Nowadays in the world, superpowers are investing significant amount of money in space technology. Hundreds of space vehicles have blasted into space: first satellites, then spaceships and now space shuttles. Some people hold the opinion that the advanced space technology is a symbol that stands for the power of a country; we should support the development of it. Some people just wonder: what are the returns of these billion-dollar investments? As far as I concern, the Space is a Huge Waste of Money for the following reasons.
現如今，超級大國把巨額的金錢都投入到了太空探索的技術中。成百上千的航天器發射到天空：從第一航空衛星，宇宙飛船，到現如今的航天飛機。一些人認為發展航天技術的好處就是航天技術象征著一個國家的能力技術，應該大力支持發展。而一些人懷疑：投入了數億美元去研究太空，究竟得到了什么？在我看來，太空探索就是浪費錢，原因如下：

First of all, the space race has done nothing to relieve the agonies of millions of people who are suffering from serious disease, poverty and wars. Some countries just want to explore space in order to maintain their status quo. They think the more space launch into the sky, the more power a country’s have. For centuries human beings have been playing many different power games: wars, cold wars, allies, nuclear armament, and the space race is just an extension of the race for power on earth.
首先，太空競賽并不能減輕數百萬人口所遭受到的疾病、貧窮和戰爭所帶來的痛苦。一些國家這樣進行太空探索，只是為了維持他們在國際上的地位。他們認為：越多的發射太空飛船，表示這個國家越強大。幾個世紀以來，人類之間展開了不同類型的權利競賽：戰爭、冷戰、結同盟、發展核武器等等，而太空競爭不過是另外一種版本罷了。

Secondly, after so many years of exploring, the scientists still haven’t had any breaking though. It is unlikely that they will be able to find a suitable planet that human can live on it. The money we had invested on the space is countless. But until now, we still don’t have a satisfy outcome. It feels like a man buys a very expensive cloth at the cost of selling his bed. Thus, we should consider human basic needs first.
其次，在那么多年的探索之后，科學家還是沒有什么重大突破。看起來不可能再找到適合人類居住的星球了。而花在這上面的錢不計其數。直到今天，我們還是沒得到個滿意的答復。這種感覺就像一個人賣掉自己床就是為了買一件昂貴的外套。因此，我們應該多考慮人類的基本需求。

In summary, the space race is a waste of money, even if we finally find a suitable planet, is still impossible for human beings to move to that planet. We should pay more attention to the current needs of the world today, only in this way, our world could be better, our life could be better.
總的來說，太空探險實在是浪費錢。即使最后我們成功找到了適合人類居住的星球，地球上的人也不太可能搬過去。在當下最重要的是關心人們最基本的需求，只有這樣，這個世界才會變得更好，人們的生活才會變得更好。