This RG question is prompted by an article I read at the following LINK:
https://sponsored.chronicle.com/space-plants-for-earths-future/
As shown in the article on how space exploration by humans, which raises issues, including providing nourishing food for future inhabitants on Earth's Moon, is accelerating scientific research on how to resolve world hunger on Earth, a growing problem due to the current trend of 65 million births per year! https://www.theworldcounts.com/populations/world/births
https://sponsored.chronicle.com/space-plants-for-earths-future/
I see space exploration as mainly affecting psychological and phenomenological aspects providing vision, hope and intellectual development.
The massive increase in the human population involves the diminishment of other animal populations, much to our disadvantage.
One way scientific research conducted in space improves life on Earth is through advancements in medical research and healthcare. The unique microgravity environment in space provides researchers with the opportunity to study biological processes and human physiology in ways that are not possible on Earth. Here are a few examples:
These are just a few examples of how scientific research in space can have direct applications and improvements for life on Earth. The unique conditions and insights gained from space research can drive innovation across various fields and contribute to addressing global health challenges and enhancing our overall quality of life.
Does life on Earth improve?😳
Much simpler ways are feasible here on Earth to improve life, rather than space and scientific research there, though, life on Earth is deteriorating around the Globe.
Isaac Asimov is among the few who have recognized the relevance and importance of space missions to environmentalism:
“Unless we are willing to settle down into a world that is our prison, we must be ready to move beyond Earth…. People who view industrialization as a source of the Earth's troubles, its pollution, and the desecration of its surface, can only advocate that we give it up. This is something that we can't do; we have the tiger by the tail. We have 4.5 billion people on Earth. We can't support that many unless we're industrialized and technologically advanced. So, the idea is not to get rid of industrialization but to move it somewhere else. If we can move it a few thousand miles into space, we still have it, but not on Earth. Earth can then become a world of parks, farms, and wilderness without giving up the benefits of industrialization.”
— Isaac Asimov, “Our Future in the Cosmos: Space”, lecture given at the College of William and Mary, 1983.
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