Is the Space is a Huge Waste of Money?

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(xiàn)如今，超級(jí)大國(guó)把巨額的金錢(qián)都投入到了太空探索的技術(shù)中。成百上千的航天器發(fā)射到天空：從第一航空衛(wèi)星，宇宙飛船，到現(xiàn)如今的航天飛機(jī)。一些人認(rèn)為發(fā)展航天技術(shù)的好處就是航天技術(shù)象征著一個(gè)國(guó)家的能力技術(shù)，應(yīng)該大力支持發(fā)展。而一些人懷疑：投入了數(shù)億美元去研究太空，究竟得到了什么？在我看來(lái)，太空探索就是浪費(fèi)錢(qián)，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(jìng)賽并不能減輕數(shù)百萬(wàn)人口所遭受到的疾病、貧窮和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)所帶來(lái)的痛苦。一些國(guó)家這樣進(jìn)行太空探索，只是為了維持他們?cè)趪?guó)際上的地位。他們認(rèn)為：越多的發(fā)射太空飛船，表示這個(gè)國(guó)家越強(qiáng)大。幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)，人類(lèi)之間展開(kāi)了不同類(lèi)型的權(quán)利競(jìng)賽：戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、冷戰(zhàn)、結(jié)同盟、發(fā)展核武器等等，而太空競(jìng)爭(zhēng)不過(guò)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(xué)家還是沒(méi)有什么重大突破。看起來(lái)不可能再找到適合人類(lèi)居住的星球了。而花在這上面的錢(qián)不計(jì)其數(shù)。直到今天，我們還是沒(méi)得到個(gè)滿(mǎn)意的答復(fù)。這種感覺(jué)就像一個(gè)人賣(mài)掉自己床就是為了買(mǎi)一件昂貴的外套。因此，我們應(yīng)該多考慮人類(lèi)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(lái)說(shuō)，太空探險(xiǎn)實(shí)在是浪費(fèi)錢(qián)。即使最后我們成功找到了適合人類(lèi)居住的星球，地球上的人也不太可能搬過(guò)去。在當(dāng)下最重要的是關(guān)心人們最基本的需求，只有這樣，這個(gè)世界才會(huì)變得更好，人們的生活才會(huì)變得更好。