FearlessLeader2
Fundamentalist Loon
Some of these points have already been made, but repetition for emphasis is a legitimate teaching tool.
Top Ten reasons why space exploration is a good thing:
10) It gives the federal government something better to spend money on than welfare.
9) It moves some of our eggs out of the basket, and into other baskets.
8) Resources. The asteroid belt has enough iron and other metals in it to satsify our needs in that department until long after we've researched nanotechnology that will make almost all other techs obsolete. The methane moons of Jupiter and Saturn could completely supply earth's petroleum requirements well into the rest of time. That's right, oil. If you drill it, we will come.
7) Research. Micro-gravity offers unique opportunities to examine process that take much longer on earth.
6) Longevity. Research indicates that geriatric patients can live longer, healthiers lives, in lower-gee environments.
5) Ecology. In the process of developing methods to recycle and purify air, food, and water in space, where all resources are at a premium, we will learn how to do the same on earth.
4) Health. By the same token, new medical technologies will extend and improve human living conditions on earth.
3) Knowledge. In addition to the practical science applications, we can just plain learn new things. Knowledge is always useful. Maybe not right away, but eventually, it comes in handy.
2) Curiousity. Aren't you just dying to find out what is out there? I am.
And the number one reason why space exploration is a good thing is:
1) 'Cause I said so, that's why.
Top Ten reasons why space exploration is a good thing:
10) It gives the federal government something better to spend money on than welfare.
9) It moves some of our eggs out of the basket, and into other baskets.
8) Resources. The asteroid belt has enough iron and other metals in it to satsify our needs in that department until long after we've researched nanotechnology that will make almost all other techs obsolete. The methane moons of Jupiter and Saturn could completely supply earth's petroleum requirements well into the rest of time. That's right, oil. If you drill it, we will come.
7) Research. Micro-gravity offers unique opportunities to examine process that take much longer on earth.
6) Longevity. Research indicates that geriatric patients can live longer, healthiers lives, in lower-gee environments.
5) Ecology. In the process of developing methods to recycle and purify air, food, and water in space, where all resources are at a premium, we will learn how to do the same on earth.
4) Health. By the same token, new medical technologies will extend and improve human living conditions on earth.
3) Knowledge. In addition to the practical science applications, we can just plain learn new things. Knowledge is always useful. Maybe not right away, but eventually, it comes in handy.
2) Curiousity. Aren't you just dying to find out what is out there? I am.
And the number one reason why space exploration is a good thing is:
1) 'Cause I said so, that's why.
