In recent times, there is a signicant increase in space exploration programs with the

development of science and technology. There has been a heated debate about the
huge investment on this field. Personally, I partly disagree with the statement that the
money should be better spent by governments on vital public services such as schools
and hospitals than on space programs. In my opinion, the government should
appropriately allocate the funds for both these projects since both of them are equally
crucial to the existence and advancement of our lives.
A lot of money is being used to fund and advance new space programmes; it should be
stressed that this great amount of money is not lost but used to actually do something for
the greater good of mankind. The importance of technological innovations is crucial to
the advancement of the quality of life. We cannot live as we have in the past; we must
improve our quality of life, for ourselves and the new generation. The benefits of
successfully launching space programmes would be tremendous; technology
advancements and knowledge will broaden our horizons in living and spending our daily
lives.
Public services such as schools and hospitals are essential in the sense that they are the
primary tools through which the new generation is fostered and developed. If our children
grow up in below-standard schools and get treated in poor hospitals when sick, it will
follow almost definitely that their quality of life will be equivalent to the qualities of those
schools and hospitals. These public services have immense effects upon our children;
they shape the attitudes and behaviors of the new generation and therefore require great
attention and focus.
In conclusion, space programs and vital public services such as schools and hospitals
are both crucial to developing the quality of life of the new generation. Without one
another, the development will be incomplete.