Saturday, August 30, 2008

THE ISSUES:SPACE EXPLORATION

SPACE PROGRAM: If you are not Jimmy, you may ask ‘Why should mankind explore space?’ ‘Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring, investigating and researching something with so few benefits?’ ‘How can we afford to spend money on space rather than people in our own country.’ If you are Jimmy, you’d see the bigger picture. Culturally nearly every successful civilization has been willing to explore. Exploration also allows resources to be located. Resources translate into power and success and survival. In a time where an alternative energy source is imperative, how can we truly afford to not know if somewhere out there the next ‘oil’ is bountiful and waiting, as it’s being defecated by some common alien horse. Space allows us to expand and succeed.

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