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Some people think space research is a waste of money. The government should spend that money on the improvement of people’s living conditions. What is your opinion on this IELTS topic?

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It is being argued that governments exhaust their funding on researching the
space
, yet it has become ineffective. People claim that more
money
 should be poured into improving people’s living quality
on the other hand
. I, personally, agree with
this
 opinion as enough
space
 exploration has been done and, sadly, we see our world suffering from real-time problems,
such
 as poverty and hunger where additional
money
 could easily fix these issues. To start with,
space
 research has been continuing for about a century now and while we were able to achieve some remarkable results during
this
 period,
for example
 to visit the moon or explore other planets, no new evidence has been obtained in the
last
 decade
though
by means of; with aid of; through the act or agency of; "destroyed by fire"
through
money
 spent on
space
 exploration has doubled in
this
 time, a recent study shows. It simply tells us that sending astronauts and spending millions on new spaceships is a waste of time and
money
,
therefore should
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therefore, should
 be considered to be allocated on more important problems happening here, on the Earth. So many societies suffer from running out of food, living in very poor conditions, not having clean water to drink, and even dying from treatable diseases. Governments should prioritise their funding on these issues
first
 rather than continuing to spend on inefficient
space
 exploration. A study showed that the US has spent over 1 billion of dollars just in one year’s time while exploring
space even
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space, even
 though only 10% of
this
money
 would have helped to fight the homelessness in the country. To conclude, I do acknowledge the benefits of
space
 research results which were obtained in the
past
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past, however
however
 I strongly think that funding should be reduced and appropriately spent more on managing people’s living conditions better to improve life here.
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