Involving in space exploration

last week, we had a debate about the necessity of space exploration. Folks brought up some interesting argument, such as defending aliens and transformers. However, in the debate, people concentrated on the political use of space exploration. Both of two sides considered intentions of space exploration are showing off power and preparing for war. Although I am against the idea of being involved in space exploration in the class discussion, I don't really consider space exploration is a dad thing.Instead, I am a space fan, but i don't think about those political purposes too much. In my opinion, the most exiting thing of space exploration is getting to understand facts of our universe. In "Should We Still Be Involved in Space Exploration", Clarence Page claims that "Space travel binds us together as a nation and touched our secret hope that there is something better waiting for us out there in the unknown." (Clarence, 651) I think such a "secret hope" is what encourages us keeping work on space exploration. Being satisfied of our curiosity is the best benefit which we get from the exploration, and it worths everything. We involve in space exploration for nothing but getting close to god.