With astronomers discovering a planet that is potentially habitable, I personally do not feel a need to spend so much money on finding out more about the existence of extraterrestrial life.

What exactly is the point of finding out whether extraterrestrial life exists? Even if it exists, having lived harmoniously with humans inhabiting the Earth for millions of years would mean that they would not have much impact on us. Their existence would not change much about the daily lives of people here down on Earth. The only possible impact may be paranoia in the people, since extraterrestrial may mean threats from outer space, as many current movies on screen would like to show us. Why disrupt humans’ lives with such discovery?

Also, the millions of bucks spent on space discoveries can actually be put into better use. Starvation in developing countries is a serious problem. Instead of spending the money on space discovery, it should be used to relieve the starvation in the developing countries. Why are developed countries wasting resources to find out things that would not affect much of the world when the truth is, there are people out there in need of just a fraction of that amount of money to stay alive. In addition, starvation is actually getting worse in the developing countries because of the developed countries. Global warming is causing much damage to the world, impacting the developing countries the most with droughts and other natural disasters. Who is the main cause of global warming? Is it not these same people focusing so much on space discovery?

While people may argue the impossible possibility of moving people up into space because the other planets are habitable, my opinion is that it is not feasible at all. Yes, the Earth is so depleted, it is dying soon, but it is not possible to move the whole of Earth up into space. The world has a current population of 6 billion people, which is heavily reliant on technologies and conveniences, things that will take a lot of time to develop in space. Also, this planet, Gliese 581, is 20 lightyears away from Earth. That is effectively 200 trillion kilometers, try moving the population up, impossible isn’t it?

With that, there is no substantial need to find out so much about space. Whether extraterrestrial exist or not, whether planets are habitable or not does not affect us humans, as it has never affected us these many years. Why not channel energy into the major problems now? Like energy shortage, global warming, starvation, there are problems we can help ease. So why not solve these problems instead of finding out more and possibly creating more problems? 0 comments