Military Competition in the Space Domain Increased state and private sector activity in the Space domain is a growing global security trend influencing the future Joint Force. ” For the past seventy years, “the openness and stability of the global commons in space have been protected by U.S. military dominance and sustained by U.S. political and economic leadership” (Denmark and Mulvenon, 7). For decades the U.S. military has used space to coordinate and communicate activities on the battlefield, making space an integral component of U.S. operations. U.S. military advantages in Space, to include reconnaissance, communications, and navigation capabilities, will be rivalled “with 80 countries participating in space activities and more expected in the next few years” (Clapper, 9).
The movement toward privatization began in the 1980s and has grown at a rapid pace. By 2009, privately operated correctional facilities serving as prisons and jails held over 128,000 state and federal prisons across 33 states. State run prison systems have always contracted with private industries for food, psychological testing, training and recreational services. Companies such as Cornell Corrections, Corrections Corporation of America, Correctional Services Corporation, Wackenhunt Corrections Corporations and several other smaller companies operates private prisons. Most states corrections administrators utilize private companies to reduce overcrowding, lower operating expenses, and avoid lawsuits aimed at state officials and employees.
The successful launch shifted the nations focus from “life adjustment” to the National Defense Education Act (NDEA). Many government leaders blamed the “race to space” loss on education. They felt the current science and math curriculum wasn’t as rigorous as it ought to be. Millions of dollars
Uri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space in 1961. This was a win for the Soviet Union and the United States was faced knowing that they were behind the Soviet’s in their space and technical superiority. Both countries were still in the middle of their cold war. President Kennedy knew that going to the moon was the Soviet’s ultimate goal and that they wanted to be the first to get there. On May 25, 1961 President Kennedy announced before a special joint session of congress his goal of “landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade and returning him safely to earth.”
Brandt Blanchard Q4 EA1 Introduction: Does space exploration contribute to the poverty in America? Body: Source A and Source B “Half the jobs in the nation pay less than $34,000 a year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.” This shows that multiple people in America make less than $34,000 a year, and they have to feed themselves and their family on that salary. “(Imagine John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, made of solid gold, and could you appreciate the enormous cost of space travel.)
Instead of direct conflict, the Unites States and the Soviet Union came up with different ways to compete, all of which did not involve direct fighting between the two countries. The space race was only one of the many and many different
Underfunding NASA NASA’s huge budget cuts since the 70’s are no secret to anyone[1] , it has only been this low during its founding years. Yet most politicians and citizens still suggest more cuts, or even the elimination of the program. People have been talking about our declining economy, flawed political system, and unemployment rates. As such; some have looked at space exploration as an expensive, unneeded burden. However, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is one of the greatest investments that has benefited our nation and we misuse the funds to let it continue its work.
We, the U.S. citizens, are wasting money on launching rockets into space that have a high chance of failure. While most of NASAs’ projects are very safe and often succeed, the risk of failure is astronomical. According to Popular Science “Over a span of twenty years, NASA has spent over $20,000,000,000 (20 billion) on cancelled projects.” They have also wasted, “$46,000,000,000 (46 billion) on canceled weapon programs as well.” With this amount of money wasted on failed projects and weapon programs, imagine what construction projects we could have done.
Some could say that spending that amount of money on something that could go wrong at any moment is a poor use of funds, just like the Challenger space shuttle explosion that occurred on January 28th, 1986, killing seven crew members. This is the main argument of many who do not agree with space exploration, and it might be the only one required to fight against the daring venture. The issue at hand is whether or not valued time and resources should be used to explore the depths of space, or if those resources would be better used for our planet and the people who live here. This is a problem that people should care about since either way, a large amount of money will be spent, problems will be solved, and even technological advancements could be made. All of these things are for the betterment of mankind.
…Write an essay that synthesizes material from at least three of the sources and develops your position on the extent to which privatizing space exploration is beneficial. The net outcome of the privatization of space exploration is beneficial because it can increase innovation, leading to lower costs and faster progress in space technology and exploration. This “privatization” is referring to the transfer of the industry of space exploration from government agencies to private companies. It is difficult to view this topic in a sense of bad or good due to the fact that there is an abundance of factors to take into consideration.
According to the author, we should invest our resources in unmanned space flight. His argument is flawed, however, in a number of ways. He fails to back up some of his critical assumptions. He first argues manned space flight is costly and dangerous, but fails to account for the cost and danger associated with unmanned space flight.
In this research paper I will be covering the pros and cons of the Texas government privatizing the school system, or in other words implementing a school voucher system. The pros of the Texas government privatizing the school system is the potential for better educational opportunities and quality of schools. Next, I will discuss the freedom of school choice among students and parents which allows them to choose what’s best for them. Secondly, I will discuss how there will be less government regulation, therefore schools can be ill-prepared or biased.
Social and political factors are the driving force behind successful innovations. Political intervention can help open up new markets, which would otherwise remain unavailable. During the cold war, the United States funded and pushed many innovations in order to ensure its success in the space race. The reason the government spent so much money and put in so much effort was that they wanted to improve the country’s national defense. They were concerned with the Soviet Union’s scientific and technological research so they decided to combat them by increasing funding in R&D.
The use of the commercial industry in space activities has always been questioned. Throughout the space age the U.S. space program has used the commercial industry in several different ways. Without it the space program would not be where it is today, however it still has a long way to go. Linster pointed out that he believed that the commercial industry needs to play a larger role and expand as the U.S. space program evolves over time.
Branson hopes to bring people of all income levels to space someday if his company last long enough to do
