In The Outsiders, Johnny, a member of the Greasers gang ran into a burning church to save some kids. After doing that, he ended up dying. After hearing this you might think that exploring is dangerous and a choice people will regret. Like in the Outsiders, many instances in space exploration has ended badly, causing deaths and losses of shuttles and large amounts of money. Over the last few decades, our country has been spending a lot of time and money in space exploration, and all that time, money, and energy spent might go down the drain if it fails.
But, I think that even though exploring is very risky and can end up badly, it is worth the cost of time, money, and lives lost. Even though it’s risky, exploration gives you a memorable experience and the rewards of it definitely outweigh the risks.
One of the advantages of space exploration is that it provides a memorable experience.
For example, in an article about space exploration, “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost?”, the author, Joan Vernikos, writes about how space exploration fuels curiosity, inspiration, and creativity. I agree because …show more content…
For instance, in Kennedy's speech, he talks about how much our country can accomplish if the we continue space exploration. He also said that it is worth the risk, hard work, and failures that lie ahead of us. Even though we didn’t succeed right away, today, our technology, science, and medicine is so much more advanced because we overcame the challenges. The rewards were definitely worth the risk of exploring space. Also, in the video, "Space Shuttle: The Last Mission," after the space shuttle, The Challenger's tenth failing launch, space shuttles started making history again and we were succeeding as a nation. Even though there were a few shuttles that failed, most of them were successful. This showed that even if we fail, we can get right back up again and