▶ Your Answer :
The reading passage contends that space
travel has several benefits. On the other hand, the lecturer brings up several
points that contradict this argument.
First, the lecturer argues that it is
untrue that space travel can help scientists to explore space easily because of
a low cost of ticket that is caused by fast spaceships. This is because space
travel companies should develop spaceship systems and consider safety, so, they
should rebuild spaceships so many times, which will give rise to spend a lot of
money. Companies would require a very high cost of space travel tickets, so, people
won’t buy the ticket. As a result, high-technology spaceships can’t help scientists
research space easily. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim that
scientists can explore space easily by future spaceships.
Second, the lecturer asserts that it is impossible
for space travel to accelerate scientific discoveries. The reason is that space
companies spend a lot of money on employing high-skilled workers such as
spaceship drivers, scientists. They won’t
have enough money to discover a lot of scientific things. This refutes the
reading passage’s claim that space travel will boost scientific discoveries.
The final point made by the lecturer is
that governments can’t earn a lot of revenue. This is supported by the fact
that private companies should spend billions-dollars on space travel. Thus,
they can’t have money to tax. Also, government would help them by using tax. This
counters the reading passage’s claim that governments can earn a lot of money
from the private companies.
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