CNN BUSINESS | The reason we can’t fully explore space is fixable. Here’s how
With so many
challenges facing us here on Earth — the pandemic, climate change, the economy
— it might seem like an odd time to focus on space.
But space exploration offers enormous benefits for all of us. There’s a long
list of innovations that have emerged as a result of space research that
have already spawned entire industries: the Global Positioning System, phone
cameras, portable computers, water-purification systems, cochlear implants,
artificial limbs, wireless headphones, CAT scans, LASIK and even the dustbuster
handheld vacuum.
And many of us are able to live and thrive partly because satellites help
farmers assess climate and growing conditions and decide which areas are best
for cultivation, while also alerting them to unfavorable weather conditions or
predictions of longer-term drought. Looking ahead, space commercialization —
asteroid mining, manufacturing and scientific research — will require vast
amounts of capital and the hiring of skilled labor, creating both wealth and
jobs. —read
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