Is space travel essential for mankind?

Answer 1

Yes very essential, for this reason.
Our sun is fusing Hydrogen gas into Helium, and when the Hydrogen stars to run out the Sun will start fusing Helium, when this takes place the Sun will start getting hotter and hotter, as the heat builds the Sun will start to expand, until it swallows Mercury the Venus then maybe Even Earth, but by then if the propel of Earth has not found new homes in other solar systems though astronomy, and the people of Earth has not developed space craft that can be used to carry the people of Earth to these new worlds that the Astronomers find, then every living creature on Earth is doomed to a fire death.
I hope this answered your question, so to keep human life going we had better tell our federal Government to start spending more money on Astronomy Research and NASA research to develop better and larger space craft.

Answer 2

Not really. We could survive without it.
However, if we keep polluting our environment the way we are, space travel COULD become essential for mankind. We would need to find a new home to replace the one we've destroyed.
But if mankind just had brains and stayed at home and didn't screw anything up, space travel wouldn't be essential. Sure, we'd be curious, but right now there are many, many other things we could use the money for... ending world hunger, schooling for children in impoverished countries...

Answer 3

Yes of course it is. Our species is the most successful at surving on this planet. Our population is growing exponentially. At some point in time we will run out of space on the planet. Simple as that. Historically we have always expanded into unsettled territories as our populations increased. Its only natural that we will do the same with other planets when the time comes.

Answer 4

No, we will survive without it as long as no gigantic meteorites collide with our planet or the sun doesnt supernova on us.
The population problem will solve itself in time. Its terrible to think of so many starving, but, theres no stopping it except with birth control. Eventually we will plateau out at a maximum population which our environment can support, just as every other species does. It won't be much longer, I expect the younger amoung us may live to see the day.

Answer 5

Yes. In a few milllion years the sun will 'go out'. But during that time i think we would already have traveled space and have made a space 'conloy'.

Answer 6

What is essential to one is not essential to another.
What is essential to most of us is that we have enough to pay the rent and our living taxes and what is let over,maybe we could take a vacation in the Bahamas.

Answer 7

ultimately, yes, it will be essential, because the earth will only last about 5 billion more years. if we're around then, we'll need to leave earth to survive.

beyond that, humans have always explored, from ocean ships to space ships, that is our nature.

Answer 8

In essence, yes.

Mankind has a tendency to explore and sometimes conquer.

Also, at the current rate that we are destroying are planet, looking for other habitable planets is less of a choice and more of a necessity.


Amrit

Answer 9

Well if we are to expand our knowledge of the universe we call home, then yes. Also our planet is being over populated, and one day it may come to where we will have to live on another planet... or for some other reasons...

Answer 10

Yes for humans it is. Humans are curious beings this is the reason why you are asking a question and many like me are answering it. We humans want to explore everything.