After reading “Cost Of Space Exploration” and “Poverty in America” it is clear that this is a debating topic. One side of the debate argues that space exploration has nothing to do with poverty and that space exploration is great. The other side argues about space exploration causing poverty.
One reason space exploration involves poverty is found in Poverty In America, “15 percent of the population is now counted as poor.” This shows that a lot of money has been spender one space exploration instead of helping poverty. Another reason is stated in The Cost Of Space Exploration, “It costs 10,000 dollars to put a pound of anything into a near-earth orbit.” This explains why poverty has increased, everybody is focusing