about 14 million people learn they have cancer, and 8 million people die from the disease”. In the United States alone the number of deaths from cancer totals over 1,500 daily. What if some of these lives could be saved by furthering scientific exploration of the Earth’s oceans? “The National Cancer Institute estimates that about 65 percent of all cancer drugs come from marine life and plants - their bark, roots, leaves and fruits”. Currently the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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value it brings. According to News.com “A new private space industry could create ten thousand new jobs across the country in five years.” NASA and the aerospace industry provide thousands of jobs across the country they do more than just space exploration they also monitor our environment from space, procure satellites for other agencies and develop the next generation of aircraft technologies. I think President Obama’s reasons are not directly related to the current state of the economy. He has
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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 comes first Nowadays, Space and Government agencies have devoted more than hundreds of billions of dollars to space exploration. That money is also devoted to large companies to develop new prestigious models or ideas. Instead of wasting our time on this nonsense, we could: 1. Think about ending famine 2. Come up with ways on helping less economically developed country
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Research Paper Outline I. Introduction A) Hook – For thousands of years, humans have never really known what existed beyond what we could see with our own eyes. B) General Statements/Explain the Controversy – Advocates for space exploration say that there are much advantages that push humankind towards a better tomorrow. Opponents argue that there is an huge cost put into research and development C) Thesis Statement and Forecast – I think that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages
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decades after humanity’s emergence into space. Now with the increased interests in space by private sector entities the factor of control has been altered to a point that must be addressed. The radical shift from government based exploration to private sector exploration and development of space based technologies can be attributed to the change in policies by the most influential nations that operate within outer space. The promotion of private industry by the United States of America since the political
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The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in space exploration from 1957-1975 . The Cold War rivalry between the two nations focused on being firsts in space exploration to show a sign of superiority. The Space Race involved launching satellites, suborbital and orbital human spaceflight around the Earth, and manned flights to the Moon. It first began with the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite on October 4. 1957, and ended with the
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was to provide research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere. The main reason NASA was invented was due to World War 2. The United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a cold ward. During this time, space exploration become the one of the highest priority discussions. This became known as the space race. (American Psychological Association, 2011) The United States launched its first Earth satellite on January 31, 1958. It was called Explorer 1. Then the United
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Early Life John F. Kennedy spent his early life in Brookline, Massachusetts, and had eight siblings. Kennedy spent his early life in private schools due to having a wealthy family, and spent two years in the Navy. The bag of money represents how Kennedy had a rich past due to his relatives being in politics and how Kennedy had more opportunities than others.The reason that they had the money was from his family's political influence, which exposed him to politics at a young age. Also it influenced
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day have to relocate from earth due to overpopulation and pollution but we still have a long way to conquer the stars. Humans had come a long way since we first landed in the moon but we still got a longer way to colonizing new planets. Space Exploration started after war world two when united states and soviet union created their missile
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and “one giant leap for mankind.” Many technical advancements, including spacecraft, created a race between nations to decide which country is the best of both worlds. If it had not been for each country’s persistence to surpass the other, space exploration would not have come about. The knowledge we have today about space is because of the world-renowned “space race.” Throughout the space race, many important discoveries were made by both countries. Dwight D. Eisenhower did not make space a priority
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