More resources should be directed towards exploring earth rather than exploring different planets.

First of all my dear AnonYmous_Icon, me forfeiting has nothing to do with the factual validity of my argument. And if you intend to weaken my position by to the fact I have forfeited and claiming it is my "Decision" (assuming that I had no special circumstances) that would be called Ad Hominem fallacy. Also, equating respecting people decision to the validity of that decision is a False equivalency fallacy. Humans have the right to explore anything and anywhere, it does not mean it is valid or sound decision. And to debate, is to prove the factual validity of a position. Which in this case is if exploring space is actually worth the resources directed to them more than exploring earth.

So, with that being put aside. We may actually debate the factual validity of both sides. Which one should be prioritized over the other in terms of resources? A desire to explore should not be prioritized over the need to explore.

Earth is all what we have and the only place we can possibly live at in the foreseen future. Also, we can potentially be easily wiped out by it faster than we could EVER reach another planet.

We know very little of current natural phenomena which may wipe us all out and humanity has no chance to stand in front of it or to protect itself, we can only prey and hope that it does not happen in a great magnitude and some of us can survive. (e.g. Supervolcanos & Megatsunami). Putting the right resources in exploring such matters rather than the fancy "Mars & Moon Missions" can actually save humanity, let alone the fact that we are directing resources towards some wishful dreams of living in environments which are not welcoming to humans at all. Still we are continuously trying to force a solution to make "the hollow, yet fancy utopian dream" happen.

Earth has been very graceful to us and has provided us with all the energy we have ever needed to build civilizations, energy which actually can be obtained, transported and used when and where needed. Yet we follow wishful dreams and find ourselves overspending on continuous research towards beneficial energy from space (e.g. solar power), and studying the sun or other stars, rather than focusing on our earth. If we had focused on our earth and spent even as half as what have been spent towards outside of it, this would have led us to an even further optimized planet (e.g. better energy sources, energy storage, healthier environment and even solar power utilization). For example, we are faced with a great challenge in storing solar power when the sun set. This is due to the huge expense of storage means despite our efforts to pump up our production of finite minerals (e.g. Lithium) or invest heavily on other means of energy storage. On the other hand, If we had focused on our planets and harvesting the energy of its core, we could have solved this problem sustainability. Not to mention a lot of other scenarios where we could have saved the planet and reduced pollution first before looking for another planet to live in just by directing resources towards exploring earth and harvesting it.