Fund space exploration? Why should Americans do that? There are far more first world problems to deal with. I do not believe American people should continue to find space exploration. There is poverty all around America. Space exploration is just so costly, and Americans need that money for living, food, and house rent. The Government should be helping all people throughout America. There are millions of people in poverty, poor, because of their race, gender, age, or in general but honestly their race, gender or age shouldn’t even matter when they are people too that need a living . “Race and gender play an enormous part in determining poverty’s continuing course. Minorities are disproportionately poor: around 27 percent of African Americans, Latinos …show more content…
“The space station costs upward of $100 billion, yet it's critics call it a 'station to nowhere’” Others actually do believe that the space station should be kept because of the interest in what’s outside of the earth and what it can communicate with outside of the atmosphere. Plus for others they would find it awesome to be able to go outside the earth even though they are not even astronauts. “It costs $500 to $700 million everything's the shuttle flies. Billionaire space tourists have flown to the space station at a reputed price of $20 million per head!” So if someone rich is interested in going outer space then they can. “A ticket on the spaceship costs $200,000, which compared to the current $69 million it currently costs to get into space with the Russian government, represents a good deal.” Yes, it does represent a very good deal other than spending millions of