Your opinion about space travel?

Question

Space trave to the moon is considered as"a step of mankind".But some people think that space travel has made little difference on people's lives today.To waht extent do u agree or disagree?

Answer 1

Do you like your cell phone, computer, imaging medicine equipment, and hundreds of other technology advances directly created by the space program?

Every advance in the space program multiplies 10 fold for earth bound technology's growth.

It is the destiny of man to go into space and to develop our presence there. The first single cell creature in the ocean developed and evolved to become amphibious and adapt to a new environment. Eventually life grew to land creatures and finally man.

We are a life form destined to evolve and adapt into the next available environment. Almost all of the advance toys we enjoy today and depend on were the result of this constant adaption toward space colonization.

I have seen the space program from Sputnik to today and in my short lifetime that has been an amazing leap forward.
Imagine what we will do in 10 generations more.

Answer 2

Well, practically speaking, there's been a lot of technology that has come out of the space program. Solar power, water reclamation and purification, chemistry, physics, metallurgy, ballistics, rocketry, advanced energy and propulsion systems, high-efficiency farming, materials science, food processing, you name it, if there is a field of science or engineering there has probably been some positive effect as a result of our investments in space travel.

These "indirect" benefits aside, eventually, we will have to get off-world , and we are taking the baby steps now. 500 years from now, (if we don't blow ourselves up first).

Our descendants might look back and see parallels between medieval Europe and our civilization, making those first tentative steps of probing off world and not quite to the point of colonizing other worlds. So it's probably a bit like Europe in 1400's or thereabouts.

Going forward, getting off-world and getting a "space-based" economy started has several major benefits.

1. Ships can be built on the moon MUCH more cheaply and easily after the initial infrastructures are completed (mines, colonies etc) since gravity is much less, but getting there and industrializing and staying there longer term are both hard and important steps.

2. Robotics and machine intelligence will have to advance in order for us to capitalize on these new environments. Someday in a few decades or perhaps a century or so, we would just send a ship containing a small factory and some robots, which would find resources, and create a robot factory, with instructions to create mines and cities and such for us and then they would "call home" when the new colony was setup and basically waiting for us.

Answer 3

We may not yet be able to colonize the moon or a different planet, but we have reaped the benefits of the space program nonetheless. We have I-pods, DVR's, cell phones home computers and so much more. These would not have been possible without the miniaturization of electronic components. (Imagine when a computer took up an entire room bigger than your basement. And mobile telephones weighed several pounds and were very large.) There have been innovative machines invented for medical use to improve treatments for the sick, also a benefit of the space program. The long list of the side benefits of the research done for putting man in space is tied to the creature comforts we enjoy today that we take for granted. Just look around you and think about it.

Answer 4

Space exploration is here to stay. More and more countries are going out there. Malaysia wants to land on the Moon in 2020. China wants to follow. More probes are headed to Mars. We've found signs of ice in lunar craters near the poles, ideal sources of water and fuel for Moon explorers. The Russians and the EU are building a space shuttle. So are the Japanese. India is building a space plane, and training astronauts to go to the space station. There is NO stopping space exploration. It is impacting more and more lives as more countries get involved. Add to the list Brazil, Kenya, Mexico, Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Taiwan, Indonesia and probably Qatar.

Private companies are planning space stations, space elevators and lunar bases. The costs of rocket travel continue to fall, making space more accessible to developing countries. We need a frontier to explore, that's a human necessity.

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Answer 5

I disagree with those who think space travel has made no difference in people's lives. From cordless power drills to artificial hearts, space travel and exploration has provided humanity with many benefits.

Space travel is essential if the human race, (and all life on Earth), wants to survive. Because of the fanatical religious obsessions of suicide bombers and the possibility of an asteroid impact, Earth and all the life on it is now in incredible peril.

If we begin to colonize space in the next 10-20 years, the survival of the human race will essentially be secured.

Space travel is must for the human race.

Answer 6

Totally disagree. Velcro came as a result of the space program. That, alone, is worth it's weight in gold!

LSI came. Such as for computers which occupied a whole floor in a buidling in the 1960s and had to be miniaturized for space flights.

Space travel allows us to FIX billion dollar sattilites instead of just junking them.

In the future we will be FORCED to learn how to make AIR and WATER as it will cost FAR too much to ship that stuff to the moon and Mars.

Answer 7

I disagree, I think space travel will encourage people to be brave go where no man has gone before! Explore new territories such as the bottom of the ocean. It also gives man the goal to travel to other planets or solar systems!

Answer 8

I agree with his point. Many things that we take for granted today are an offshoot of the research done for space travel. Perhaps we would not be having this discussion without it.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

It is a noble effort but it is a huge wast of time and resources.