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We spend a lot of money on space exploration, and other technology and phones in our daily lives but does it help us? If we spend valuable resources in space is we can have a GPS or other items in our daily lives. We could learn more knowledge and end problems on earth that we can’t solve right now. We can civilize different planets and populate more so we don’t overpopulate the earth.

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We should spend valuable resources on space exploration because we can live on other planets. We would redirect our attention to space exploration and we would have phones/technology in our daily lives. Earth could end but we could be on different planets and survive and repopulate. Humans are also very curious and that could cause us to wander off somewhere and it would be good to gain more knowledge about other planets and materials which would cause us to get more knowledge and we would get more advanced to the point where we can explore other parts of the milky way galaxy and solve more problems in the world.

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We usually spend a lot of money on technology and phones because we get hooked on what they can do for us and what we can do with it, it's entertainment, it's a messaging device, and it's even a device that can make us money. When we spend this much money on devices such as apple we get devices that distract us from the world outside us or something that can give us more "Friends" online. This is why we usually get hooked on devices such as apple and android.

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Why you're addicted to your smartphone (Marketplace)

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We should spend valuable resources on space exploration because when we spend more it could benefit us on the human race. We could end diseases or we could gain more knowledge in the universe we live in. If we spend more valuable resources on space exploration we could Improve our life care, Protect our planet, ecosystems, and environments, Improve our daily lives, Enhance safety on earth, and more. This is why we should spend valuable resources on space exploration because if we do we can benefit the earth and everything in it such as us.

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Human space exploration helps to address fundamental questions about our place in the Universe and the history of our solar system. Through addressing the challenges related to human space exploration we expand technology, create new industries, and help to foster a peaceful connection with other nations.

Why do we need to fund space exploration?

Space exploration allows us to prove or disprove scientific theories developed on Earth. Studying the solar system, for example, has brought us insights into such phenomena as gravity, the magnetosphere, the atmosphere, fluid dynamics and the geological evolution of other planets.

What are 3 benefits of space exploration?

Improving health care. ...

Protecting our planet and our environment. ...

Creating scientific and technical jobs. ...

Improving our day-to-day lives. ...

Enhancing safety on Earth. ...

Making scientific discoveries. ...

Sparking youth's interest in science. ...

Cooperating with countries around the world.

What are 5 benefits of space exploration?

Overcoming the challenges of working in space has led to many technological and scientific advances that have provided benefits to society on Earth in areas including health and medicine, transportation, public safety, consumer goods, energy and environment, information technology, and industrial productivity.

What resources are used for space exploration?

Key products for exploration are propellant, water, oxygen, consumables for life support and materials including metals. Propellants can be manufactured from locally sourced water (e.g. in ice at the lunar poles), hydrogen and oxygen from water and lunar minerals.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of space exploration?

Advantages

Disadvantages

Positive life changes to humankind

Not reducing poverty in underdeveloped countries

Finding essential minerals in space

Space travelling costs

Finding other living species in space

Risk to astronauts

Challenge of adventure

What are the dangers of space exploration?

The major health hazards of spaceflight include higher levels of damaging radiation, altered gravity fields, long periods of isolation and confinement, a closed and potentially hostile living environment, and the stress associated with being a long distance from mother Earth.

Who is a space tourist?

17.5 Space Tourism

Space tourism is another niche segment of the aviation industry that seeks to give tourists the ability to become astronauts and experience space travel for recreational, leisure, or business purposes.

How does space exploration help the economy?

The most commonly identified benefits of space activities include positive impacts on GDP through employment and revenue gains, diverse economic benefits - especially cost avoidances associated with space-based meteorological weather observations - , technological and scientific excellence, improved food safety, and ...

How does space exploration improve our understanding of the human body?

Biomedical research

Studies of human life in space have augmented the understanding of the effects of adjusting to a space environment, such as alterations in body fluids, negative influences on the immune system and effects of space on sleep patterns.

How does space exploration help the environment?

Human activities have contributed to deforestation, desertification, soil degradation, depletion of the ozone layer and climate change. Space-based technologies, such as remotely sensed data, have enhanced scientific understanding of water cycles, air quality, forests and other aspects of the natural environment.

Which space resource is the most valuable?

One of the most valuable resources on Earth is energy, most of which, in some way or another, originated from the Sun. Across the Universe, stars are the primary generators of power and although energy is relatively abundant in space, it is certainly valued here on Earth.

Can we mine in space?

The United States has long held that the Outer Space Treaty permits commercial resource extraction. It is taking a leading role in establishing space mining as allowed under both national and international law.

How is it living in space?

In space, astronauts live in a very small space. They have to keep their area clean in space just like we do on Earth. In space, the astronauts wipe the walls, floors, and windows to keep them clean. They use a soap that kills germs.

What is the advantage of space technology?

The introduction of the novel technology mostly leads to a number of advantages to the society. The space technology has shown such benefits in many fields including the areas of health and education, communication sectors, land and water resources management, weather forecasting and disaster management.

