Informative Essay: Government Funding Of NASA

Government funding of NASA

On July 29, 1958, the United States government found the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA beat the Soviet Union in the space race. President JFK gave them the challenge of sending a man on the moon and return him home safely, this challenge not only provided motivation, but united the country for a common goal. Over the years NASA has been a crucial part of our lives and gave us things like mass communication, satellite entertainment, and most importantly, knowledge of what surrounds us. Lately, the government is refusing to raise the budget for NASA, so NASA has had to shut down programs like the space shuttle program prematurely. The government should raise the funding of the space program because NASA gives us access to knowledge, biological studies, and a goal that unites the country. With future satellite technology, NASA might be able to predict severe weather faster and more accurately. Kristopher Bedka, a NASA physical scientist at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, says “We are able to analyze the locations where severe storms most frequently occur and when they occur…”(1) With this knowledge, they can provide early warnings to prevent loss of life. Bedka has also said that with better

With more funding, NASA could bring us more understanding weather and could bring us earlier warnings of severe storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes. NASA owns one out of every one thousand patents in the united states which have been used by other companies to make improvements to tools on earth such as drills, fire safety equipment, shoes, etc. Because NASA only takes up half of one percent of the budget of the U.S. government, the budget could be raised without huge backlash. NASA brings a variety of helpful advantages to the human race as a whole through many different