The future of mankind lies in our ability to explore the unknown. Now that technology has progressed enough that space exploration has become an option, many new ideas are being put forth by NASA and other organizations around the globe. Humankind's desire to explore, discover new planets, and push our technological and scientific limits has never been greater. A new era in space exploration has arrived.
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Space exploration helps us understand fundamental questions such as our place in the universe and where we stand around us. While we address these important questions we further expand our technology, creating more jobs and industries, strengthening our economy in the process. Information we gather from explorations could be crucial for the next generation and beyond. You may ask, why spend so much much money on NASA when the money can be spent on better things? First, we don’t spend much as a percentage of the total economy. In the United States, for example, the entire NASA budget—everything from the space station, to climate monitoring, to aircraft efficiency research, to Mars rovers—takes up less than one percent of the federal pie. Space exploration is relatively cheap and the benefits are endless.