[Band 5.0] Governments spend millions of dollars each year on their space programmes.

Question

Task 2: Governments spend millions of dollars each year on their space programmes. Most recently, Mars is the focus of scientist’s attention. Some people think this money would be better spent on dealing with problems closer to home. Do you agree or disagree?

Governments in some countries spend large amounts of money on their universe exploration projects. I completely agree with the idea that these are a waste of money, and that the funds should be better spent on dealing with issues closer to home.

Space spending is unnecessary and should be stopped. Cosmos discovering need huge amounts of money to build space stations, to buy modern equipment from satellite to rockets, and to pay for scientists and astronauts as well. It apparently takes a very long time and many works to do. Some space projects need decades, or even a century to complete, but only very few information are received in return. In addition, the risks of space exploration are really concerned, such as space shuttle explosion or space war.

On the other hand, some important issues in hometown, especially poverty, education and healthcare, need to be solved immediately for improving life qualities of country residents. It is undoubtedly true that many provinces demand more funds to against poverty, which is responsible for a rising of death rate, crime and children malnutrition. Secondly, funds should be invested in education. By using funds, many poor children now will have chance to experience a better education, learning in a good environment. Thirdly, health care developed by funds will bring a healthy society, which is one of the key features for the standard of living.

For the reasons above, I believe that we should use money wisely to tackle hometown problems, rather than use it for useless space exploration  

Answer 1

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