Positive Effects

This has got to be one of the most beautiful photos I've ever seen. Not just because of the stunning beauty of the lunar surface and the crescent Earth, but because it shows this beauty even in the time period in which it was taken. The 196

0s was a time of conflict across the entire world. The Cold War was going strong, along with dozens of civil wars, small brush fire conflicts, as well as a major war here and there. Yet this photograph doesn't show that. It shows the Earth from the outside in. It shows a blue, white and green planet. A planet full of life. A planet so different from the others near it.

Space exploration may be expensive, it may seem to not have much of a purpose right now, but it has shaped Earth's future in ways unimaginable to us right now.