NASA has recently started to hire astronauts for their next space mission, “Mars 2030”. Is it wise to invest money and resources into deep space exploration? According to an online poll on debate.org, seventy-six percent Americans think that the government should invest in the new Mars exploration. With such a high positive response, there is greater optimism about the space race.
We know that space flight is both expensive and risky. From an economical perspective, it is always beneficial to look for a higher utility within the budget constraint. I am certain that the new Mars mission will drive advancement in science and technology to boost knowledge, innovation, and stewardship of understanding the unknown.
However, scarcity of resources and …show more content…
The return from the space exploration has far exceeded the investment.
During the last twenty years, space exploration triggered the expansion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industry. It has also improved the employment opportunities in STEM field. Curiosity and creativity of knowledge will drive this field ahead for centuries. Mars exploration will undeniably attract the brighter minds to expand technological discoveries.
On average, NASA requires over ten billion dollars budget to start a mission. Joan Vernikos, a former director of NASA’s Life Sciences Division, states, “NASA’s $10 billion budget is only a minute fraction of the $13 trillion total G.D.P of America.”
In 2006, according to the USDA, Americans spent more than $150 billion on alcohol and around $10 billion on Iraq war. Is Mars exploration less significant? Money alone is not a method to gauge the worth of the cost of exploring space.
In addition, humanization in Mars would be the independent human habitation of locations outside Earth, which provides an alternative for a catastrophe that might require us to abandon the
We know that space flight is both expensive and risky. From an economical perspective, it is always beneficial to look for a higher utility within the budget constraint. I am certain that the new Mars mission will drive advancement in science and technology to boost knowledge, innovation, and stewardship of understanding the unknown.
However, scarcity of resources and …show more content…
The return from the space exploration has far exceeded the investment.
During the last twenty years, space exploration triggered the expansion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industry. It has also improved the employment opportunities in STEM field. Curiosity and creativity of knowledge will drive this field ahead for centuries. Mars exploration will undeniably attract the brighter minds to expand technological discoveries.
On average, NASA requires over ten billion dollars budget to start a mission. Joan Vernikos, a former director of NASA’s Life Sciences Division, states, “NASA’s $10 billion budget is only a minute fraction of the $13 trillion total G.D.P of America.”
In 2006, according to the USDA, Americans spent more than $150 billion on alcohol and around $10 billion on Iraq war. Is Mars exploration less significant? Money alone is not a method to gauge the worth of the cost of exploring space.
In addition, humanization in Mars would be the independent human habitation of locations outside Earth, which provides an alternative for a catastrophe that might require us to abandon the