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Another claim is that space exploration is a necessity to mankind and that staying on Earth will lead to extinction. Some of the reasons are lack of natural resources, comets, nuclear war, and worldwide epidemic.
How does this information help us in today's world? There are a few technological developments which have come about because of astronomy (or, in many cases, because of the space exploration program, which is separate from the work that most astronomers do) and then turned out to be useful in other areas.