Pros And Cons Of National Aeronautics And Space Exploration

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is planning to shoot beyond the stars with their upcoming goal to inhabit the red planet, Mars. At NASA, they’re eager to explore what lies ahead of us not only to find the unknown, but to benefit humanity as a whole and to confirm that we aren’t alone in this universe. Despite NASA’s intentions, not everyone is ecstatic as NASA was when they officially announced their project. Many concerns were raised as they described their mission and what they had planned for the future. This decision would forever impact further research and development on future space exploration due to the large risks that come along with colonizing and terraforming Mars. Unfortunately, there isn’t a planet that is similar

According to Martyn Fogg, a British physicist, geologist Scientists, and studied planetary remodeling, Fogg suggests that we shouldn’t tamper with Mars because when “The need for such an environmental ethic seems especially pressing when issues of animal rights are raised”. These questions are raised to our

We are “perfectly-formed” organisms that happened to be on planet where it is stable for life. It would be a waste if don’t take advantage of what was given to us and learn more about our solar system. However, those who oppose this idea are concerned with this because it would take a considerable amount of time to make this happen and could be a waste of time, money and resources. With Mars one being founded in 2011, their timescale of the mission consists of 2011-2033 to begin the settlement of their trained personnel. Furthermore, the authors of Making Mars Habitable, research conducted in NASA Ames Research Center and Pennsylvania State University, describes that the timeline of terraforming Mars would take over 100,000 years to form a breathable atmosphere; however, this process is just a theory yet it could take longer or shorter amount of time. Making Mars optimal for human life requires heating up the planet. By learning from the effects of global warming the authors suggest using runaway greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide, a method to make Mars habitable is to inject synthetic greenhouse gases within Mars’ atmosphere to be able to melt the ice caps on Mars to create suitable environment for life. (Christopher, Owen, & James, 1991, p.