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* If we find new species, new planets we can learn from them and we can safe our planet(earth), we can also maybe,( if their planet is suitable for humans to live on) live with them on that planet.

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*" Scientific knowledge acquired from space expands humankind's understanding of nature and frequently unlocks creative and useful Earth‐based applications for society. In the longer term, the knowledge accumulated over many missions and the expansion of human presence into the Solar System help people gain perspective on the fragility and rarity of life in the Universe and on humankind's accomplishments, potential, and destiny."

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*"Colonizing other bodies in the solar system is a way to create a “backup” of humanity that will survive no matter what happens to Earth."
*If a dino killing astorid does hit the earth and kills all humans on earth we should have more humans on other planets so we dont go execnit

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Space may be the final frontier, but it's an expensive one to explore. There are ample problems with which to contend here on Earth, and that leads some people to wonder if space exploration is worth the hassle. At ExtremeTech, we believe the answer is unequivocally "yes." Here are five reasons why space exploration is vital to humanity.

New Technologies and Research

Humans did not evolve to go into space, but we go there anyway. That has led to the development of various technologies that feed back into the economy and improve our lives on Earth. Without space programs, we wouldn't have GPS, accurate weather prediction, solar cells, or the ultraviolet filters in sunglasses and cameras. There's also medical research happening in space right now that could cure diseases and prolong human lives, and these experiments can't be done on Earth. Space exploration could save your life.

Asteroids and Comets Don't Care About Us

Speaking of saving lives, space exploration could save all our lives. Our solar system has calmed down a lot since the early eons, but there are still uncountable big asteroids and comets out there that could smack into the planet and really ruin your day. It's happened several times in the past, each one causing a mass extinction. It's not a matter of if another large asteroid hits Earth, but when. A robust space program is the only hope we have of deflecting such an object.

Colonization Is the Ultimate Backup

There are currently more than 7 billion humans, which is a lot. However, we're all crammed together on this one planet. If something happened to Earth, our species could be wiped out. For example, the aforementioned asteroid impact. Colonizing other bodies in the solar system is a way to create a "backup" of humanity that will survive no matter what happens to Earth. Maybe future humans will be Martians who will never set foot on Earth.

Space Mining Could Save the World

As we develop new technologies on Earth, the strain on our natural resources continues to increase. The extraction of valuable minerals has led to a host of problems, including environmental damage and human exploitation, but there's a wealth of precious materials in space. Startups like Planetary Resources want to mine asteroids instead of Earth, which would mean an effectively unlimited supply of raw materials that are rare on Earth.

We Are Explorers

There are more practical reasons for space exploration, but one of the principle reasons we must continue is that we're explorers. That's why humans number in the billions - from our earliest upright steps, we've endeavored to learn more about the world around us, and this allowed us to build civilization. Exploring space is an opportunity not only to discover new worlds and build advanced technologies, but to work together toward a larger goal irrespective of nationality, race, or gender. If we stop exploring, we stop being human.

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* If we Go explore Space we can find new stuff and create new things, Technology on earth was created by exploring space.
* Exploring space can help us find new things such as medicine and cures for diseases that are hard to cure. It can also help us make technology that can help and save the world.

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Space may be the final frontier, but it's an expensive one to explore. There are ample problems with which to contend here on Earth, and that leads some people to wonder if space exploration is worth the hassle. At ExtremeTech, we believe the answer is unequivocally "yes." Here are five reasons why space exploration is vital to humanity.

New Technologies and Research

Humans did not evolve to go into space, but we go there anyway. That has led to the development of various technologies that feed back into the economy and improve our lives on Earth. Without space programs, we wouldn't have GPS, accurate weather prediction, solar cells, or the ultraviolet filters in sunglasses and cameras. There's also medical research happening in space right now that could cure diseases and prolong human lives, and these experiments can't be done on Earth. Space exploration could save your life.

Asteroids and Comets Don't Care About Us

Speaking of saving lives, space exploration could save all our lives. Our solar system has calmed down a lot since the early eons, but there are still uncountable big asteroids and comets out there that could smack into the planet and really ruin your day. It's happened several times in the past, each one causing a mass extinction. It's not a matter of if another large asteroid hits Earth, but when. A robust space program is the only hope we have of deflecting such an object.

