The shoe bomber and the underwear bomber were before the TSA scanners were launched. According to , http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/ advanced-imaging-technology, "Advanced Imaging Technology started in 2008. "

The shoe bomber and the underwear bomber were before the TSA scanners were launched. According to , http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/ advanced-imaging-technology, "Advanced Imaging Technology started in 2008. "

Would you rather value privacy over security? So you don't mind risking your life for privacy?

Can you please provide evidence that shows that terrorists are able to hack the software of a TSA body scanner?

The TSA body scans, “Since January 2010, advanced imaging technology has detected more than 300 dangerous or illegal items on passengers in U.S. airports nationwide.”

http://www.propublica.org/article/europe-bans-x-ray-body-scanners-used-at- u.s.-airports

According to the http://www.tsa.gov/ait-how-it-works, "The scanners only show a generic outline of a person which will appear on a monitor. "

Before the TSA body scanners were installed, there were many terrorist attacks including the 9/11. A few months after the 9/11 attacks, "Richard Reid, a failed shoe bomber, put a bomb in his shoe. On the plane, he then lit a fuse to his shoe bomb, then a flight attendant spotted him. " This happened on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami. At this time, if the scanners were launched, this bomb would have been caught before Richard had entered the plane.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11388442/Failed-shoe-bomber-Richard-Reid-describes-tactical-regrets-that-mass-murder-mission-failed.html

According to http://www.propublica.org/article/europe-bans-x-ray-body-scanners-used-at- u.s.-airports, "The amount of radiation is extremely low, equivalent to the radiation a person would receive in a few minutes of flying.” In the TSA body scanners, there is a small amount of radiation in the TSA scanners which are less than even talking on a cell phone. The chance of cancer is very slim from going through these TSA body scanners.

Actually according to the daily mail,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2929091/TSA-finding-guns-airport-carry-bags.html,

"In 2014 TSA officials found 2,212 guns and weapons through these scanners which is 22 percent more than 2013 which proves the rise of threats to passengers and airlines." You stated that anyone could slip in weapons through security checkpoints, but there isn't a source proven to show that in the past officers have slipped in weapons.

In your opening statement, you stated that, "the TSA has authorized enhanced pat-downs, which could include the touching of genitals, buttocks and breast." According to http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/ pat-downs, "If you choose not to, or cannot go through the AIT machines, then you can opt for a pat-down." However, you can still do a TSA body scan if you don't like the officers touching you.

Opening Statement:

Terrorism is jeopardising the safety of passengers boarding flights around the world since the 9/11 attacks. There have been measures taken to prevent such an incident in the future such as there are restricted amounts of liquids allowed with a single passenger to prevent the use of liquid explosives. They have also introduced Air Marshals to all flights to help control any incident on a flight. But the easiest and quickest way to ensure security for the passengers is a simple full body scan as they are thorough and can almost guarantee safety on all flights. Some people think the TSA searches is violating their privacy but this is to insure their own safety, according to

(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2929091/TSA-finding-guns-airport-carry-bags.htm),TSA found 2212 weapons during screenings in 2014, which saved about 22 million people's lives. The TSA or any other safety organization should be able to take any measures, no matter how extreme, to ensure the safety of all passengers. Would you rather be safe when flying or make sure nobody violates your privacy?

Why would you waste money on space exploration when people are dying, children are starving? Space exploration doesn't help anything, in my opinion it is just for fun.

Yes, but some of these space explorations can discover medical things, which could be a solution to people dying.. etc

Space exploration improves lives and creates jobs, it isn't a waste of money. It leads to important medical discoveries that can help the world.

I think that space exploration is worth the money we spend on it because it helps us learn about the universe and it leads to important discoveries.