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Why should mankind explore space? Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is our built-in
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predisposition to expand into all possible parts of space. Culturally nearly every successful civilization has been willing to
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. In exploring,
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of surrounding areas may be learned and prepared for.
Exploration also allows
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to be located. These resources translate into
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and success at survival. Resources may be more than
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assets. Knowledge or
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acquired in exploring or preparing to explore always filter from the developers to the general
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. Techniques may be
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or
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, allowing the people in a society to better
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those within or outside the culture. Better understanding may lead to better use of resources or a lessening of outright
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for the resources.
The chance of a large
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or comet hitting Earth, though small, will
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. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to
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ourselves might not exist. Our genetic
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will allow humans to move into unoccupied parts of space and
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. If one group is eliminated, the
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as a whole survives. The more a culture expands, the less chance of it becoming
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. Space allows us to
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.