10 We are often shown / told these days that.... But is this really the case?

10.1 We are often told that technological know-how, acquired in exploring space, will be utilized to make life better on earth. Is this really the case? What has the space exploration done to relieve the suffering of the earth's starving millions? In what way has it raised the standard of living of anyone of us? Man may put human beings on the moon, but there is growing skepticism about his ability to solve human problems closer to home.

我們經(jīng)常聽說在探索空間中獲得的技術(shù)知識將用來改善我們地球上的人的生活。情況真的如此嗎？太空探索對減輕地球上正在挨餓的千百萬人的痛苦到底做了什么呢？它從什么方面提高了我們的生活水平呢？人類能夠把人自己送上月球，但人們越來越懷疑其解決地球上人自己問題的能力。