I'm not against discovery, but when the government is funding the project, I have to ask myself how it benefits humanity. How does spending money to explore a new world help humanity when we don't even know everything about our own world. I would rather see the funding go into genetics. I'm sure there are a few government funded programs that or useless, do you think it would be better to cut the funding to programs that benefit humanity less and put it towards solving some real problems we face?
2006-07-05 12:11:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Through the space program there have been many advances that have helped society. Plastics, nutrition, computers, and metal alloys just to name a few. The space program is worth it.
Besides at the rate we are using the earths resources we need to find someplace to get more.
2006-07-05 12:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reward is in finding a new world and more riches to the government, helping those already here unfortunately isn't.
2006-07-05 12:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Just Thinking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is welcomed if it benifits the human race, but if some old dude is goin' just to take a ride in the shuttle then i am against it.
2006-07-05 12:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by nemesis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell yeah
without it we would have never discovered Uranus
2006-07-05 12:14:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