Colonization Is the Ultimate Backup

There are currently more than 7 billion humans, which is a lot. However, we're all crammed together on this one planet. If something happened to Earth, our species could be wiped out. For example, the aforementioned asteroid impact. Colonizing other bodies in the solar system is a way to create a "backup" of humanity that will survive no matter what happens to Earth. Maybe future humans will be Martians who will never set foot on Earth.

Space Mining Could Save the World

As we develop new technologies on Earth, the strain on our natural resources continues to increase. The extraction of valuable minerals has led to a host of problems, including environmental damage and human exploitation, but there's a wealth of precious materials in space. Startups like Planetary Resources want to mine asteroids instead of Earth, which would mean an effectively unlimited supply of raw materials that are rare on Earth.

We Are Explorers

There are more practical reasons for space exploration, but one of the principle reasons we must continue is that we're explorers. That's why humans number in the billions - from our earliest upright steps, we've endeavored to learn more about the world around us, and this allowed us to build civilization. Exploring space is an opportunity not only to discover new worlds and build advanced technologies, but to work together toward a larger goal irrespective of nationality, race, or gender. If we stop exploring, we stop being human.

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Space may be the final frontier, but it's an expensive one to explore. There are ample problems with which to contend here on Earth, and that leads some people to wonder if space exploration is worth the hassle. At ExtremeTech, we believe the answer is unequivocally "yes." Here are five reasons why space exploration is vital to humanity.

New Technologies and Research

Humans did not evolve to go into space, but we go there anyway. That has led to the development of various technologies that feed back into the economy and improve our lives on Earth. Without space programs, we wouldn't have GPS, accurate weather prediction, solar cells, or the ultraviolet filters in sunglasses and cameras. There's also medical research happening in space right now that could cure diseases and prolong human lives, and these experiments can't be done on Earth. Space exploration could save your life.

Asteroids and Comets Don't Care About Us

Speaking of saving lives, space exploration could save all our lives. Our solar system has calmed down a lot since the early eons, but there are still uncountable big asteroids and comets out there that could smack into the planet and really ruin your day. It's happened several times in the past, each one causing a mass extinction. It's not a matter of if another large asteroid hits Earth, but when. A robust space program is the only hope we have of deflecting such an object.

Colonization Is the Ultimate Backup

There are currently more than 7 billion humans, which is a lot. However, we're all crammed together on this one planet. If something happened to Earth, our species could be wiped out. For example, the aforementioned asteroid impact. Colonizing other bodies in the solar system is a way to create a "backup" of humanity that will survive no matter what happens to Earth. Maybe future humans will be Martians who will never set foot on Earth.

Space Mining Could Save the World

As we develop new technologies on Earth, the strain on our natural resources continues to increase. The extraction of valuable minerals has led to a host of problems, including environmental damage and human exploitation, but there's a wealth of precious materials in space. Startups like Planetary Resources want to mine asteroids instead of Earth, which would mean an effectively unlimited supply of raw materials that are rare on Earth.

We Are Explorers

There are more practical reasons for space exploration, but one of the principle reasons we must continue is that we're explorers. That's why humans number in the billions - from our earliest upright steps, we've endeavored to learn more about the world around us, and this allowed us to build civilization. Exploring space is an opportunity not only to discover new worlds and build advanced technologies, but to work together toward a larger goal irrespective of nationality, race, or gender. If we stop exploring, we stop being human.

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* The Solar system is filled valuable stuff(somewhat) Like Gold and diamonds.

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The thought of humans on Mars is a prospect that fires up the imagination. And yet, some people aren't convinced we should even make the journey to the Red Planet.

How can we justify spending billions to go to Mars, and beyond, with all of the problems we have here on Earth? Shouldn't we deal with Earth's issues first before creating an extraterrestrial colony?

