By Leo（杨承鑫） from 2301  

Hi,everyone. I’m Leo from 2301, and it’s my honor to be here. Today my topic is about the impact of space exploration.

As we all know, nowadays, some of the countries have already started space exploration, including China, which have landed on the moon several times and obtained the soil from the moon. People may ask: Why do we need to explore the space? Isn’t it a waste of revenue?

Having said that, consider the cost up to now, the value of space exploration we got is not enough. But why don’t we think further?

It’s apparent that: The resources people need on Earth won’t increase, in fact, the amount of some resources are reducing rapidly, like the oil. People may be able to find another energy resource to replace oil, but the new resource will still face the risk of running out. From this, we can figure out the importance of space exploration: Compare to the Earth, the resources in the universe can be seen as infinite. Once we can travel in the universe, we won’t need to worry about resource issues for a very long time.

So that’s why I think the existing space exploration projects are vital. I think it’s a farsighted behaviour for human.

Personally, I also have a great curiosity to the universe. Every progress people made in science is started by the curiosity of human-beings. Now the space exploration is in some measure an act of faith and vision,for we don’t know what benefits await for us, but I still believe that, the exploration of space is a must. As the American president Kennedy said:”Space is there, and we are going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.”

This is the end of my presentation, thank you.