In the future, it seems it will be more difficult to live on the earth. Some people think more money should be spent on researching other planets to live, such as Mars. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Currently, we are facing a lot of

problems

in the world, as the

Earth

is becoming more and more populated and polluted. A few examples of the

problems

that I think are important are global warming and the energy

problem

. Because of

this

, some people are beginning to think that we should start researching the possibilities of living on another

planet

within our solar system,

such

as Mars. Even though I agree that we should start doing

this

researches, I think we should

instead

spend more money to solve our

problems

here on

Earth

. Researching possibilities to live on other planets could take decades before bringing anything to fruition, even if it is within the solar system. While I think

problems

on

Earth

, requires our immediate attention whether we like it or not since we have been ignoring it for far too long. Even if we start researching today for the possibilities of living on another

planet

will take a long

time

, before we can actually realise our plan to start a human civilisation there. There are a lot of things that we should take into account before we are able to live on another

planet

. Take

for example

the

problem

of the

planet

's environment. It will take ages before we are able to establish a way to live safely on a

planet

like Mars. Mars's atmosphere is thinner than

Earth

, which means we will always need a suit to maintain

earth

-like pressure

that is

safe for the human body. Mars's magnetic sphere

also

does not protect us from radiation from the Sun as much as it is on

Earth

.

This

example is just one of the many

problems

to colonise Mars. Other

problems

could be, the

problem

of distance, the

problem

of

time

it will take to colonise it, and many others.

Therefore

, these kinds of research will take

time

, which we do not currently have.

Problems

here on

Earth

are no longer ignorable. We have polluted the atmosphere too much, which resulted in greater greenhouse effects and increasing global temperature all over the world. What I think we should do now, is to increase more innovations to help reduce the pollution we release into the atmosphere. Some of these innovations could be, researching better ways to harness alternative clean energies and converting to fully clean energy resources. To summarise, I do not completely disagree with having research on how to live on other planets, but I think it is more important to put our money on researches that will help us fix our

problems

here on

Earth

sooner. Since we do not have much

time

to live if we do not fix these

problems

. And if humans end sooner, it will be meaningless to try to live on another

planet

. I think those researches are good for the long-term of humanity, but we have to solve our

problems

first

.