Long time ago space exploration was only a dream, people saw this as something impossible and far away from reality, but that dream became true. After many failures and mistakes humans were able to travel to space, as it is described by The Aerospace Corporation (n.d.) “Russian Lt. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth in Vostok 1. His flight lasted 108 minutes, and Gagarin reached an altitude of 327 kilometers.” This first trip opened people eyes and make them believe that there were no impossible things for humans and at the same time it turned out to be an inspiration for future generations.
In this new era things have changed, there are new needs and ambitions, society is always worried about money, the benefits of their investment and how to become richer. Even though many people believe that space exploration is either a waste of time and money, this explorations have proven to be profitable and helpful in terms of economy, innovation and inspiration. …show more content…
Robin Hanbury (n.d.) an investigator of environment issues supports this idea by saying “The amount of money being spent on space research is in the billions and it has achieved extraordinarily little except for a bit of improved technology which would probably have come about anyway by other means”, but is it real? Is the amount of money expended in the space exploration program that much? Does space exploration brings only deficit to economy? These are some of the ideas that many people just as Robin Hanbury have been thinking of. However, these way of thinking should been
In this new era things have changed, there are new needs and ambitions, society is always worried about money, the benefits of their investment and how to become richer. Even though many people believe that space exploration is either a waste of time and money, this explorations have proven to be profitable and helpful in terms of economy, innovation and inspiration. …show more content…
Robin Hanbury (n.d.) an investigator of environment issues supports this idea by saying “The amount of money being spent on space research is in the billions and it has achieved extraordinarily little except for a bit of improved technology which would probably have come about anyway by other means”, but is it real? Is the amount of money expended in the space exploration program that much? Does space exploration brings only deficit to economy? These are some of the ideas that many people just as Robin Hanbury have been thinking of. However, these way of thinking should been