Well, it’s a really pressing topic nowadays, isn’t it? I mean, whether space exploration is a waste of money or not. Well, it’s undeniable that space exploration really costs a lot. So some people believe that if the money spent on space exploration, if it would go to other things like improving our planet to make it more sustainable for living or even helping poor countries to be more advanced and evolved could be better than exploring space which could be a little hard and very expensive to live there. However, I do believe that space exploration might have some compelling reasons, such as space exploration would benefit us when our planet, for example, is completely destroyed. So yeah, it would definitely help us, for example, move out there. exploration also helps us to get to know what the world contains and might help in some researchers which some scientists may use later. So once I’ve had this conversation with a cousin of mine, he thought that space exploration is very beneficial. But I believe that there is a lot of things that might be done here on Earth which might be more useful than exploring space and it could be more sustainable.
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Well, it's a really pressing topic nowadays, isn't it? I mean, whether space exploration is a waste of money or not. It's undeniable that space exploration costs a lot. Some people believe that if the money spent on space exploration were directed towards other things, like improving our planet to make it more sustainable for living or helping poorer countries to advance, it could be better than exploring space, which can be difficult and very expensive. However, I do believe that space exploration has some compelling reasons. For example, it would benefit us if our planet were completely destroyed. It would definitely help us, for instance, to move out there. Exploration also helps us understand what the universe contains and might assist in some research that scientists may use later. Once, I had this conversation with a cousin of mine; he thought that space exploration is very beneficial. But I believe that there are many things that could be done here on Earth that might be more useful than exploring space, and it could be more sustainable.
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