Today, some individuals hold the view that authorities should allocate money to look for another habitat for living on other plants, while others claim that it is not necessary when it can pose a threat to our earth. In this essay, I will evaluate the persuasiveness of this statement before proposing my personal opinions.
On the one hand, those in favor of exploring more habitats on other planets have some valid reasons. First, it is noticed that we are facing a persistant rapid rate of population across the world, resulting in many pressing problems such as food and water shortage, lack of accommodation. In an underdeveloped country, it can be more and more challenging to find enough housing for local people, which could lead to an increasing number of homeless people. Therefore, finding a habitable planet could be seen as a breakthrough for not only scientists but also people around the world. Second, humans have exerted a myriad of catastrophic impacts on the earth, along with insufficient awareness of people, there are some weather-related issues that should be concerned such as global warming and ozone depletion. If this perennial phenomena continued to occur in the next 10 years, our earth would be damaged and lack living conditions.
On the other hand, I would contend that funding should not be allotted to the aforementioned plan. Instead, we should spend on immediate concerns such as poverty, healthcare which could directly impact human well-being. Redirecting a huge financial resource towards healthcare infrastructure, renewable energy projects could yield immense social benefits. Moreover, allocating substantially money for space exploration when some have been confronting financial hardships. In this case, governments might have a responsibility of prioritizing human well being which can bring about for a large fraction of the world.
In short, despite some idealistic benefits of the former idea, I lean towards the latter opinion when we need to pay attention to some alarming issues instead.