Political reasons - Article Example

Teacher Why does the government shouldnt spend money on the space projects? We should first direct our resources on fixing and making our own planet better before spending money on space projects. We have more urgent and bigger problems to address that needs our government resource and resources should be directed there. Around the world, there are a lot of people who are dying of hunger and we should prioritize that before contemplating on space projects. I think it is immoral to turn a blind eye to the pain of other people just to fund space programs.

Before exploring other planets, we should direct our meager resources first to fix our planet. Our planet is suffering from climate change and we can no longer deny its effects. Storms are getting fiercer, hurricanes became more destructive, flooding becoming more frequent that it now cost us lives and properties. We should instead explore alternative source of energy to help heal our planet and make the lives of all people better before spending money on space projects which are very expensive with no real immediate benefit to improve the lot of mankind.

Space projects do not immediately benefit us. So what if we understood the cosmos when we cannot address human suffering? This is not to say that space projects are useless. We just have to set our priorities straight. First we should alleviate human suffering, then fix our planet and when all of that is already done, then that would be the proper time to spend money on space projects. But for now, we have to direct our resources to more urgent priorities.