Space exploration is much too expensive and the money should be spent on more important things. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

There is an argument that

space

exploration is a waste of money and there are more urgent needs to be addressed on earth,

such

as reducing poverty and preventing environmental destruction.

However

, I completely disagree and

this

research

should be carried on.

First

of all, many of the technologies we take for granted were originated mainly from

space

research

. Take satellite innovation,

for instance

, which we depend on broadcasting weather forecast so without these we would not able to follow global events as they happen, nor about the approaching storms and hurricane warning.

In addition

,

this

research

has led to the development of new lightweight materials that offer heat protection so we would enable to protect food in the long run.

Thus

,

space

exploration has eventually developed many new useful technologies that benefits us in everyday life.

Moreover

, we cannot foresee the life on earth in the near future, so we ought to develop the capability to escape from earth to other livable planet. Gradually, we are learning how humans can survive for long periods in

space

and even travel to other planets. To illustrate

this

, Elon musk owner of SpaceX has successfully deployed a spacecraft in deep

space

last

year. If

this

programme is halted,

then

the valuable knowledge will never be acquired. Henceforth, it is imperative that we should allocate funds for

this

valuable

research

. To sum up, while we undoubtedly face serious problems on our planet,

however

, we cannot deny the importance of

such

programme which is beneficial for entire human kinds.