Many people think that the government
should spend money to explore life in the outer space, while others think that
it’s a waste of public money. Discuss both views and include your own opinion
and examples.
As the race for exploring outer space gains momentum, a section
of critics to this policy have started questioning the rationale behind
allocating a huge financial outlay on this exercise. However, there are many
supporters of the space programs being undertaken currently by governments
across the world.
The Idea of going ahead with discovering the untouched domains
beyond the atmosphere of the planet earth has always fascinated the human kind.
This curiosity has gained more prominence as the scientists go ahead with trying
to uncover the mysteries of the universe. As per them, probing into deeper
space would help in unraveling many unknown secrets that have intrigued
humanity over the centuries. This would in turn, not only allow us to know
about the origins of humanity, but also open up new horizons of knowledge for the
future generations.
Moreover, most of the latest innovations are a result of
extensive solar system exploration. The biggest beneficiary of this activity
has been the humanity itself, which, due to satellites in the space, is now
having a better medium of communication and weather forecasting at its disposal.
Besides this, many technologies and techniques have been developed or perfected
with help of extensive experimenting in space, for instance semi conductor that
was developed in weightlessness of space, i.e. out of our planet has assisted
in improving the electronics and many other domains.
However, the detractors feel that money channelized into sending
satellites or people out of planet could have been spent on better things like
providing food, shelter, education and medical support to innumerable poor of the
planet.
To sum up, in my point of view, whatever may be the case, the
schemes aiming at exploring space has proven to be helpful and it should
provided more impetus.