Would you want to be an astronaut? Many think we spend too much time and money on these projects and that we should be doing that here on earth first. But are we suppose to be doing both in harmony?
2006-11-01 08:38:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The only way that man's extinction will be prevented is if he travels to other planets and sets up colonies there.
Many people think that this is actually the reason why man "looks up" into the sky and not down into the earth or into the oceans , for example - because the sky calls out to man - another reason why man equates the site of Heaven as "up" instead of "down".
2006-11-01 09:16:07 · answer #1 · answered by HKariv 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Space science has repaid its investment many times over with a huge range of good things we use every day. The computer you are sitting at right now, microwave ovens, food processing and preservation methods, a multitude of medical advances, weather sattelites that predict storms thus saving lives and reducing crop damage, insulation for your home and a million other things came from the space program. So, just for that reason it is.
Don't fool yourself into thinking space travel will ever help overpopulation, we couldn't build enough ships or create enough colonies to even make a dent in the population growth factor. However, creating self sustaining colonies on other worlds would assure the survival of the human race were something cataclysmic happen to the earth, say an asteroid strike or a desease killing off everybody.
So, yes, for several reasons space travel is worthwhile.
2006-11-01 08:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a need for space travel some day, but not today. I think we should fund NASA so in the future we can travel much more freely, because one day or another, there will be overpopulation (not for a loooonggg time) but there will be. Plus, can you even imagine the implications of surviving on another planet? This would open up an entire new thought of philosophy.
I am not going to be an astronaut, because a lot of the stuff a person needs to be able to do, I would never be able to do.
2006-11-01 08:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that there will eventually be a need to go out into space. Barring global catastrophe, the human population will continue to grow exponentially. At some point, we will simply run out of room. While it is now unneccesary, in the future, space exploration and colonization will become a practical necessity for the survival of humanity.
2006-11-01 10:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by Cynical1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Yes! Yes! Not only do we need resources desperately but we need knowledge as well. One resource that is really a screaming need is room. If we don't get some soon we'll go the way of the rats in a crowded warren. Killing the young, each other and facing a plague.
As far as ships are concerned, there are millions of them out there just needing in-habituation and powering up. They are called asteroids. You can either build on or dig in.
2006-11-01 10:47:25 · answer #5 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think space travel and exploration is a waste of time and money. I would rather see the time and money spent on Earth, helping people who need it.
I don't believe anything "valuable" has come from any U.S. space mission. We have not found a cure for cancer in space, we have not improved the quality of life on Earth by going to outer space...so what are they doing out there?
It seems to me that our government in the U.S. has given up on its citizens and now needs to go find someone else to screw up!
It is my opinion that you should take care of things at home before you go messing in someone elses backyard.
2006-11-02 06:40:02 · answer #6 · answered by nvjuliet 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I estimate that Congress should be the first travelers. Think of all the pork lifted off the planet and how much lighter we all would be.
2006-11-01 14:41:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have laready wrecked the earth, of course we need to find another inhabitable planet. Perhaps the lessons learned here will prevent us from doing it again.
2006-11-01 08:53:04 · answer #8 · answered by snoop_dougie_doug04 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 02:42:31 · answer #9 · answered by hosford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, I will remain here on earth.
With the vastence of space we would be foolish to not explore
2006-11-01 14:23:00 · answer #10 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