...Space has captured the imagination of humans for hundreds and thousands of years. Now NASA is thinking of ending the exploration deeper into space where we could find many new planets, and possibly life. I feel as though nothing should deter humans from going where they have wanted to go for thousands of years. If NASA where too stop going deeper into space we might not find new elements that we would’ve if we continued space exploration. There are things called supernova’s which, at the end of their lifetime, explode sending new elements all over the galaxy. We have predicted some of the new elements and what their atomic mass would be, but will we ever find these elements on Earth or will they be found beyond. Now it could be a waste...
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...NASA is the main organization for space exploration in the United States, and is apart of the governments funding. NASA is a critical part of the worlds future in many different ways. Lots of people believe their tax money is going to a waste since NASA is funded by the US government. One thing people might not realize is how beneficial the NASA program is. Many life saving and convenient inventions have been made by NASA. These inventions are referred to as spinoffs, and NASA has documented more than 1,500 spinoff success stories. For example the WARP 10, which is a hand-held, high-intensity, LED unit developed by Quantum Devices Inc. The WARP 10 is intended for the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain, arthritis, stiffness, and muscle spasms, and also promotes muscle relaxation and increases local blood circulation. Another example would be infrared ear thermometers which you see all the time going to the doctor’s office. People may talk about the need to cut back funding because our budget deficit. But, you fail to realize that we can cut many other things like the billions of dollars we spend on foreign aid rather than one of the proudest and most beneficial programs in the US. The President's 2012 Budget provides 18.7 billion dollars to NASA which is only about 0.5 percent of the United States Federal Budget.Cutting NASA’s funding wouldn't magically climb us out of debt. If anything the money gained from cutting NASA would be spent immediately on other stuff...
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...657 (Luhby, “Typical American Family Earnings”). It’s quite a lot of money, bringing the total budget NASA has to 18.4 billion. But that number is measly compared to 1200.7 billion that the US spends on the defense sector (“Federal Spending: Where Does the Money Go”). Off the bat, an imbalance is noticeable. In fact, it’s 99.5% noticeable. That’s because NASA’s current budget breakdown in comparison to all the other sectors the US government falls into the bottom .5% of the entire...
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...NASA’s Space Exploration Programs: A Beneficial Investment for Society Alex vanKooten COMM 1133, Section 40 Marc James Thursday, October 11, 2012 For my topic I have chosen to argue my stance that NASA and their efforts in the field of space exploration are important and beneficial to society. I plan to touch on how NASA has impacted the everyday life of the average North American and the contributions they have made while working to improve their own technologies. I will delve into both practical and abstract reasons for and against continuing space travel in addition to stating a few facts about past missions and their outcomes. The reason that I have chosen this topic is because NASA and the space exploration being done by the human race has always been a source of inspiration to me. I’ve enjoyed growing up in a world where travelling to something as distant as the moon was an attainable feat. In a sense, the entire concept of space and how humanity was working hard to map it and research all these different planets has always given me perspective on my own life. In more recent years however I’ve been noticing more and more people taking a stance against NASA and calling their work a “waste of money”. Therefore I have elected to write an argumentative essay where I argue in favour of NASA’s research. I will try to convince people who think the NASA’s funding should be cut that space exploration has a bigger impact on their lives than they may realize and it may be in society’s...
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...singular scientists working out their own theories, going off of ideas of what they thought may be true. In fact the oldest known record we have of the use of “Astronomy” was the greek scientist Eratosthenes (276 B.C.- 195 B.C.), who used the sun to calculate the size of the earth, and got very close with his ancient measurement. This and many other events in history lead to what we call space exploration today. What is space exploration you ask? “Isn’t it just a huge waste of money?” is what some individuals would have you believe. The space program here in the united states is currently expanding as it is, but it still all stems from one fundamental place: NASA. But, It is a sad fact, that in reality, NASA does not get as much money, contrary to what is perceived by the american people, and what it does with that miniscule amount of funding is amazing; therefore, NASA should continue to gain funding for its many programs, such as the unrenown research of the universe benefiting both space, and earth at home, and how NASA helps bring closer the ideals and promotes the coexistence of humans across the world; And so,...
