Should NASA Continue To Be Public-Funded Essay
English 102
5 August 2010
Should NASA Continue to be Public Funded In the early morning of February 1st, 2003, the US watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over the blue Texas sky (Simberg). The wreckage of the ship and the remains of her seven crew members were strewn all across Texas and parts of Louisiana. Even the most staunch NASA believers contemplated their support for the agency as fire rained from the sky. It had been nearly 17 years since the last fatal disaster of the Challenger explosion, and this served as another frightening reminder that space travel still is not safe. The incident caused the question that everyone asked themselves that day: Is the journey of space travel and exploration worth the sacrifice of human lives? This line of thinking has ultimately lead to the debate over whether we, as American tax payers, should continue to fund NASA in its mission to explore and understand the universe. I propose that NASA is not only an important part of our government, but an absolute critical piece of our development as a human species. …show more content…
You must take into account this though; that the fate of the entire world and the human race may be on NASA 's shoulders. I 'm sure you have all seen movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact, and believable or not these Earth striking comets are a very real possibility. The only way we will have fair warning if this comes to pass will be through the efforts of agencies like NASA. The only organizations even considering the possibilities and contingency plans are those like NASA. This is not fear mongering either; the widely accepted notion that Earth has been hit by a comet before resulting in the extinction of species like the dinosaurs is proof enough that it is possible. It may very well be that one day NASA saves the Earth from destruction, and we will breath sigh of relief that we kept them
5 August 2010
Should NASA Continue to be Public Funded In the early morning of February 1st, 2003, the US watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over the blue Texas sky (Simberg). The wreckage of the ship and the remains of her seven crew members were strewn all across Texas and parts of Louisiana. Even the most staunch NASA believers contemplated their support for the agency as fire rained from the sky. It had been nearly 17 years since the last fatal disaster of the Challenger explosion, and this served as another frightening reminder that space travel still is not safe. The incident caused the question that everyone asked themselves that day: Is the journey of space travel and exploration worth the sacrifice of human lives? This line of thinking has ultimately lead to the debate over whether we, as American tax payers, should continue to fund NASA in its mission to explore and understand the universe. I propose that NASA is not only an important part of our government, but an absolute critical piece of our development as a human species. …show more content…
You must take into account this though; that the fate of the entire world and the human race may be on NASA 's shoulders. I 'm sure you have all seen movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact, and believable or not these Earth striking comets are a very real possibility. The only way we will have fair warning if this comes to pass will be through the efforts of agencies like NASA. The only organizations even considering the possibilities and contingency plans are those like NASA. This is not fear mongering either; the widely accepted notion that Earth has been hit by a comet before resulting in the extinction of species like the dinosaurs is proof enough that it is possible. It may very well be that one day NASA saves the Earth from destruction, and we will breath sigh of relief that we kept them