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1、Shouldwespendsomuchonspaceprograms?Inrecentyears,spaceprogramshavedevelopedrapidlyinChina.Manypeoplebelievethatspaceprogramsproducepositiveeffectsontechnicaldevelopmentandweshouldspendasmuchaswecantopromotethem.However,asforme,I’mfirmlyconvincedthatweshouldn’tspend
2、somuchonspaceprograms.Thebadimpactofspaceprogramshasmainlyexpresseditselfinvariousways.Onewayisthelongprocessofexploringspace.Theprocessofdiscoveringunknownthingsaboutthespacecoststoomuchtimeandmoney.Whilegovernmentspendsevenhundredsofthousandsbilliononspaceprogram
3、s,countlesspeoplearestarving,illandhomeless.Itisoftensaidthattheneedsofhumanityshouldalwayscomefirst.WhiletherearepeopleonEarthwhoneedhelp,theyshouldbehelped,ratherthanseeingmoneyspentonsendingrobotsontootherplanets.Anotherwayistheuncertainresultofspaceprograms.Itt
4、akesgreatrisk.Therearemanyreportsthat……………………thisnotonlyleadtoallthespendingalltheeffo,iswasted,butalsorisksthelifeofpeople.Whocananswerforsuchdisastrousresult?Alasforpeoplewithoutimagination,withouttheabilitytodreamof"whatif"....Theideathatwecouldendpovertybynotsp
5、endingmoneyonthespaceprogramwasapopulartrainofthoughtafterwe'dlandedonthemoon.Sothespaceprogramwasguttedintheearly1970s,and"allthatmoney"wentsomewhereelse.Guesswhat?Westillhavepoverty.Wearealwaysgoingtohavepoverty.Youliterallycannotbuyyourwayoutofit.Ontheotherhand,
6、supposewe'dcontinuedgreatgunsonthespaceprogram?40yearslaterwewouldn'tbetalkingaboutgoingtoMars...we'dbeonMars.We'dprobablybetalkingrealisticallyaboutgoingtoEuropainstead.Whatawastedopportunity.Inmorepracticalterms,thespaceprogramprovidesacreativeoutletforthousandso
7、fintelligentpeople.Wouldyouratherhavethemworkingonaspaceprogram,oraweaponsprogram?Itprovideshightechemploymentfor10'softhousandsmore...wouldyourathertheywereworkingonaspaceprogramoraweaponsprogram?Hightechbreedsmorehightech.Morehightechcan(butnotalways)improvethehu
8、mancondition.Mostofthemajormedicaladvancesinoursociety,mostofthetechnicaladvancesinoursociety,canbetracedbacktothehightechthatstartedtoemergeouto