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...consider them as “poor people.” About 2.6 billion people don’t have access to sanitation. About 2.5 billion live on $2.50 per day. What would you buy from an income of $2.50 per day? If I lived on an income with only $2.50, I have no idea what I would buy with that because in today’s economy, that amount of money is nothing. I’ve been thinking a lot on how I can help these people who are considered at the bottom of the pyramid. If we as humans come together and put our ideas together to help not just the bottom of the pyramid, but to help our children future to make the world a better place. The simplest thing can make a tremendous effect on these people. Sanitation, clean water, food, air conditioner, and electricity are just the few resources that 2.5 billion people don’t have today. After doing some research, I realized that NASA uses a food packaging system to transport and preserve food while in space. What they basically use us a commercial material which vacuums the re-hydratable foods, ones that are dry. They also vacuum package beverages as well including water. The foods are thermo-stabilized and they remove as much head space from their packages as they can (NASA). This might not be perfect, but it is a step in helping current astronauts to survive in space. Therefore, why don’t we use this idea and expand it more to help poor people preserve food because of they don’t have refrigerators or other resources. Keeping this in mind, many restaurants produce thousands...
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...The Apollo 13 mission was a failure. The astronauts got home, but landed in the middle of nowhere. The astronauts lived, but they had several near death experiences. The astronauts didn’t die, but NASA spent over 1 million dollars from taxpayers on a failed mission. Therefore, Apollo 13 mission was a failure. At the time on the spacecraft the atmosphere was very tense. The text proves that the problems were serious. “...Oxygen tank No. 2 blew up causing No. 1 tank to also fail....one oxygen tank appeared to be completely empty, and there were indications that the oxygen in the second tank was rapidly being depleted.” This evidence points out that the there were too many problems. For example, they were quickly losing resources that are essential...
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...My partner spoke about that even spending billions and billions of dollars in research it is worth it as scientific discoveries are not without costs and risks and, now, I will speak why we should still invest into space exploration. My first point is that the investment towards space exploration has lead to the protection of deep space dangers. We know that asteroids and space debris lie out there. The Chelyabinsk meteor over russia on February 15, 2013 was over 30 meters in diameter, and killed many people, while damaging over 1000 building, costing Russia lots of money to repair. With space research, we will be able to defend against near-Earth asteroids. NASA has researched into how to protect us from the sun’s radiation. Hubble Telescope is able to find asteroids far away, and one day, if we do need to evacuate Earth, it will be safe to know that we will have time to send people to Mars, to save our...
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...GREEN ELECTRICITY P2-Pollution Control TEAM MEMBERS 5631207721 Solar Energy is in Our Everyday Life Charles Fritts Daryl Chapin NASA Amount of Money Saved Per Year Wind Energy What is wind energy ? How does it work? Capacity and Production Capacity and Production PROS and CONS - Reliable for longterm future - Affordable - Sustainable - GREEN Hydroelectric Power Conventional Water wheel - Mechanical power Sawing, grinding How does it work? The leading source of renewable energy - Inexpensive Efficient More than 90% of energy can be converted to electricity Fossil fuel < 50% In the US , 81% of the electricity produced by renewable sources comes from hydropower. Biomass energy - What is it? Biomass Energy - How does it work? Biomass Energy - Virgin wood Energy crops Agricultural residues Waste from food and drink manufacture, preparation and processing - Industrial waste and co-products from manufacturing and industrial processes Biomass Energy - Burning Bacterial decay Fermentation Conversion to gas/liquid fuel Question 1. Which method was the biggest energy prodiver in the past? 2. What is the thing that is added to the biomass to produce ethanol in fermentation method? 3. Which continent uses solar panels the most? 4. According to the slides, what association plays the most important role in adapting the use of solar panels? ...
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...mission would be a waste of valuable money. With our country already facing so many financial problems, it is in my mind, one of the least logical decisions to keep pumping money into this program. Besides discovering another life form or valuable resource, what would we have to gain from a human mission to Mars. Yes, of course there would be a morale boost or maybe a raised sense of patriotism, but I cannot seem to find reasons why this would be a necessary mission. I think our current knowledge of the planet itself would not allow us to be adequately prepared for human mission to the surface. Also, look at what landing a man on the moon truly did for our country. It started with joy and excitement, but proved no material gain; just more knowledge of our solar system and a different perspective from space. According to NASA’s website, this past November, a mission to Mars was sent, going by the name MAVEN. This stood for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, and its mission was to figure out why Mars had been losing its atmosphere. It also consisted of a unique solar wind ion analyzer that studied ions in the Martian atmosphere. This mission cost a whopping 671 million. This mission was by no means basic, however, it does not compare in my eyes to landing someone on the actual surface of Mars. Let alone this is nowhere close to 30 or 40 billion dollars. I just do not find it suitable to let our country spend this type and amount of money on such a project...
