Should we go back to space? – Opinion – The Register-Guard

SaturdayNov30,2019at12:01AM

Among the many problems that face us here on Earth is the question: Should we leave Earth? More specifically, should our government be funding travel into space.

One side believes space travel is an important and interesting branch of science that has more potential and should be researched. The other believes the government has much more important things to be spending money on, and that it's too dangerous.

I believe space does, in fact, have more to offer us. We should go back. NASA takes up less than 0.5% of the government's budget, which seems a bit low no matter how you look at it.

Space holds many possibilities for Earth. Just within our solar system, there are other bodies like our moon that hold resources that would highly benefit nations back on Earth.

If our government doesn't take advantage of this, then other nations or even some company will. Just look at SpaceX. I suggest a new attitude towards space and an increase in NASA's minuscule budget by 2021, a year not too far away but still not too abrupt of a change. And it's after the elections.

Jackson Rodosta, Eugene

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