What are the risks and dangers associated with space exploration?

micrometeorites - danger from impact damage (to spacecraft and to astronauts during spacewalks)

solar flares and radiation - danger from ionising radiations.

no atmosphere - we need air to breathe.

space debris - danger from impact damage.

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Why We Should Spend Valuable Resources On Space Exploration? - QuestionAnswer.io

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Human space exploration helps to address fundamental questions about our place in the Universe and the history of our solar system. Through addressing the challenges related to human space exploration we expand technology, create new industries, and help to foster a peaceful connection with other nations.

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We will gain more knowledge if we explore space because this could transform into us living in space and gaining more knowledge on how to live in space. We could learn the micro-gravity in space and what can live out in space, Scientist found that roots of space-grown seedlings exhibited a significant difference compared to ground controls in overall growth patterns. We could gain more knowledge and make better suits to explore space or solve earth problems that we can't solve right now.

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Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's Kennedy Space Center partnered with the University of Florida, Miami University in Ohio and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation to perform three different experiments in microgravity. The studies concentrated on the effects microgravity has on plant cell walls, root growth patterns and gene regulation within the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Each of the studies has future applications on Earth and in space exploration. "Any research in plant biology helps NASA for future long-range space travel in that plants will be part of bioregenerative life support systems," said John Kiss, one of the researchers who participated in the BRIC-16 experiment onboard Discovery's STS-131 flight in April 2010 and a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Botany at Miami University in Ohio. The use of plants to provide a reliable oxygen, food and water source could save the time and money it takes to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), and provide sustainable sources necessary to make long-duration missions a reality. However, before plants can be effectively utilized for space exploration missions, a better understanding of their biology under microgravity is essential. Kennedy partnered with the three groups for four months to provide a rapid turnaround experiment opportunity using the BRIC-16 in Discovery's middeck on STS-131. And while research takes time, the process was accelerated as the end of the Space Shuttle Program neared. Howard Levine, a program scientist for the ISS Ground Processing and Research Project Office and the science lead for BRIC-16, said he sees it as a new paradigm in how NASA works spaceflight experiments. The rapid turnaround is quite beneficial to both NASA and the researchers, saving time and money. Each of the three groups was quite impressed with the payload processing personnel at Kennedy. Kiss said the staff at the Space Life Sciences Lab at Kennedy did an outstanding job and that the experienced biologists and engineers were extremely helpful with such a quick turnaround. Kiss and his group published a paper on their initial findings of plant growth in microgravity in the October 2011 issue of the journal Astrobiology. They found that roots of space-grown seedlings exhibited a significant difference compared to the ground controls in overall growth patterns in that they skewed in one direction. Their hypothesis is that an endogenous response in plants causes the roots to skew and that this default growth response is largely masked by the normal gravity experienced on the Earth's surface. "The rapid turnaround was quite challenging, but it was a lot of fun," said Anna-Lisa Paul, research associate professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida. "The ability to conduct robust, replicated science in a time frame is comparable to the way we conduct research in our own laboratories, which is fundamentally a very powerful system." Paul's research and that of her colleague Robert Ferl, professor at the University of Florida and co-principal investigator on the BRIC-16 experiment, focused on comparing patterns of gene expression between Arabidopsis seedlings and undifferentiated Arabidopsis cells, which lack the normal organs that plants use to sense their environment - like roots and leaves. Paul and Ferl found that even undifferentiated cells "know" they are in a microgravity environment, and further, that they respond in a way that is unique compared to plant seedlings. Elison Blancaflor, associate professor at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, discovered that plant genes encoding cell-wall structural proteins were significantly affected by microgravity. "This is exciting because this research has given us the tools to begin working on designing plants that perform better on Earth and in space," Blancaflor said. Blancaflor has now extended his findings from BRIC-16 to generate new hypotheses to explain basic plant-cell function. For example, the BRIC-16 results led the Noble Foundation team to identify novel components of the molecular machinery that allow plant cells to grow normally. According to Levine, plants could contribute to bioregenerative life support systems on long-duration space missions by automatically scrubbing carbon dioxide, creating oxygen, purifying water and producing food. "There is also a huge psychological benefit of growing plants in space," said Levine. "When you have a crew floating around in a tin can, a plant is a little piece of home they can bring with them."

Stephanie Covey
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center

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Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space. NASA's Kennedy Space Center partnered with the University of Florida, Miami University in Ohio and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation to perform three different experiments in microgravity.

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In conclusion we should spend valuable resources on exploration because we wouldn't have the technology to make our daily lives easier, we can end world problems, gain knowledge because knowledge is power, and we could live on other planets just in case earth is about to end.

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This isn't valid because if we spend more resources on space exploration we would find more resources on different planets, and find a way to live in space, NASA has already gained knowledge about space-grown seedlings, this could advance us and learn more to fix the earth and colonize other planets.

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Fraser gives 5 answers to the question, “why should we explore space when we have so many problems here on Earth?"