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...The King Debate Disadvantages NASA and the Russian Federal Space agency are two of the most successful space agencies in the world. They have been capable of successfully launching rockets into the stratosphere, spending large sums of money to make this fantasy come true. Not criticizing their accomplishments, but I do believe that this is just a waste of time. Let’s start with the United States. The United States has managed to send about 12 American men to the moon, to this day they are still spending money to try and get more people on the moon and explore new planets. Knowing this, America’s economy is getting worse and worse. Taxes are going up and that doesn’t really seem to do anything or make a difference because Americans don’t want to spend more money on taxes. As of October 13th 2013, America’s debt has increased by 328 billion dollars in a single day surpassing 17 trillion dollars for the first time. Now, if America has so much time to somehow acquire money that can send astronauts up to space, it would be very considerate if they thought of using that money to get America out of this 17 trillion dollar predicament. Another point is that, money is better used to help the people of their own country have or live better lives. We know that us humans exist but we don't know if these so called "space creators" exist so why bother. If there are things out there they don't hurt us. We people in your country we are like family and you have to help family because family...
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...Science and astronomy may well give us good things. But why bother spending all this money exploring space and finding out there was water on Mars at some point in the last few thousand years, when these same great minds could be applied to finding better ways to power humanity's insatiable desire for energy, to feeding the starving millions around the globe, and generally making life down here better before looking up into the heavens. It seems the authoritative powers have their heads way, way up in the clouds. The needs of humanity should always come first. While there are people on Earth who need help, they should be helped, rather than seeing money spent on sending robots onto other planets. Humanity is the number one priority; keeping the human race alive is a necessity. Alternatively, space exploration is a desire. If we put our desires before our needs, then everyone loses out on a better standard of living. Sure, it's great that NASA can elevate technology to the next level time and time again, so why not make technology that directly benefits us? as there are millions round the world who are starving to death, when people spend more and more money on space technology they should realize they are the killers. I Thinking that the budget devoted to space exploration is wasted money, I believe that this kind of exploration is a wild dream that we cannot achieve and the huge amounts of money are gone in smoke rather than to spend these amounts to relieve poverty in poor country’s...
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...Healthwise, radiation poisoning and the potential for cancer development is a serious concern for not just those traveling through space to Mars, but also for those who will eventually be living there. This problem adds to the list of things that we don't know. One journalist noted that NASA must first understand the effects of space radiation before they can develop safety protocols for their astronauts (Source 11). A key part of such a monumental mission is to consider all of the health issues and address them before they arise. To investigate these problems, agencies are utilizing the ISS to study the specific effects of radiation (source 8). This will help scientists figure out what goes wrong in order to fix it. However, if we can find a way past radiation, some people say there might be, “nothing about Mars today except radiation on the surface that would preclude life from surviving there,” (source 1). Once we can be assured that radiation from living on Mars will not harm or kill us, a colonization effort can truly...
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...Poverty and Pollution Case Study Pollution is an issue that has been discussed for at least 40 years at summits with the United Nations. The response has been slow in the past. This year he summit will be called “What We Want”. The past 4 decades the U.N. has been concerned for the “green” issues. They have moved closer to the fashionable concerns of rich Westerners and away from the legitimate concerns of the majority of Earths People. (Lomborg News Week Magazine) Signs of global warming becoming prominent; with waste and pollution over the top, there is a great need for more stringent laws. It is the responsibility of every person on earth to do what is necessary to keep our environment clean. Pollution is more commonly known from factories. Factories, which pollute our air and streams of what was clean, water. Corporations produce chemicals that are too dangerous to produce in First World find a market in Third World Countries. There are no regulations in Third World Countries. Most of the time Third World countries have to decide on food or a clean environment. Their government cannot restrict or have regulations because it would be too costly to their country more specifically their people trying to make a living. Now we are dealing with pollution from other things such as computers. Computers that people were once owners of are being dumped in third world countries because they have given them to companies to properly get rid of them. Those companies are...
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...Summary Larry Shepherd is an Aeronautical Engineer, working for Extraterrestrial Delivery Service (EDS). This company has dealt with a scope of business ventures as listed below: ▪ Private parties looking for opportunities to put up communication satellites ▪ Delivering supplies to the International Space Station ▪ Placing astronomical science instruments into space Larry’s job the first few years at EDS presented him with several challenges. First, there was a rocket explosion after liftoff, which EDS had responsibility in this venture. The payload was a part of a communication satellite from EDS, and the reputation of EDS has suffered from this, as well as the customer confidence in the company. Upon impact of the explosion, it caused some damage to the environment, nature, and surrounding areas in the community by the release of a small amount of radioactive dust in the air that settled. It was at this time Larry became the key scientist of the investigating team to determine the cause of the explosion, which was due to a faulty manufacturing of a fuel line gasket by Space Engineers LTD. Larry did well on the investigation and received a promotion to a team leader role. He continued to improve in efficiency, cost, and effectiveness of using rockets to deliver private payloads into space. Larry’s work became even more noticeable by the senior staff in the company and he acquired a nickname of “Werner Von Braun,” of the private space industry...
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