Do we need to spend billions of $$ just to explore the 'uncertain' ???

Why don't human just play their part in taking care of d environment n make d Earth de best place to stay instead of finding other planet ???

because of the 'curiosity'.

Seconded that.

Just curiosity of humans.

because of searching another hope for human kind.....if u really carefully what nasa doing...they keep report found a earth likeplanet...but with bigger size...or something wrong...earth gonna die after few decade...if u realize..but other than that...they also looking for something unexplanable...or whether is there another system which have living being on certain galaxy.....


earth resources...is decreasing...if u really care about earth all the so called "green proejct" is kinda late to save earth now...


searching for new planet is kinda late...IMO...who knows how many years gonna spend to look for something we can continue live on...

there is one sentence always reminds me....but forgot from who....the scariest, danger, or enemy of earth...is Human..damage is never end...

This post has been edited by quahk2006: Jun 16 2009, 04:34 PM

Some people say it's too late to reverse what we have done to the earth. I think it's also due to human greed and ignorance that we continue exploiting the earth. Ideally everyone should play their part in caring for the environment. But we humans seem to have everything else on our mind that environment is usually given the lowest priority. There might come a point where earth would be so damaged that it would not be able to sustain life anymore, and that's why scientist are looking for substitutes long before that happens. Or are we already quite close to that point?

Humans are known to be inquisitive....like in the 14xx, 15xx, 16xx, 17xx.....human ventured out of seas to the new world....

It is the inquisitiveness of human, that makes progress for our civilisation...

I support space exploration.

6 billion on earth and still growing, earth itself, never enough...

TS there are alot of purpose humans going to space not oni 2 explore...

Some experiments simply can't be done on Earth. That's why NASA is building the International Space Station, a full-time low-gravity research lab. It's also why NASA schedules space shuttle missions dedicated to scientific research.

according to Dr.Sheikh Muszapha in an interview, he said he can get a better view of cancer cells in space than on earth.. better view of the particles inside the cancer cells

Space Exploration! It's not about the aliens, for Christ sake! Here's a breakdown on the importance of Space Exploration...

Process of TERRAFORMING a.k.a I want to live in Mars! (as long as it's turned out livable for humankind)

INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLENCE a.k.a Remember Corona series back in August 1960? The U.S. maintained a strong lead in this super-secret technology throughout the Cold War and it was the only distinct intelligence advantage this nation ever really had. Since the U.S. won the Cold War, you simply can't dismiss the importance of this capability. (I would recommend yu to buy a Sony PS3 & play the Metal Gear Solid 4:Guns of the Patriots). I learnt something from gaming! By the way, I don't play DotA everyday...MUAHAHAHA~~~

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY a.k.a DUH! It's the only reason we went to the Moon.

NATURAL RESOURCES a.k.a mining for raw minerals ABUTHEN?! (Like heroes in DotA, they have to farm the Creeps) Yu think items in DotA is free?!

RESEARCH a.k.a one word is sufficiently defining for itself. Remember the Kuiper Belt?

TECHNOLOGY SPIN-OFFs a.k.a HAIZZZ...need to explain? Kidney dialysis (from Apollo programme), new artificial heart from technology used in Space Shuttle, insulin pumps, prosthetic devices...

COMUNICATION a.k.a telephone & TV communications around the world, weather observation and prediction (notably hurricanes), land surveys, and navigation (notably the Global Positioning System, GPS). Aaahhh...now only yu know the importance of Space Exploration. Yu get TV programme!!!...and it forces yu to stay glued in front of the idiot box! MUAHAHAHA~~~

BECAUSE IT"S THERE??!! HUH? a.k.a seabed explorations...it's similar to space exploration. One is down one is up...Hehehe~~~

Regards, Joey

p.s: I wouldn't want to end up like those dinosaurs. Space exploration for me is POSITIVE...the reason why? I don't want to end up like those dinosaurs that once roamed our planet Earth.

This post has been edited by Joey Christensen: Jun 16 2009, 05:32 PM

Ah, space technology do improve basic human livelihood, which is agriculture...

For example, the remote sensing satelite....its uses are :

- Crop acreage and yield estimation
- Drought warning and assessment
- Flood control and damage assessment
- Land use/land cover information
- Agro-climatic planning
- Wasteland management
- Water resources management
- Under-ground water exploration
- Prediction of snow-melt run-off
- Management of water- sheds and command areas,
- Fisheries developments
- Mineral prospecting forest resources survey

Just like our Tiungsat

These reasons are enough for the purpose of enriching Space Technology. And from my example :

-Scouting of enemy activity
-Getting the map of the area before mounting an attack
-Aerial Surveillance
-To direct missiles to strike with accuracy
-Guidance to our troops
-Telecommunication between troops and commanders
-Sending information quickly to the commander
-Managing troops ,e.g. knowing where ur soldiers are
-Hacking into enemies' intelligence

Just like US spy-satellite spying over Iraq.

For the detractors of space exploration, most of them, have the culture of complecency....

If we go with their words, there will be no progress...

Without satelite, huh.....football punters won't have good life!

Space is the final frontier.. its important for us to continue exploration. Just like how Christopher Columbus travel across the Atlantic in search of new world.. exploration is exciting, it opens new opportunities.

Our progress has been small.. the farthest we've gone to is to the moon.. with some efforts now to go further to Mars..

It is important for space exploration to continue..because it is what propels space technology. The efforts now should now be geared towards improving space technology in order to prevent future catastrophe like comet/meteor threats to earth and global warming. This is more important than any mission to mars or discovering whatever "earth like" planets.

For the short term:

Bragging rights.
Improvements to quality of live with space technology.
Military strength with space technology.
Research that can only be carried out in space.

For the long term:

Resources, Earth will eventually run out raw materials.
Overpopulation, impossible to fit everyone into this planet anymore.
Survival of our species. We're all the eggs in one basket, if anything happens to our precious earth it'll be the end of humanity. (meteor, wandering black hole, sun going supernova, etc)

It's hard coded in our DNA, no matter how hard we bomb the shit outta each other, deep down inside humans have this WILL to see the continuation of our species. To see this through, space exploration is the natural option to take, in fact it is the only option.

Space exploration is actually yet another way of showing off the advanced countries technologies.

Because space exploration requires many field of engineering including aerospace, mechanical, electrical, electronic and even civil engineering to build the place for rocket to set off.

I guess we just couldn't stand living in a universe that we know nuts about it!

The competition between nation in sending rockets to outter space could potentially boost the scientific breakthrough too, so why not?

I believe politics are greatly involved.
For decades, how many countries that we had witnessed had been to the moon or space?
Only mighty & powerful nations like Russia, US, & China had launched a manned spacecraft.

Because that are something you don't know

I think people need to differentiate between space exploration (sending probes to deep space, to mars etc) and the other type of space mission (putting up satellites, shuttle missions for experiments etc)

exactly, space exploration should be for knowledge. No for power or resources or whatever gains, yes they come with it, but exploration should be priority.

To know whats out there, I would give anything for it.

The underlying problem is that human still can't stop reproducing. No doubt that human is the most successful species, but their reproduction is more successful than sustainment. That is the MAIN reason why the earth is having lots of environmental problem, (global warming, perhaps?)

The earth will not be able to sustain the exponentially increasing of the human population. So as long as human keep reproducing, we need to find other home we call earth, despite of our futile effort of preserving the environment because that is not the root of the problem.