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SPACE EXPLORATION (CONS (Other priorities / down to earth issues (Ocean…
SPACE EXPLORATION
CONS
price => waste of money
humans
safe
return ticket
food / resources
equipment
weightlessness => problems
radiations
robots
more tasks / shorter time
dangers => Challenger / Columbia => losses / victims / casualties
7,500$ / 1 pound (=500g)
Other priorities / down to earth issues
Ocean bottoms
90% = uncharted (=unmapped)
know more Moon / oceans
diseases
droughts
starvations
poverty
presence of life
habitable planets
too far
useless / pointless => not worth the cost
primary forms
Uninteresting
risks
it is worth taking risks
humans
cover + ground
on the spot decisions
ego trip
space race
Mars = worthless rock
uninhabitable
PROS
Satellites
Monitor climate change
detect forest fires
track endangered species
manage water supplies / water table
communication
TV / The Internet / radio
keep tab on droughts
GPS : Global Positioning System
answer
Fundamental question
economy
$1 => $8 US economy
jobs
engineers / designers / graphic artists
IT professionals
salaries / taxes
1€ => 10-fold
source of inspiration
scientists
creates new technologies
direct technologies
spin-off technologies : velcro / disposable nappies