Some governments spend a lot of money on exploring space, some feel that this investment is justified while others think that money should be spent on public services like healthcare and education. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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century, billions of dollars have been spent

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the exploration of the universe.

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some support

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investment, others feel that

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money

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is squandered and should

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be spent tackling Earth’s many problems

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as public health and education. In

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essay,

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will examine both views and explain why

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agree that the government should cease funding space programs. Those who advocate

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state-funded research

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that the future of humankind may depend on

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a discovery. If we found an earth-like planet nearby,

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, they claim that our species could mine its resources or even colonise and potentially migrate there, once our town planet becomes uninhabitable. Indeed, projects are already underway investigating the feasibility of life on Mars, among other places.

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, to these supporters, the government’s

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is well-spent on exploring outer space as it could ultimately save us. Others,

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, myself included, do not support

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ongoing exploration. Indeed, in the

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few decades, countries like the USA have spent over $100 billion sending astronauts, rovers and rockets out into the galaxy and the results have been negligible. If

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had been spent

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on improving literacy or sanitation in the

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world, or on researching vaccines and treatments for deadly diseases, our lives would be much better than they currently are. Given that, private businesses

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as

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a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries

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and Virgin are now pouring

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into space research, governments no longer need to waste their

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on

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fruitless pursuit. In conclusion, humanity’s thirst for knowledge in unquenchable. It is time,

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, for private corporations to invest, and for governments to take responsibility for their real duty here on earth.