The money spent on space research has brought enormous benefits to mankind, but it could be more usefully applied. How far do you agree?

A commonly held belief is that human civilization has received enormous gains from fairly expensive projects about

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exploration. Yet others believe that money invested in these research areas could be redirected to solve earthly problems

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as famine and global warming. Personally, I would agree that issues here on earth should be addressed

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and that capital meant for extraterrestrial expeditions could solve the food crisis in large part of the world’s population.

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, recent empirical research by the South African ministry of agriculture reported that money invested in a single lunar journey could feed an entire population of several African countries for one year.

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, millions are dying as their governments are unable to cope with food scarcity, while rich countries are spending enormous amounts of money on

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studies that are not essential for humanity’s survival. It is argued by some people that exploration of outer

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will enable us to secure our future survival. They claim that by doing

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, mankind will find another planet to settle.

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, I feel that at

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point, searching for another habitable planet is pointless because there is still time to restore climate conditions on planet Earth.

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, providing innovation in generating energy from clean sources has received the same funds as a

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conquest, the global CO2 footprint would be significantly less.

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, extreme weather conditions that have been troubling countries around the globe for the past decade could have been avoided. In conclusion,

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advanced astronautics has been enormously beneficial for humankind progress, I strongly believe that world societies should prioritize global problems like hunger and climatic warming when it comes to financial allocations.