Hello Friends,

Here is the topic for this week's GD contest:
The budget for the Indian Space Program is slotted to about $1.0 Billion in 2010

According to a March Reuters report, Barack Obama is reported to have allotted a budget of $6 billion over five years to turn over space transportation to commercial companies as well as billions of dollars on technology development and extending the life of the International Space Station.

Similarly, other countries including Russia and EU are spending millions of dollars over various space programs. While inarguably, amn's thirst for knowledge and the urge to discover and explore unknown horizons override other quests, my question for discussion this week is:

Should such enormous amounts of money be spent on such space missions which do not affect a common man, when such money could be well spent on making our planet a better and greener planet? What use are such missions to us


As usual the winner will be awarded a cash prize of Rs. 50 and the Runner-up Rs. 25 along with 50 points each.

All participants who post at least three valid replies will be awarded 50 points in the Group Discussion. The Replies should be in a constructive manner either opposing or supporting the topic.

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