These questions are common when it comes to discussing expensive space projects. As the far-reaching exploration of the cosmos becomes more realistic every day with the work being done by NASA, SpaceX, Blue Horizon, and many other companies, we take a look at why we should be heading out there in the first place.
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1. Riches await amongst the stars

With private businesses taking us to space, and huge debate over how much of the U.S.'s annual budget should go to NASA, it goes without saying that there has to be some kind of financial imperative for going to space - and there certainly may be one.

Our solar system has seen what may be an asteroid filled with gold, and a number of companies want to mine this asteriod and others like it for its resources within ten years.

Source: A robotic mission collecting materials from an asteroid, Source:NASA

Organizations such as NASA are already planning for a future in which asteroid mining will have an enormous impact on our economy.

2. We should never legislate what frontier gets breached next

Neil deGrasse Tyson, famed astrophysicist, is a vocal champion for space exploration. In the StarTalk video below, he states his case by claiming that, "we should never legislate what frontier gets breached next."

Why is that? Well, we simply can never fully know what's on the other side of a frontier, and how the discovery will benefit humanity. A look back at our history up to this point is proof of that.

NASA's then-associate director of science, Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, gave a great example back in 1970. A Zambia-based nun sent him a letter asking how the organization could justify the billions being spent on space programs with the good that money could do for poverty-stricken people on Earth.

Stuhlinger expressed his admiration for her "compassionate heart" before replying with a story: 400 years ago, when people were suffering from the plague, the German government's investment in the gradual development of glass lenses was protested for its wastefulness. What did this lead to? The creation of the microscope, a giant leap for medicine.

Exploration and scientific advancement present financial risk and real danger to the people undertaking it. But they also hold out the hope of unimaginable rewards, Tyson explains.

3. Space tech comes back down to Earth

Technology developed for space might be incredibly expensive, but the benefits come back down to Earth. GPS technology, for example, which is connected to practically every smartphone today, allowing people to find their way, was originally developed for space.

As explains: "GPS has its origins in the Sputnik era when scientists were able to track the satellite with shifts in its radio signal, known as the 'Doppler Effect,' which became the foundational idea for modern GPS."

Technology developed for use in space has also found uses in detecting Alzheimer's, revolutionizing solar power and even fighting bank fraud.

On top of this, space tech is also being developed to make space travel cheaper. One example is NASA and SpaceX's collaboration to make tech that will allow spacecraft to refuel in space.

4. Planet B and the excluded middle argument

Once again, the cost argument. Reaching Mars would need substantial government backing - estimates say it could cost around $450 billion to reach the Red Planet. When children are starving and millions are homeless how can we justify spending those amounts?

As Carl Sagan, the famous science popularizer, explains, this is an excluded middle argument. This means that a middle ground, in which both outcomes are possible, is completely disregarded.

According to Sagen's arguement, there is enough wealth on planet A (Earth) to take us to planet B (Mars) as well as tackling the problems of poverty and hunger.

To illustrate this point, let's look at the U.S.'s recent expenditure on NASA. In 2020, the government is proposing a top-line expenditure on NASA of $22.6 billion. Another $15 billion or so is spent on military space programs. Yet this is only a small portion of the total U.S. budget - around 0.5%.

5. We are explorers by nature

Human beings are naturally inclined to explore and to push the boundaries of what is known. A testament to this is not only our plans to go to Mars and beyond with SpaceX and NASA's Project Artemis, but also the development of space tourism, which aims to one day democratize space travel.

While companies like Virgin are looking to eventually charge an astronomical £250,000 for flying in its commercial craft, companies like Barcelona's Zero 2 Infinity, are aiming to make space travel more affordable, by sending people up in a space balloon, called Bloon.

Zero 2 Infinity's Bloon space balloon. Source: Zero 2 Infinity

All of this suggests the willingness of the average person to explore space. On this topic, Carl Sagan once said: "human beings are a curious, inquisitive, exploratory species. I think that has been the secret of our success as a species."

Our ancestors explored the world, acquired new knowledge, and thrived because of it. And now, as Sagan says, "we have committed ourselves to space, and I do not think that we are about to turn back."

