Should we invest on Space program (Mars) ?

Innovation and exploration are essential in developed countries like the USA. Space program has been invested with a huge amount of money to continue. Some people consider that this spending is not proper and should be spent on other things. However, I disagree with this idea for some reasons.

First of all, such a research is able to comfort our life. To get an innovated thing, it needs much effort and money; therefore, in order to get a new research done as exploration at Mars, it may take much money. For instance, to get a magic call from phone, people have explored for many steps from the wire call from a short distance to the call via the Internet.

Moreover, there maybe more resources in Mars as it is a new planet that has not been taken benefits. Researchers have illustrated that there are a large quantity of water ice at poles and mid-latitudes which is potential to have water to use for human needs. Additionally, Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere and has seasonal cycles as the earth. In addition, soil is slightly alkaline that is a good land for plantation in the garden. To get that advantages, people need to put this effort.

Last but not least, research should be conducted in order to resolve the problem that we are facing right now. The earth now is full of disasters in almost every continents. the weather has changed due to the global warming and running out of forest. For instance, Thailand has suffered from the flood which affect many citizens' life.

However, some people think that it would be better to use that money on the earth problem right now. It might be true, but the government has the budget for immediate solutions for now. The saying is "No pain, no gain." If we do not sacrify now, we cannot get a better life than now.

To sum up, it is logical to take attention on Mars exploration as we will have comfortable life, get benefits from the new planet which has the similar atmosphere as the earth, and resolve the problems that we facing now. If Cambodia's government were able to have our own, research center, we would able to take advantages from this research.