Should government spend money exploring outer space or on eart1

Should government spend money exploring outer space or on
Earth?
Every year governments spend a lot of money in exploring outer
space as well as in improving the living conditions of the poor.
Someone may think that why not put the money to our basic needs
on Earth instead of the futile attempts to conquer the cosmos? Yes,
that sounds practical, but they do not realize that money is not the
only thing that matters in our basic needs, and the outer space
exploration is not so useless either.
Governments` money is an important resource of public
construction, health care, education, and security etc. If there were
no any outer space research, that will still be the majority of the
governments` expenditure. We can see in fact the main problem
now is the distribution of this fund among different classes and
communities of the society, but not the exact quantity. It`s the
complicated social and economic system that causes the difference
between the haves and have-nots. Some people drive fancy cars, live
in huge houses and hold expensive parties, while some other people
are struggling for everyday`s food. Obviously these problems will
not be resolved easily just by canceling some outer space projects
and put the money into charity work. Instead, we should pay our
attention to how to use the money more fairly and efficiently to
improve the living standard for all. And that will surely be a long
course as our economy, science, technology and society develop.
As for our basic needs on Earth, someone might think it has
nothing to do with the outer space exploration. They think wrong.
We humans have been using the resources of the earth for
thousands of years and they are mostly untraceable, like fossil fuel
and forest. We are destroying our nature by pollution too.
Nowadays these problem has been so urgent about our basic living
needs that it cannot be neglected anymore. Outer space is one of the

places the scientists are trying to find the solution for many of our
energy and environmental problems. By researching other planets
and galaxies, we will know much more about ourselves and how to
protect and make good use of it.


Basic living needs and high technology research are both
important parts of the development of a modern society. So we
should not think of drawing back the fund for outer space
exploration but how to make better use of them to bring us
sustainable development.