Still, investment is needed. "Space is difficult," Virgin's Richard Branson explains, "it is rocket science."

If we turn our backs on it now, what cosmic discoveries will be lost forever?

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Broadening our understanding of the human body

During space travel, astronauts are affected by microgravity, radiation and isolation. Some of the changes in their bodies are similar to health problems associated with aging or a sedentary lifestyle.

Science experiments performed on astronauts in space improve our understanding of medical conditions on Earth. This research has produced findings that can help people suffering from cardiovascular disorders, Type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and balance problems.

Transforming surgery on Earth

Canadian technology on the International Space Station ( ISS) has allowed for innovations in operating rooms. The expertise that powered Canadarm, Canadarm2 and Dextre, Canada's space robots, was used to create surgical robots such as neuroArm, a highly precise robotic arm capable of performing brain surgeries that would otherwise be impossible, and Modus V, a second-generation robotic digital microscope that helps patients with a variety of brain and spine conditions. This technology is allowing neurosurgeons to perform difficult brain surgeries with greater safety and efficiency.

neuroArm is the world's first robot capable of performing surgery inside magnetic resonance machines. (Credit: University of Calgary)

Synaptive technology connects the operating room. (Credit: Synaptive Medical/Cicada Design Inc.)

Detecting and treating breast cancer

The technology behind Canadian space robots was used to develop IGAR, a tele-operated medical robot capable of performing very precise biopsies to detect breast cancer. IGAR conducts highly accurate and minimally invasive procedures with less pain and discomfort for the patient.

Credit: Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation

Providing medical assistance to people in remote areas

Thanks to communication satellites, specialists in urban centres can quickly provide medical advice to health care providers in rural communities.

The Canadian Space Agency ( CSA) is collaborating with Canada's space companies and medical community to create more portable medical equipment that can be used when hospitals are not easily accessible, with the goal of improving access to care for people living in remote regions.

Systems developed to track astronauts' health from Earth, like Bio-Monitor and Bio-Analyzer, could be used for patients in remote areas. Bio-Monitor combines numerous devices into one wireless smart shirt and mobile application that measures and records data like heart rate and blood pressure so that scientists can monitor astronauts' health as they orbit the planet. Bio-Analyzer is a new tool that could quickly test samples of blood, urine, or saliva and provide results back to Earth within two to three hours.

These technologies have the potential to improve patient care on Earth through improving access to medical support and reducing wait times for test results.

CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques explains how the Bio-Monitor, a Canadian smart shirt system, measures and records astronauts' vital signs on the International Space Station. The sleek, all-in-one garment is used to collect scientific data that is easily sent down to Earth. (Credits: CSA, NASA)
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Credit: CSA/NASA

Keeping our hearts healthy

The heart pumps blood through the arteries, providing oxygen to our cells throughout the body. The absence of gravity in space disturbs this process. To shed light on how the human body adapts to weightlessness, the Canadian science experiments in the Vascular series examine space-related changes in astronauts' blood vessels before, during, and after their missions. Studying the responses of the cardiovascular system in space better equips us to understand heart failure and how our arteries age here on Earth.

Thanks to their expertise in modelling fluid flow through rocket engines, space engineers helped design heart pumps. These pumps keep people in need of heart transplants alive by enabling blood to circulate through their body until a donor heart becomes available.

Credit: Blausen Medical Communications Inc., CC BY 3.0

Treating bleeding after childbirth with pressure garments

Spending long periods of time in weightlessness weakens the body's natural adaptations against the effects of gravity, and greatly reduces heart rate and level of physical activity. When returning to Earth, some astronauts wear a g-suit, also called an antigravity suit, to apply pressure to the legs and torso in order to reduce symptoms of cardiovascular deconditioning such as lightheadedness, fatigue, nausea, and fainting. A Canadian study tested several g-suit models to assess their effectiveness in preventing these symptoms in returning astronauts.

Using g-suit technology, non-inflatable pressure garments are being used on Earth to treat women suffering from postpartum hemorrhage by applying external pressure to a woman's entire lower body to stop bleeding after childbirth. This affordable solution is saving lives around the world.

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