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Top Ten Reasons to Inhabit Outer Space
By Yasha Husain
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 01:51 pm ET
21 July 2000
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other_reasons More reasons from the experts: James George, Space Frontier Foundation - Don't put all of your eggs in one basket! Earth is #1 and Mars is basket #2.
From Madhu Thangavelu, USC Professor - These are not small projects. They impact society in large ways. For instance, in the 1960s and 1970s, going to the moon and back had a far-reaching, worldwide effect on the perception of humanity. Humans started to think about what we aspire to, rather than what we're capable of.
- Scientifically, one of the greatest benefits of space exploration may come from us removing ourselves from Earth and looking back to see how fragile and beautiful Earth is.
- World peace...and don't talk about money when there are so many wars going on!
From Congressman Rohrabacher Space will provide us a place to manufacture crystals, pharmaceuticals and chemicals in zero gravity. Wholly new molecular structures can be found in zero gravity that will create previously unknown substances. Space is an ideal location to station an antimissile system and other defensive-weapons systems that will permit us to maintain world peace and protect ourselves against aggression. Zero gravity may have positive health benefits, like taking pressure off of joints, blood vessels or body organs -- thus it might be an environment ideal for seniors whose bodies are wearing out. Shooting toxic, chemical or nuclear waste into the sun may be the most effective way of eliminating this dangerous refuse. From Richard Goddard, President of WATCH - A small comet hit Tungunska, Siberia in 1908 with the force of a 15-megaton bomb and left nothing standing higher than 3 feet (1 meter).
From Dr. Wendell Mendell, JSC, NASA - The biggest argument is that "the alternative" is to sit at home and peer out our windows and expect to make discoveries that way.
To Secure a Future for HumanityTo Build a New FrontierTo Find New Energy SourcesTo Build an Industrial settlement On the MoonBetter Quality Images of the Universe -- and More of ThemThe SETI EffortMiningLearning the History of Our Universe On the MoonEnvironmental BenefitsMeeting the Challenge
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