whats the point of space exploration if we dont even know whats under our feet???

Question

i was just sorta' thinking...can anybody give me a reasonable answer

Answer 1

We know quite well what is under our feet. What does that have to do with space exploration anyway? It isn't as if space exploration prevents other things from being done. Are we not to be allowed to explore space until passing some kind of geology test first, as if we can only do one kind of science at a time? Do you want to force all astronomers to become geologists until some international body decides we know enough of what is under out feet before we are to be allowed to have astronomers or space programs? That is crazy!

Answer 2

We must back to see how people learn effectively. Is it more effective to learn from our own experience alone, or is it more effective to learn from other people experience too.
In bigger scale, studying the universe is essential to instrospect these question.
a) what we should learn from our own planet? and how?
b) is earth so precious to protect ?
c) how will our little one life?
d) is there any danger from outer space?

From question a), we should instrospect that there are lot of concept we wont be able to even know, unless we study about space. Study of sun have brought us knowledge baout helium, which we dont even know exist on earth before we study the sun. Helium is now essential in diving gear, enabling us to study creature live deep in the sea.

From the space we can also learn that there are billions of planets which have failed to grow life on them. Our earth have grown not only life, but also intellegence. How much will experiments on growing life on a planet will totally cost for our Creator? This will answer the question b), in a way beyond what we can normally think. Earth is as percious as a perfect gem in a universe scale rock mountain, and we should care for it so it can shine like a blue-white gem forever.

Life on earth have a responsibility for the cosmic they live in, they have a holy task to bring life to the lifeless place in the universe. Earth is too lively and will soon be crowded, we must seek a way to move some of the population out of earth. By doing so we will do our holy task of bringing life to the universe.

Finally there are danger from outer space. A rock the size of America may wander with speed higher than a rocket in interplanetary or interstellar space. If this hit earth, the atmosphere wont be able to defend our precious earth. We must defend it, and we need to know this threat.

May my answer help you

Answer 3

But we _do_ know what's under our feet! We know a lot more about the Earth than we do about any other place in the universe.

Space exploration tells us much about alternatives to what we see on Earth. It gives us a very special perspective on our planet and ourselves. Besides, it's fun!

Answer 4

Using that reasoning we would never explore space because we'll never fully understand our own planet. Exploring space, however, allows us to better understand the Earth, and its place in the universe

Answer 5

Humans, by nature, are explorers.
Exploring new places to live and expand is part of our genetic makeup.
This is an ongoing part of that evolution. It won't affect our generation or 100's after us but the Earth will not be around forever and if we don't start with these small steps we would be stuck here when doomsday does fnally arrrive.

Answer 6

Scientific research and development in one field can help in many other fields.
Technology developed by NASA include things like Velcro, microwave ovens, MRI medical equipment, and many other things with practical and scientific value.
The technology we develop to explore space can help us explore our own world. Military research developed and perfected radar and sonar, and they have civilian applications today. Instruments capable of detecting different radiation wavelengths in space will help with penetrating the earth's crust.
Things we learn when exploring other worlds (even remotely by unmanned probes) can help us develop technology and theories that can help us understand our own planet.
Having to survive in space for long periods of time will mean we have to develop life support systems and equipment that can also be used to explore the deepest ocean trenches and possibly penetrate more deeply into geological faults like volcanoes.

Answer 7

It's because we can. It's just that someone has a specialty for one way of thinking, and that happens to be able to put us in outer space. However, they don't have the knack for geology, chemistry, zoology, whatever. Those are left to someone else. If those questions happen to be harder for the "someone else" than questions of outer space are for the first person, there's more exploration performed in outer space than inner.

Answer 8

Earth is 1 in 500,000 milion planets in our Galaxy the "Milky Way". There are hundreds upon thousands of galaxies other than ours in this vast universe. we are a grain of sand in a ocean floor of sand.....better to start exploring now than later....besides dont you ever look to the sky and just wonder =)

Answer 9

we should do both, but as far as space exploration we are working on a way to reduce the amound of gravity a mass emits this has an effect on the amount of energy it takes to move it through space and also its inertia. the only way for us to travel to another star is to be able to travel at above 99.9 percent of the speed of light. It s a known fact that our government and others are working on antigravity. the less gravity an object has the less the effect it will have on the mass as it moves toward the speed of light. there is so much we dont know about traveling at the or actually near the speed of light that we are going to have to take baby steps with this technology. but for starters useing the technology that is being developed if we can travel at 2% the speed of light we can make exploring our own solarsystem much faster we could get to mars in less than a day just with that. but like with airplanes we will have to move this slowly to learn all the pitfalls and cures of traveling faster and faster. if we get to the point where we can move over 99percent of the speed of light then we can warp time for the occupants of the craft and get to a planet far away in a matter of days as far as the crew is aware. I cutt the hair of a boeing enginer and he says that we are probably 100 years away from being able to use light speed to travel to different planets in different solarsystems but we are very close to being able to travel at5% speed of light in theory buy useing what we know now about antigravity. we could reach anyplanet in a dayor two just with that so its worth it.we just need to take babysteps to learn how to protect ourselves at these near light speeds. just like airplanes it will take time.

Answer 10

Learning about other celestial bodies can help us make discoveries and inferences about our own planet, galaxy, etc.