托福写作范文：探索太空是否是资源浪费

　　独立写作题目

　　Independent Writing:

　　It is a waste of time to spend funds on space travel or spaceexploration.

　　Nowadays, an increasing number of citizens are discussing the recent launchof ShenZhou carrier rocket. While there are some people who claim that this kindof launch is a waste of money or time because it could not bring any benefitsfor citizens, I hold a different opinion. From my perspective, space explorationis necessary.

　　Admittedly, space travel or space exploration would waste a large sum ofmoney. By spending much money on doing research regarding outer space life,government loses their focus on civil life where many people are suffering fromstarvation, air pollution and epidemics. Under this circumstance, there is nodoubt that people would complain about government’s aloft behaviors. However,ifviewing from a different angle, space exploration is a long time investment.Never should we expect the journey would bring immediate economic returns to thecountry. In this case, space travel and space exploration is quite helpful forthe country.

　　To begin with, space exploration might bring benefits for us to search fornew energy resource. That is to say, other planets may be rich in certain kindsof resources that are in great shortage on the earth. According to the reportreleased after the exploration to the Mars, the officials from NASA confirmsthat Mars contains a great volume of natural gas and iron. Moreover, engineershave also noticed that these resources on the planet are able to explore, and ifthey could solve the problem of long time transportation, these resources couldbe used on the earth. Consequently, the use of natural gas will not consumeburning of petroleum and make our planet a better place to live in.

　　In addition, space exploration aims to improve level of technology. Inother words, it is the development of advanced technology that makes it possibleto explore the outer space. It is usually the case that without the technologyof launching satellite into the space, it is impossible for people to conductresearch. As a result, scientists have to improved their knowledge in relatedareas so that they could guarantee the launch of these rockets, as well assatellites. Meanwhile, to ensure astronauts’ safety in the outer space,scientists have to repeated work on their suits in order to keep astronauts awayfrom radioactivity. Also, to fill with enough oxygen, scientists have to runencapsulation tests again and again. Only if these equipment are guaranteed canastronauts be safely working in the outer space.

　　To sum up, the seemly useless space exploration would cost a large sum ofmoney; however, this space activity could still bring benefits in both newenergy searching and technology improvement.