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NASA astronaut Alex Cunningham discusses the importance of space exploration and how the funds allocated to NASA are justified. He mentions that space exploration is expensive but NASA only uses 0.5% of the US government's budget and creates advanced technology. He argues that the benefits of wider knowledge on space outweigh other priorities. Another astronaut, Dr Rondog, supports this view and emphasizes the need for funds to explore and understand the wonders of space. Professor Condog suggests that space exploration is necessary due to the consequences of carbon emissions and overpopulation. The episode concludes with a preview of the next episode on how the solar system works and the changing seasons. And welcome to the All Gen podcast. Our guest today is Alex Cunningham. He is a NASA astronaut with passion for astronomy and helping the world receive better understanding for the world and what we need to expect. Welcome to the All Gen and today's podcast is sponsored by NASA. NASA is a company that explores the space, giving the world an image where you can imagine what space is really like in their exhibitions. They're going to share with us how their funds should go towards space exploration. Hi, once again, I'm Alex, an astronaut for NASA in Australia. Thanks so much for joining us today, Alex. Thank you, Levi. Although space exploration is still extremely expensive compared to the average worker who earns an average annual wage, the money expended from space exploration is overestimated from the real cost. NASA only uses 0.5 of the US government's budget and creates amazing and advanced technology with the best scientists. We must consider if human civilisation benefits from a wider range of knowledge on space and its phenomenon, or more recent issues should be prioritised. All of this is backed with NASA's evidence on how they use money for long-term presence at the moon, further investigations into the solar system, investing money into technology to use on Earth, and finally, money into projects and exhibitions for the public to invest their time into. For more information, search at nasa.gov slash budget. Thank you, Alex. Now for a couple of questions. Alex, with your expertise of astronomy and your connections, do you know anyone that could speak with us who is in the NASA space station in space? To answer your question, Dan, I do have a couple of fellow workers in the space station right now. His name is Dr Rondog, and he'll come on live right now. Hello, the old gen. Once again, my name is Dr Rondog, but you can just call me Ronnie. I believe that the money should go towards space exploration for more fun so we can explore and clear up more wonders of what's out there in space. Right now, we are in a dilemma, since we are trying to use all of our profits towards finding the wonders, but it's hard since we have restrictions with leaving the station and the technology in the suits. Finally, the money will help us dramatically to solve everyone's thoughts on the wonders of space. If you want to read more about life on the International Space Station, search up NASA living and working in space. Thank you, Dr Dan, very informative. All good. Thank you for having me. Bye. There you go, folks. Hopefully that answers your question. Professor Condog is now going to explain to us why the mass amount of carbon emission may result in necessity of space exploration. The rapidly growing population has a drastic effect on our planet's supply and pollution, resulting in the Earth becoming slowly inhabitable. Although a large amount of money should be expended on global warming and the prevention of overpopulation and harsh living conditions, a lot of money must be spent on space exploration. Thanks for listening to this episode and tune into the one on Thursday, since we will be talking about how our solar system works and how the seasons go by. That's a wrap.