# How has space travel helped life on earth?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-space-travel-helped-life-on-earth/321316>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-space-travel-helped-life-on-earth/321316 "2005-09-12T20:15:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Improvisor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@Improvisor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improvisor)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-space-travel-helped-life-on-earth/321316/41 "2010-07-13T20:22:59Z")

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> [@MEBuckner](#):
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> “This is Astronaut Buck Gordon–as we return to our mother planet, after nearly 5 years in deep space, naturally we wonder what we’ll find, what changes have been wrought in our long absence. Will the human race still be…human? Will–Hey, wait–what’s all that in the Gulf of Mexico? Oh my God! It’s…it’s full of oil! You maniacs! Damn you–God damn you all to hell!”

And after 5 years the same thread is still going…

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-space-travel-helped-life-on-earth/321316/42 "2010-07-13T21:54:56Z")

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> [@CrazyFoo](#):
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> Dude, ask your question by all means, but there’s no reason to people by calling them ignorant because they don’t share your assumptions.

Word. Also, ignorant people notwithstanding, the first million or so light years ain’t chopped liver, size wise.

Best wishes,  
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