Is space exploration worth the money?

Why space exploration is always worthwhile:

This video is for anyone who has ever asked: "Should we really be spending money on space when there are problems to deal with down here on Earth?” Let's dig in to several reasons why space exploration is worth our money.

Full article:

Perseverance Clean Room Footage - NASA / JPL

Curiosity Images and Celebrations
- NASA / JPL

Additional NASA / ISS Footage -
NASA

OSIRIS-REx Animations -
NASA / Goddard

DART Animations
- NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

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[Cragsand]

I often hear this question repeated, why waste money on space? And it's important to have (if not an answer) at least a good response, because it's not directly apparent. When you get asked "what are the practical applications?" the real answer is that it has no direct answer - but that multiple answers will become apparent and reveal themselves in time. History has shown this over and over again from the transistors in our phones to quantum effects that needs to be compensated for to make GPS work. Publicly funding investments into science, technology and engineering help offset where private companies who focus on profits may not dare place any risk. If it is public and don't need to return profits, the goal is research, learning and discovery itself. These public discoveries help private initiatives find applications where all this amazing knowledge from space science can be applied. This also highlights the importance of space science being civil - as NASA has always been a civil government organization. We depend on all those discoveries and science being publicly accessible for everyone and the whole world to benefit from, not shrouded in secrecy or militarized.

[sadiqmohamed]

A very good presentation. I would add that Earth monitoring has a direct impact on our lives. Farmers can see the state of their crops, monitor water usage, etc. Climate science is reliant on being able to measure things in the atmosphere which are difficult to do from the surface at a useful scale. Weather satellites follow weather systems and allow forecasters to issue warnings. The NASA websites listings run to pages. The fact that commercial companies now spend billions on fleets of satellites for communications, mapping and monitoring are reason enough to go to space.

[Zaniel]

Better question : is money really the thing our lives should revolve around or is it just a way to control slaves that think they r free with options ...

[mikeszeligowski]

Terrific video. I have students who are researching reasons for space exploration and this will help them and their classmates.

[AndrewHillis_]

This is an age old tired argument/discussion! Why spend/waste money on nuclear weapons that will never ever be used! NASA's annual budget is but a tiny fraction of the total annual budget that is spent/wasted on nuclear weapons! Think of the possibilities and what could be achieved with space exploration if the money that is currently spent/wasted on nuclear weapons that will never ever be used was used or a significant portion of it was used for the purposes of space exploration instead! The money that is being spent/wasted on nuclear weapons is holding back (stagnating) progress in advancing exploration, science, technology & knowledge! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[MusikCassette]

however this is not a reason to think every space program is worth its money compared with other programs.

[okman]

Calling space exploration a waste of money is like calling living a normal life a waste of time

[bbazang]

I'm not a big fan of the cosmos, space etc, but this vod makes me feel so encouraged in my life.

[CaodeSucks]

I will be real with you. I do not think 'there's an entire industry behind space!' is a meaningful argument for the value of space. Nor is 'there might be useful side benefits' when we could instead be focusing research on those things instead. Everything else though? Prime value!

[JPdynabook]

I don't believe that humans should continue to explore outer space. With so many problems here on Earth, why waste resources on space exploration? There are hungry people, environmental issues, and political turmoil to deal with. Plus, space is dangerous and unpredictable. There's no guarantee that a mission will be successful or that astronauts will return home safely. However, I do understand the arguments in favor of space exploration. Discoveries made in space could potentially benefit us all, and the pursuit of knowledge is a noble endeavor. But for now, I think we should focus on solving the problems that we face on our own planet.

[jamesmichaelmiller]

well even though we need to set eyes on our planet but if we don't pay attention to the universe then we might miss something that will save our planet that is in outer space
what we could leave the planet to another to keep from dying because there is no way to stop it from burning what if there is some kind of cure on another planets for sickness
that we don't have here what if we are being attach from space that you don't know is there because we didn't explore to discover the problem

[FlatLineS]

Space exploration makes a great contribution to developments on planet earth. I don't know why it's considered a waste of time. Thx for video

[Evixity]

hi marcus, joel, jay, asianjeff, james, tangye, and noah

[slevinshafel]

Lety me say YES to that question.
We fight for resource and space here on Earth. So Space it give that space and a lot of resources. No need to make useless war like Rusia make now to Ukrain.

[scottr]

Another example is Earth won't last forever so we need take steps that will eventually lead to us moving to another habitable planet. Granted that is a very long ways off but if we don't take step toward that goal we may be to late or not enough resources to get all there

[drill_fiend]

I think space exploration is worth it. Worth it without humans onboard. We should probably put more effort towards developing more powerful radiation-hardened SoCs. New Horizons, Cassini and Perseverance were awesome, but one thing holding back is lack of computational power to act more autonomously.

[raybugati]

I'm still looking for Earth in No Man's Sky

[MrAhmed-dxhw]

Pakistan just sent their first lunar satellite yesterday 🇵🇰♥️

[ea]

No data, no specifics of ground gain. Incredibly responsible, those things exist but the author of the video refused to include any of it. For a video about science, terribly irresponsible

[iitsmvn]

Thank you for the love
I think and think throwing rockets at space is not only wrong it hurts
Please refrain from not thinking and thinking of the thing that thought gave you. Space thought of sound when there was nothing sound is the Mother together we made Light 0 1 2 3 =Life
Life to live together on Earth there is only one thing you can change is your thoughts thanks again for your love
Enjoy thought, sounds, light and Life