Space- the final frontier?_1

Space- the final frontier?_1

1. AGREE

   • we already know a lot about it
   • setting up a camp on Mars is not the most pressing prority
     • eg. generating non-fussil-fuelled energy
       • conserving fresh water
       • feeding a growing population
   • space exploration includes high risks
     • crew got killed
     • manned space flight much more costly than unmanned probes

2. DISAGREE

   • product of an international cooperation and research effort
   • may find minerals unobtainable on Earth
   • evidence of life-forms
   • unmanned probes- safe pathfinders
   • must understand our galaxy to understand our own planet
   • we need a bothole on another planet