Pros And Cons Of Privatization Of Space Travel

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Many people around the world have thought about space traveling and if it should be only for governments and not for the people. Many people don’t support the privatization because of the reasons that were stated. There are benefits and disadvantages that come along with space travel privatization that can affect our future and the way we currently live. Space travel can be beneficial for some people, but not everyone because everyone wants different things. Space travel shouldn’t be privatized because it is a waste of money, it causes a lot of pollution, and would cause people to use it for bad uses that are not necessary.
Waste Of Money
If space travel were to be privatized, there would be a lot of money that goes to waste. The government already has trouble with providing NASA with money and space travel being privatized only makes it harder to get the money. NASA and the government need a lot of money to build spacecrafts, and resources for the fuel. This money could be used for other things instead of
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A rocket ship not only pollutes the atmosphere on Earth, but it also has space debris, a.k.a. from the parts of each rocketship. An estimate of more than 500,000 pieces of “space junk” is floating around in space from each rocket launched from Earth. Also, the gases and chemicals from the spacecrafts release pollution into the air. Pollution is very harmful and damages the environment.Pollution is already a major problem and this would not help at all.
Unnecessary Uses Another way some people may be able to use space travel is for rockets for bad uses. All rockets can be able to be used as a projective object. These objects are able to be shot in a war or the military. People could use space travel to brag and it won’t help more important problems. Space travel being privatized can be used for bad and may cause more problems in the