Have you ever stopped to wonder what purpose Space exploration truly has in your life? While many individuals view it as a costly waste of valuable resources, others find inspiration in the stars and the vast, unknown universe. So, what essential role does Space exploration play in our daily lives, and why is it important for everyone to understand its significance?
Author: Luka Takki
In 1957, when Sputnik 1 was launched into Earth orbit as the first satellite, few realized the enormous potential that Space exploration would have and how it would change the world forever. Soon the first signals sent by satellites were seen on Earth and the great powers began to compete for Space supremacy. Countries spent billions on Space exploration and, at the same time, developed our life on Earth to a whole new level that would have been completely impossible to achieve without Space exploration.
It didn’t take long for Earth’s orbit to begin to be filled with hundreds of satellites developed for various purposes, which made life easier and more relaxed for people. After humans visited the moon, we finally began to understand what kind of benefits Space exploration brought to humans and what kind of benefits it would bring in the future. That way, in a few decades, before anyone had realized what had happened, people had become dependent on the new forms of technology brought to us by Space exploration.
Humanity has lived for thousands of years without the benefits of Space. Today, most of us have not seen the world without the technology made possible by Space exploration. Every single country is involved in or exploiting Space exploration in some way, and you too use the tools made possible by Space exploration every day.
People must understand what role Space exploration plays in our lives and why it is so important now and in the future. If you don’t understand any of the benefits of Space, you also don’t realize the countless opportunities it brings and how today’s technology works. When we think about man’s understanding and awareness of the universe, through Space exploration it has risen to a level that could not even have been imagined before. Our current worldview and understanding of the planet we live on and how we influence it all originated in Space exploration.
Based on how Space exploration has evolved over the past ten years and how it is developing today, we can predict how it will change and affect our lives more and more in the future. Even now, we can already say that we are living in the future. Companies like Space X, have revolutionized the rocket industry and are changing our perception of what’s possible. Over the next decade, countries and companies promise to take humans to Mars and build a city for millions of inhabitants. At first glance, this seems impossible, but the secret of how to conquer Space lies in rockets, they are reusable as they were always meant to be.
As Space exploration continues to evolve and new companies and countries enter the Space race, we can only speculate on how Space exploration will revolutionize our lives over the next few years, but one thing is clear, humanity will never be the same as before the Space revolution.
Cover image by: WikiImages – Pixabay
Edited by: Sophie Van Den Berge, Johanna Larsson Krausová
