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Nasa
Beatriz Pacheco
Mr. Bahari
Geology CP, Period 1
08 January 2013

NASA spends about nine point nine twenty eight billion dollars per year. I agree that spending that much amount of money is worth it and at the same time it is not worth it because of the following.
I agree that it is worth the expense because with mars exploration we can discover new things in space. It may be possible to even discover other living creatures that yet they are undiscovered. It is great to send people to space because they can experience new things such as the way it looks and feels. Sending people to space is also very risky. I believe it is worth the risk for the people that are brave enough to do it. Good thing about it is that we can discover new rocks, plants, and minerals. Going into space can answer many questions that scientist have no explanation for yet. Another good thing is that if we keep exploring space soon enough we might even be able to travel or visit space not just astronauts. There can also be a lot of cons I can come up with mars exploration. The one I think can be the worst is the amount of money NASA spends on the space program. We are in a debt but then again NASA spends about nine point nine twenty eight billion dollars a year. That money could help us a lot on other necessary stuff. Another bad thing about space exploration is when astronauts have to keep up with the bad conditions they have to keep up with while traveling to space. While searching space it can be dangerous they can come across something that can be harm full to humans then get very sick and pass it out to earth and people can start dying from it.

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Oak, Manali. "Pros and Cons of Space Exploration." Buzzle. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. . subscribing. "Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer." Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2013.

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