Space exploration

This is a topic that admittedly I know little about but that some of you may be very curious about.  Space exploration is something that I've personally had little interest in, but some of you feel differently as discussed in our last class.

Is space exploration worth the cost?

What do we gain from it?

https://interestingengineering.com/is-it-worth-it-the-costs-and-benefits-of-space-exploration 

This is a very comprehensive article with videos embedded that will answer those questions and give some history into the space programs as well.

Make sure to click on the link in the article (23 great NASA spin-off technologies) to see what consumer products have been created thanks to NASA research.