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Space exploration in society involves those fantasy-like ideas, but if you think like a realist, everything else out there is part of the universe we live in and it can provide our ever-curious minds of why us humans are here. Space exploration is really the next thing for humans to do. Not only has space exploration yielded economic benefits far outweighing the money we've put into it, it also involves a tiny portion of what we've spent on the last few wars (much less all of them). Anyone typing on their COMPUTER about the lack of benefits of the space program is, self-evidently, an utter fool. It’s been asked since space exploration began in the late 1950s. Some people argue that some –- if not all –- funding for space exploration could be used to revitalize the economy, fix the education system, or solve undersea mysteries, among other Earth-related issues. Not only has space exploration yielded economic benefits far outweighing the money we've put into it, it also involves a tiny portion of what we've spent on the last few wars (much less all of them). Anyone typing on their COMPUTER about the lack of benefits of the space program is, self-evidently, an utter fool. I do not think that space exploration should be funded. It shouldn’t be funded because the risks isn’t worth it, nor is the cost. Money should instead be used to support projects and solve problems on Earth. i think we should keep the money funded on space exploration so that way we could know more about space.  Space Exploration is a waste of resources. Instead of decreasing resources by space travel and such, we must deal with problems on Earth first. Why bother spending all this money on exploring space when we could be helping our own planet that us humans live on. NASA is very damgerous. While there are people on Earth who need help, they should be helped, rather than seeing money spent on sending robots onto other planets. Humanity is the number one priority; keeping the human race alive is a necessity. Alternatively, space exploration is a desire. The second argument in favor of manned space exploration—that human eyes can be more thorough—is based on the past robotic and human missions to the moon. Several articles in popular press have argued that humans on the moon have produced far more scientific data than the robots on Mars. The future of space exploration is going to be the same—we will transition from large, heavy robots and satellites to “nanosats” and small, networked robots. We will use hundreds or thousands of cheap, small sensor networks that can be deployed on planetary bodies. space exploration is a waste of money. but in some points its not.... If we have to use the money for something i would strongly approve that we use it for space exploration. Lets say the world is on its edge and we have to get off of the earth then we could take rocket ships and we could live on the moon. While there are people on Earth who need help, they should be helped, rather than seeing money spent on sending robots onto other planets. Humanity is the number one priority; keeping the human race alive is a necessity. Alternatively, space exploration is a desire. Space exploration is a waste of money. Space exploration is a waste of money. We already know enough about space and it costs to much money. Also you could be risking astronauts life's. It can also put the spacecraft in a possibility of getting dangered and wasting all of the money. Don't stop space exploration. Earth won't last forever. Sure, we shouldn't give up on our homeworld, but eventually something that we cannot control will happen. Say a very large planetoid the size of our Moon is on a path that will cause it to crash into Earth. Of course space exploration isn't a waste of money. There are people who will say that the money would be better spent on tackling poverty, but an extremely large amount of time and effort is already expended in that area; if we always followed that line of thinking, we would still be subsistance farmers. Space exploration is not a waste of money anymore than the explorations to the new world were hundreds of years ago. As for the perception that space explorations monies could be used elsewhere: The same could be said for all sorts of programs. A Flexible Path. This is the beginning of a new era in space exploration in which NASA has been challenged to develop systems and capabilities required to explore beyond low-Earth orbit, including destinations such as translunar space, near-Earth asteroids and eventually Mars. Curiosity and exploration are vital to the human spirit and accepting the challenge of going deeper into space will invite the citizens of the world today and the generations of tomorrow to join NASA on this exciting journey. Space exploration is important, but changes are necessary. We are no longer in a space race; we will not be rushing to plant an American flag on Mars. The US, Russian and EU space agency should become one and the cost of space exploration should be shared with the world. 
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