As is known to all “Space Exploration” is the ongoing process to discover the extraterritorial …show more content…
Security and humanity point of view. Those aspects are validating. Maybe some people will hold the opinion that the cost of “ Space Exploration” is far larger than any other cost in the United States. However, according to the data offered by New York Times, even though it seems that the cost of Space Exploration is large, the average cost of those spacecraft is not so large. Take the “Curiosity” as a example, although the total cost of “Curiosity” is 25 million dollars, when divided the total cost by the total population of America, the average cost of “Curiosity” is just 0.41 dollar each which is far less than any other tax put on the America citizens. Secondly, the cost of “ Space Exploration” is not as much as the other people had though about. According to the Congress of America, the account shows that after the “Apollo 13” in 1972 during the “Cold War”, the total cost of “Space Exploration” was cut down over 75 percent, and maintain the cost for 42 years. At 2014, the cost of “Space Exploration” is just 0.5 percent of the total cost of America total expend which means every American spend 54 dollars to support the “Space Exploration” which is far less than that in “Apollo Period”, 200 dollars. On the other hand some people might think the “Space Exploration” will cause the rebellion and opposition mentioned in Mary’s letter, but in fact, it will only strew seeds of hope as well as