Astronomy contributes to the technological infrastructure and provides trained personnel needed to take advantage of scientific advances and discoveries. Astronomy is an important element in the education of chemists, physicists, engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists, as well as practitioners of the other physical sciences. Astronomy extends and enhances our understanding of other disciplines, such as the earth, agricultural, chemical, biological, and environmental sciences. Astrophysics and cosmology are subjects of substantial importance to all peoples of the world. Astronomy improves our quality of life by providing some basic understanding necessary for developing new instrumentation and techniques for outside applications, such as computer tomography, etc.
Astronomy is an essential part of the educational system and of an advanced society.
For its broadness. Astronomy is the science with the broader horizons full of new tech gizmo. Important discoveries are made each year, and will be for many decades to come. For the environment. The Sun sustains all life on Earth.