Band 5+: Some governments spend a lot of money on exploring space, some feel that this investment is justified while others think that money should be spent on public services like healthcare and education. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

SINCE LAST CENTURY, PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THE SPACE AND INVESTING THE MONEY ON DIFFERENT RESEARCHES AND ROCKET. HOWEVER, SOME INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT THIS INVESTMENT, OTHERS BELIEVE THAT INSTEAD OF SQUANDERING MONEY ON EXPLORING UNIVERSE, THEY SHOULD SPENT MONEY ON CIVIC SERVICES SUCH AS HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATIONS. IN MY OPINION, I SUPPORT THE LATER VIEW AND WILL PROVIDE SOME RELEVANT EXAMPLES.

TO COMMENCE WITH, MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUCH AS INDIA, AFRICA AND MANY MORE FACING PROBLEMS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOSPITALS AVAILABLE AND PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM DEADLY DISEASES. SO, INSTEAD OF WASTING MONEY ON SPACESHIPS, GOVERNMENT OF THESE COUNTRIES SHOULD SPEND MONEY ON MAKING VACCINES TO TREAT HAZARDOUS DISEASES. FOR EXAMPLE, HIGHER AUTHORITIES OF INDIA SPEND BILLION OF DOLLARS ON THE RESEARCH OF MARS PLANET TO FIND OUT WHETHER HUMANS CAN LIVE THERE OR NOT BUT WHEN CORONA PANDEMIC HAPPENED, HIGHER NUMBERS OF DEATHS WERE REPORTED BECAUSE OF LESS AVAILABILITY OF HOSPITALS AND VACCINES. TO ADD TO IT, GOVERNMENT SHOULD INVEST MONEY ON THE CITIZENS FIRST. TO JUSTIFY THIS, CITIZENS SHOULD BE THE GOVERNMENT’S FIRST PRIORITY BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE NOT HEALTHY OR EDUCATED, THEN THERE IS NO POINT IN INVESTING IN SPACE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, A SECTION OF SOCIETY BELIEVE THAT IT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR FUTURE THAT GOVERNMENT PUT MONEY INTO SPACE RESEARCH. ALTHOUGH MANY COUNTRIES ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN VARIOUS SPACE RESEARCH. TO ELABORATE THIS, INVESTING IN SPACE, WE MIGHT FIND A NEW PLANET OR IT CAN HELP TO PROTECT US FROM ASTEROID COLLISIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, NASA, AN AMERICAN SPACE RESEARCH CENTER, IN THE YEAR 2023, FOUND THAT A MASSIVE ASTEROID COULD COLLIDE WITH EARTH AND DESTROY OUR PLANET. HOWEVER, SCIENTISTS MANAGED TO HANDLE THE SITUATION AND SAVED US FROM BIG CAUSE.

TO CONCLUDE THIS, ALTHOUGH EXPLORING SPACE CAN HELP TO DETECT DANGER IN ADVANCE, YET THE FULFILLMENT OF THE BASIC AMENITIES FOR PUBLIC IS NECESSARY. I BELIEVE THAT, IT IS THE GOVERNMENT’S FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY TO INTRODUCE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.