So is all that time and effort and money on the Perserverance mission to Mars worth it? I'm not a fan of playing the fence, but I have mixed emotions about this one. What I don't know and what isn't shared in those video clips is how the United States or perhaps the world benefits from this mission? Determining value is being able to way the benefits versus the consequences right? It's true that the money spent on all that project and personnel is like likely a staggering figure - dollars that could be spent on other worthy projects. On the other hand, what if this space exploration somehow benefits people in ways that I don't understand. Maybe some students tackling this one will be able to share some benefits, because I'm sure they are some aren't there? At some point, our planet ends, right? We know that because of the exploration that science has completed with other planets - they are stars that just don't last forever. Understandably, my generation nor your generation is expecting our planet to end anytime soon, but at some point the population of this planet will have to be relocated, right? Perhaps this exploration mission to Mars is a step towards improved space travel and exploration. Perhaps determining how or if life on Mars can exist is important for future exploration to even more distant planets and galaxies.
I suppose the argument, though, can be made that those things are too far off in the future to be concerned about now, when we have much closer problems that are affecting humanity. Somehow we can get a rover to Mars, but we can't get mass vaccination sites up and running fast enough to take care of all Americans?
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