From early ages to present humanity always have been curious about space. With development on science humanity start to explore space in mid-twenty centuries. Thenceforward scientists have used enormous amount of money and effort for the space researches every year. However, most of the people think that scientist could not get enough information in spite of amount of effort they used in. People who do not know the real life application of space research deliberate that budget for space research should use in sustainability of the planet Earth. Why do huge amount of money used for space research and why we do not use that money for sustainability of the planet World are the main questions that most of people wonder about them. For this …show more content…
At one time these technological developments even could not imagine by people, now it is truth that we live in. Sending astronauts and satellites into space resulted in new capabilities and products that have transformed our culture and created a major sector of the global economy that worth trillions of dollars. So in that perspective continuing to explore space is more reasonable. As it was in the past to expect that investing billions for exploring space will yield future economic benefits presently impossible to …show more content…
Though as President John F. Kennedy commented that the NASA budget was “less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year.” Today, tobacco companies spend nearly the amount of NASA’s budget on U.S. advertising and promotions alone. Furthermore, there are hundreds of scientists and engineers work for space exploration and most of the budget of space exploration go to them. So actually we do not pay for robots we pay for humans. $20 million is really not a lot of money when we think about benefit we have got from space research. Actually it provides more than amount of money by the new technologies it created. And NASA’s budget is about 0.6% of the US federal budget. Put another way, the United States spends $20 million every 4 minutes and scientist use that money for whole year. This amount is like one drop in
Such as poverty and health-care, but in fact NASA 's funding is only a half a cent on the dollar, and the U.S. spends most of its deficit on war and other barbaric acts. About 2.9 trillion dollars are used on health-care alone (Millman). The U.S. government spends a mere $17.7 billion on NASA and spends more than 36 times that on defense $647 billion, with nearly $20 billion alone in 2011 spent on air conditioning tents. Since NASA’s Cold War glory days, the budget has gone from 4.41% of the total budget in 1966, to less than 0.45% today, its lowest ever. NASA helped to usher in a promising new future in the 1960s and it was rewarded with a rapidly-eroding budget. The U.S. should invest more money in NASA and less on unnecessary health care and military. The budget cuts are affecting our technology development. Evidently, Increasing NASA 's to 1 percent of the federal budget will not hurt the economy. But instead it would benefit it by creating jobs here on earth, especially for the next generation of American scientists and engineers. By increasing funds it would support cutting edge aeronautics and space technology innovations, education, and development that will help fuel the nation 's economy for years to
Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” asserts, “NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.” The United States of America’s government is currently in an economic debt encompassing billions of US dollars. Unfortunately, the government has attempted to balance finances by cutting the funding for most programs, including NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA, in over half a century, has brought the most economic, technological, and social benefits than any other program held here in the USA, as well as any other extraterrestrial program in the world. The last thing this nation needs is the cutting of NASA finances. NASA should be receiving more funding because the Earth will not last forever and humans will need a place to live, there’s a curiosity within humans about the vast universe they live in, there is evidence to suggest life on other planets, the USA’s superpower status will be improved, and the economical income NASA brings is more efficient than any other governmental or educational program.
... America is the home of innovation and advancement, and NASA is at the forefront of that. Again, I’ll agree that the budget is a large amount, but Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator, said it best during a presentation to aerospace leaders in 2009; “What we do is huge, and we do it for chump change – less than the annual market for pizza,” the pizza market at the time being $27 billion (Spires). Space exploration benefits everyone. I’ll leave you with this to consider the next time you’re waiting for your GPS app to load on your phone (brought to you by NASA technology).
These are the reasons why I believe there should be more investment in space research and technology. It would be a time consuming and financially draining quest, but the pay off in new technology, applications, resources, and expansion opportunities make it a goal to strive for. As our rate of consumption of Earth’s natural resources continues to increase, it is imperative that we invest in the research of outer space as a possible solution to sustaining the human race.
Space exploration needs advancing scientific research, more machineries and equipments which means that it would cost us a lot of
For comparison, 16% goes to the military and 60% goes to social programs like Social Security, unemployment, Medicare and health care.” (Rober) In the recent years there has been occasional increases in NASA's overall budget but these are so small they really aren’t doing much to help out this government program.
NASA harms the economy. Since NASA’s beginning in 1958, NASA has spent over 500 billion dollars(NFAA). To put that in perspective, if you sum total the amount NASA has spent SINCE the moon landing, it is enough money to purchase the entire continent of Oceania AND end world hunger for over 6 years. NASA is constantly disrupting the treasury of the United States by constantly spending money that his not their own which raises taxes.
According to Space.com the Federal Government approved a budget of $16.6 billion for NASA in 2014. Approximately 1/3 of that will be spent on space exploration.
NASA’s research and innovation looked promising, but it came at a cost. Money, resources, and spacecraft accidents, most famously Apollo 13 all hindered NASA’s research. In the 21st century, the debate over funding for NASA is at its peak since the birth of the organization in 1958, especially when there are numerous problems throughout the world. Is the money spent on space exploration worth the advantages and advances it contributes to society? When considering this topic, one might ask themselves, why explore space?
Space is more than the stars and planets, it is the future. The cosmos is one of the biggest mysteries, therefore, exploring it has been getting more expensive over the years. Now, the public is questioning if the large amounts of money put into space programs was worth the cost. Being said, spending valuable resources on space exploration is highly beneficial because it enhances mankind’s knowledge to improve the way of life on Earth and allows space programs, like NASA, to use different planets as a resource or a new home. Supporting the progress of space exploration verifies the improvement of society’s knowledge.
The average cost per launch is about $1.5 billion dollars. Why should the government spend huge amounts of money on space programs when they could use it to solve more pressing matters? According to recent studies, almost half of the world live in poverty. 1.2 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. This is a total disaster and we should start helping these starving, homeless and poor people.
Mankind has always been fascinated with exploring the unknown. From sailing to distant lands to someday setting foot on other planets, the spirit of exploration is the same. Bur now with the current economic situation and the high cost of sending people to space, NASA is being looked at as a way to free up some much needed funds. Although, there is many problems here on planet Earth that need addressing, the benefits of space exploration far out weight the disadvantages. Space exploration has given us more advanced technology, advances in the medical field, and a boost to the economy and these facts cannot be disputed.
Even if we disregard the economic value of the space program, the achievements of NASA speak for themselves. The ability to send humans onto the moon, survey the surface of Mars using the Curiosity rover, and even find water on a foreign planet is astounding. Even looking at the International Space Station, it seems abundantly clear that the space program brings more unanimity between nations than the military will ever hope to achieve, while the military has a budget 33 times that of the space program. Hence, blaming the costs of the space program is an absurd argument, as the budget that is put into the program is used very proficiently.
Most people think that the costly downside to funding space exploration is a reason to avoid spending money on sciences and instead spend it on problems here on earth, but such funding for space exploration actually promotes economical as well as scientific benefits. Space exploration is an important expenditure for the high cost because of the potential for numerous benefits such as the possibility to find useful resources to cultivate, space exploration and satellites produce many thousands of jobs in our economy, and it creates and discovers newer and better technologies through research and development.
Space exploration is very beneficial to humankind because it creates new technologies, it brings different countries together, and gives people a better understanding of our Earth.