Which is more important exploring the ocean or exploring space?
@surveygirl190 (19)
United States
October 3, 2011 3:18pm CST
As some of you may know some scientists are saying that plantet Earth in her current form is begining to reach the end of its capacity for human life. There are only so many natural resorces, including animals, food, tress, and most importantly room to expand. What that means is that some time in the not so distant future we are going to need to change how we live our day to day lives. So which would be better for us to be exploring now? The vast regions of space or the oceans that make up so much of our planet?
In my opinion both are very important, but not equally so. We know more right now about space than we do the depths of our own oceans, for example every day we pull ~2-3 fish/crustaceans/bacteria from our oceans that we have never seen before. In my opinion we need to know more about our own planet before we start exploring others. Plus adequatly teraforming a planet to support life will take hundreds of years, and that is not even talking about getting there. The closest planet that NASA believes "may" be able to support life is 43 light years away, at our current rate of travel it would take us atleast 172 years to get there, how many generations is that?
So where do you think the next frontier is?
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@surveygirl190 (19)
• United States
8 Oct 11
Almost sad isn't that we have onoly set foot on the moon once as a species? Even though I too believe we need to explore our oceans first I have to admit to an inordinary obsession with the moon, so pretty and it has so much influence on our own world. Can you imagine a planet Earth without our lovely moon?
@writersolutions10 (497)
• India
4 Oct 11
ocean is with our earth only but the space bigger. we are just a small part with this big universe. first of all you should not compare the ocean and space together.. it doesn't make sense.
@surveygirl190 (19)
• United States
4 Oct 11
In regards to where we should focus our exploration efforts I think that the two can be compared without any issue. Pretend for a moment that we have a set budget as the planet and we can either explore the oceans or space, we have 5 years to come up with more room for people to live....which do we choose?
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 11
I think that exploring the ocean is very important and it is vital to look after all sea creatures. I like to see marine national parks be added were fishing is not permitted. I am keen on snorkeling around coral reefs. I don't think exploring space is worth it but must try to keep the Planet Earth safe.
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 11
I think that both are equally as important although when it comes to Space exploration that is unlimited as there no size involved and it goes on forever. I suppose it's always best to get to know our own world before we start exploring other worlds and the Universe as a whole. The closest planet that NASA have come up with seems similar to that planet out of the film Avatar, it was Pandora I think. The travelling distance is just too extreme and a new technology would have to be created whereby we could travel vast distances at tremendous speed.
I think ultimately we are going to have to focus on living on another world as our own planet will not last forever. Thankfully I don't have to worry about that in my life time. Andrew
