What´s Nine Good Reasons For Space Exploration?

Think about it. We will have no idea if Mars can support life. We will have no idea why the Big Red Spot on Jupiter is decreasing over the years. We wouldn’t have a clue about how our Earth was created. We will have no idea if there’s even another Earth. These are just few of the topics that people would be questioning if the space program were to be shut down. People view the space program as a waste of money, but they do not seem to realize the value behind the reasons of its existence. The space program gives perspective, further exploration, and believe it or not, inspiration for younger generations. The space program needs to stay alive in order to prevent a piece of America from going missing.
To start off with, the space program gives perspective. The article titled, “Nine Good Reasons for Space Exploration” states, “As our telescopes probe the
Exploration has taught us about other planet and even more about our planet. Plus, as the author of the article, “Nine Good Reasons for Space Exploration” says, “To be human is to be an explorer.” To me this means that exploring is an instinct to us and we’ll always be interested in space and what’s in it. Even if the program shuts down, people will try to either reboot it or create a similar program because they’ll be interested in space and want to discover more about it. The argument “The Real Reasons We Explore Space” made by Michael Griffin quotes, “Burt Rutan and his backer, Paul Allen, certainly didn't develop a private spacecraft to win the Ansari X-Prize for the $10 million in prize money. They spent twice as much as they made.”(lines 23-26). This quote shows that people do explorations, not because of prizes and glory, but because they get the opportunity to explore something unexplainable and share it with the world. The feeling of wanting to explore space will not be stopped if the space program shuts down, so there’s no point of trying