When we look up at the sky, there is always an inner voice that wishes we could just touch the stars, the moon and reach the endless sight. We should have known that one day even such a wish can come true. Virgin Galactic, a space flight company has taken this typical desire into consideration and has begun to work on it. They have started building spaceships for space tourism. However, recently one of their test flights crashed and killed one of the two pilots, which put forward a few questions that left the whole world thinking. Should experimenting with space tourism end? Is space tourism worth the risk? Space tourism is not worth the effort and danger because it risks human assets, finances and also enhances the wealth gap. Furthermore, there is no reasonable purpose to it.
By supporting the development of space tourism, we endanger the lives of well-trained and qualified pilots. Taking the recent spaceship crash for example; it cost us the life of the young pilot Michael Alsbury and injured his co-pilot Peter Siebold ("Virgin Galactic," 2014). Both pilots had been trained well for many years and have good qualifications, but it was all lost due to the collapse. This plan of developing a space craft for tourism happened over a few years, and the flight had been going on tests, but it still crashed even after all the research and work on it. This loss is for a cause which has no clear purpose of benefit, and also there is no guarantee how many more have to built and tested to get to the right space ship.
Investment for space tourism is very high, and this would be more productive if put in other fields. Building of a space ship is also very expensive, not to mention the cost for its special fuel ("Virgin Galactic Crash," 2014). Instead of funding something that survives on the chance factor, it would more beneficial if the money is put into leading social issues.
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