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?

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

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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.