The space race expedition to conquer mars, set out by Mars One, should not be pursued due to the detrimental effects the journey will have on the physical and psychological health of the astronauts embarking on the mission, and the lack of technology needed to ensure the success of the colonization.Undeniably, the expedition will bring about new discoveries of the components of our lives on earth, and scientific advancements unlike anything people have known before (Jordan); unfortunately, that point
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the U.S. Army under the direction of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. The same year that President Dwight Eisenhower signed a public order to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a federal agency dedicated to space exploration. Which then started the space race between the U.S and the Soviets.
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I am using the article "The 1960s Science and Technology: Topics in the News.” as a source because it covers the majority of reasons we are pushing for space exploration. It covers the the need for more resources, possible answers to the origin of life, and even just appreciation of the stars because of astronomy. My claim is that space travel is important in the survival of the human race; it is vital to have a contingency plan, a way to get finite resources, and understand our planet better. This
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New technology is constantly developing. The exploration of space has reached a new level. Considering there are now several innovations, we cannot overlook the financial aspect of space exploration. Moreover, innovations and finance have a direct relationship. Thus in 2018, when United States President Donald Trump slashed NASA’s budget, new private businesses emerged. These private businesses have made it to space with half of the money it takes government-owned programs. The money that is wasted
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Philip Morrison in their 1959 paper ‘Searching for Interstellar Communications’ supports the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This prediction was one of the first of its kind and it opened up nonbeliever’s eyes to real possibility of space exploration. Cocconi knew even back in 1959 that the expedition to space would be arduous but had the United States not tried to get there they never would have known the incredible opportunities space had to offer. In order to continue the pursuit of intelligence
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The year 400 B.C. the first rocket that ever took flight was made by a man by the name Archytas who made a wooden pigeon that could fly. Archytas showed off his flying device in the city of Tarentum and people were amazed by what this man made. Archytas was ahead of he's time because the principle the wooden pigeon used was action-reaction. That principle was not stated as a law of science until the sixteens hundreds. About three hundred years after Archytas made the wooden pigeon another man a Hero
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After the success of NASA’s fly-bye mission, called the Europa Clipper that was launched in 2020, NASA started to plan a manned mission the icy moon. The Europa Clipper sent back data that proved what many have believed that there in fact is a sub-ocean underneath and that it is highly likely that it is hospitable for life. The mission that I was placed would be a single person travelling to Europa. I would land safely to Europa and set up a lander to extract a core sample of the ice and hopefully
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1 NASA: How America Overcame the Unknown Cassidy F. Morris Pioneer Jr. Sr. High School NASA 3 NASA: How America Overcame the Unknown The United States did not want to be the nation left behind in space exploration. Eisenhower and other important leaders replaced NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, with NASA. With NACA being replaced with NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, otherwise known as NASA was built to further the
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The Space Race changed history and captivated scientific exploration in the world. It began after World War II in the mid-20th century during the Cold war. The battle was between two great powers in the world, United States and the Soviet Union. During the late 1950s, the competition between the two arose because they wanted to prove which one of them is more capable and superior in technology (military and political-economic system). The Soviet Union launched the first earth satellite Sputnik 1
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Mankind has long dreamed of touching the stars. Our first taste of expansion came with the moon. It whet humanity’s thirst for the unknown in a whole new way. Now, the biggest step after landing a man on the moon is putting one on Mars. The planet is the closest rock possibly capable of sustaining life and has been a huge subject of debate since the 1960s. Mars captivates the imagination, with many books and movies trying to guess or dream about what life there might be like. But before those dreams
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