Now that the Space Race is over, what is the point? Are we wasting our money? Should we cut their budget? When the cold war ended with the soviets in 1991, it sparked up a debate as to whether or not the funding for the National Aeronautics and space administration should be continued. Although it may seem like a simple fix, it has proved to be one of NASA’s greatest and most difficult challenges yet.
Now that the Space Race is over, what is the point? Are we wasting our money? Should we cut their budget? When the cold war ended with the soviets in 1991, it sparked up a debate as to whether or not the funding for the National Aeronautics and space administration should be continued. Although it may seem like a simple fix, it has proved to be one of NASA’s greatest and most difficult challenges yet.
I’m am going to tell you what people are going to do in the future. NASA is trying to make new developments to their research by exploring more of space. One way that they will do that is by trying to send people to Mars. Another place they want to send people is to an asteroid. The spaceship that is going to Mars has to be the best.
Is the underlying reasons for the belief, impression or thought that the US government must continue to invest in NASA overlooked, misunderstood or unheeded. In his essay “Space Technology: A Critical Investment for Our Nation’s Future,” author Bobby Braun builds a cogent, detailed and absorb-ing argument by employing a variety of rhetorical techniques and persuasive strategies, most notably, an array of pertinent facts and statistics, appeal to emotions, and the citing of respected authorities to persuade his audience on why the US government needs to continue investing in NASA. Braun skillfully incorporates facts and statistics to build his argument. For example, aerospace “is the largest positive contributor to our nation’s trade balance” (par. 1) and “Modest sustained federal investment in space technology, at a funding level approaching 5 percent of NASA’s budget (well below the R&D budget of many corporations), is the key ingredient to their success. ”(par. 7) As a result, the use of these facts and statistics helps ground the
In July 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz mission was completed which included an Apollo spacecraft (three Americans) docking with a Russian Soyuz (two Soviets). The commanders shook hands in space which “symbolized the gradual improvement of the U.S and Soviet relations,” (7). More collaboration follows with the creation of the International Space Station which is the largest human made object in Earth orbit. It started creation in 1998 when the Russian made Zarya is built and sent into orbit. Soon to follow, the U.S made component gets sent as well.
Hedman in his article “The Politics and Ethics of Spending Money on Space Exploration.” discusses the appropriate amount of money that should be spent on space travel. He explains that bad decisions, low funding, and unpredicted problems, is the reason our technology hasn 't reached the level that the past expected. Many aren 't satisfied with the space exploration progress. He proceeds next to show what the space program actually does for us,like they provide us with the knowledge of stars,the galaxy and our place in it. Lastly,he wants to give NASA a boost of money to get through transition from flying the shuttle to the CEV(Crew Exploration Vehicle),if we don 't we would be giving the scientists a hard time on judging how much should be spent based on how much was distributed.
How does one go about defining things as good and bad? Some things can be good and bad at the same time, like using satellites and computers to solve ecological problems. There are a lot of pros and cons but the cons outweigh the pros because the images will need validation, one can’t trust in a satellite and computer to give all the answers, and time isn’t exactly on their side. Validation has to come from somewhere to make sure the images that are looked at can be trusted. “Without proper validation, satellite data should not be taken at face value.”
The backdrop of the Cold War between the United States and The Soviet Union through the mid-to-late 20th century promoted multiple international policies that reflected the tensions and the hostilities between the bipolar world. The conflicts not only remained on Earth, but what has been termed as a “space race” occurred after the USSR launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, into orbit in October 4th, 1957. The politics of space seemed suddenly more vital than it ever had before, and serious political thought was contemplated. What could space have to offer that would benefit for humanity? As the two superpowers competed over the next decade, the questions became more difficult.
Pros or cons? I believe that outweighs the pros because there is more danger we are being put in by having all this new technology and not knowing how to use it then there are pros. NASA Earth Observatory states that anyone can get pictures from satellites, people think they know everything going on, and conversation issues. Firstly, I believe that the cons outweigh the pros in the sense that anyone can get satellite images online.
NASA scientist needed a major achievement to turn it around. In 1961, President Kennedy explained to the population of America in a speech, that the United States of America will send a man to the moon within the next ten years. He launched the Moon Race. It was a major challenge that cost 25 Billion dollars to the Americans(“NASA”), but that could have an incredible impact on the world by improving technology and how people were perceiving the world. The Soviet proposed a moon program, so that both nation could collaborate effectively together in order to develop new technologies and be on the moon faster, unfortunately because of their opposite opinions and point of view this program failed and both countries worked alone (“The Space Race”).
Introduction Once a government monopoly, today space travel has now been expanded to private corporations. The resulting pros and cons have left the international community with questions to answer and decisions to make on the use of private companies in space. The privatization of space endeavors have brought on exciting new opportunities.
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.
The height of this space exploration came in the 1960s when America and the USSR went head-to-head in what was to become known as “the space race.” Eventually, the space race came to an end when on July 20, 1969, the first man, American astronaut Neal Armstrong set foot on the moon. Nearly 50 years later, SpaceX is keeping the miracle of space travel alive by developing new spacecraft such as “Falcon 9” and “Dragon” to continue this legacy of discovery alive. In 2012, “Dragon” became the first privately owned space craft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) (Dragon, 2012). SpaceX, as headed by Elon Musk, intends on continuing their development of privately owned space
For centuries, the human race has been obsessed with finding even the smallests traces of alien life. While scientists have found slight hints of it, alien life has yet to be discovered. We have no clue what aliens’ true purposes are for the human race and if they even know we exist. What will your reaction be, let alone an alien’s reaction to us and how can we be so sure that we will have a positive reaction if we don’t really know about aliens? We should base our reactions on actual proof instead of speculation.
Later missions yielded abundant knowledge on the planet’s atmosphere, soil and composition. These achievements encouraged countries other than the USA to participate in this complex pursue of a new world
