Space Exploration Persuasive Essay

“The money spent of space exploration and research would be better spent in improving life on Earth.”

Debate

Against:
If we spend money on space exploration, it can help us find cures for diseases on Earth, like cancer. NASA partnered up with the National Institutes of Health and let them use the U.S. part of the space station for medical research. Also, CCDs (Charge-coupled devices) have been used in the Hubble Space Telescope to transform a far star’s light into digital images, which has been modified to improve detection of small masses in breast tissue.
We spend more on welfare than on space exploration. In 2014, 404.9 bilion dollars was spent on welfare. In 2011, 18.4 billion was spent on space exploration, which was 0.5% of the 3.4

With research on space, we can see how the Earth functions from a different point of view, and figure out new ways to improve quality of life.
In a religious point, if God only wanted us to stay on Earth, why would he create the universe? We are meant to explore. As our technology advances, it will get easier and easier.
Exploring space may cost a lot now, but if we use space to find new technology for cheaper, we can become more advanced for lesser.
We can also find stuff in space that could lessen the cost of life on Earth, which leads me to my next point.
If we explore space, we can maybe find a source of water or life that can benefit us on Earth. It can help poverty. There isn’t yet any proof, but if there can be methane in space (Titan, the second largest moon, has methane lakes) what defeats there being water?
We can see for any dangers the Earth might encounter and find ways to prevent it. There has been research that has stated the sun will swallow the Earth in about 7.6 billion years when it gets too big. That may seem like a long time, but the main point is that we may lose all life forever. If we can research in space now, it can help us stop the worst of the