad as most people think. “So far, Earth is the only planet that we know is capable of sustaining life. Information generated by NASA's earth science satellites helps answer questions about whether Earth can continue to sustain its growing population and about changes in our climate.”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CKCdlxt2nffj42r3RRnq1dOwg9T5mDvmq35Qng1l9GA/edit#heading=h.ushwovu36clg Satellites in space do much good for humanity like detecting things, and watching over the planet, and possibly finding threats.
Ultimately, Humans should keep investing in space flight research because it will improve the life of the people on the earth. But, one day a threat could approach earth and if we keep investing into space, humanity could live to see the next day.
