Space Travel
Alex Gagosian
Composition II
Instructor Bieniek
Abstract
Funding by the government allows selected human beings to experience a world beyond the atmosphere of earth. Some of mans greatest accomplishments have occurred in space, such as the moon landing. Space travel not only provides the delightful experience, but it also helps us to better our technology as the year's progress. Although these are positive aspects of space travel, there are negative aspects that strongly linger, making space travel not so promising. As you may know, funding for space travel has cost the people in our society a great deal of money. The government has managed to put the U.S. in debt causing an economic domino effect on other sectors of the economy, such as taxes. Not only is space travel costly from the expenses, lives have been taken as well. Tests have gone wrong resulting in the death of astronauts. Before an astronaut can walk on the moon, they have to go through various tests, which help them prepare for their conquest. During these tests, they are still in great danger for three men died in a fire while conducting what they call a preflight test. Many other astronauts have died through the years before actually stepping foot on the moon, and have also died in space as well during an expedition. These negative aspects of space travel are the main reasons why space travel is not worth its many costs. Space Travel: Should NASA be held responsible for the Apollo disasters, such as the preflight mission that Jim Loy, a scientist and astronomer, alludes to?
On January 27, 1967, on launch pad 34, Edward White, Virgil (Gus) Grissom, and Roger Chaffee died in a fire, during a preflight test. Their mission had been designated Apollo 204. After the accident, it was named Apollo 1 Numerous problems developed with oxygen and communications, and the test dragged on and on. Various communications went awry. Then five and a half hours after they had entered the command
Composition II
Instructor Bieniek
Abstract
Funding by the government allows selected human beings to experience a world beyond the atmosphere of earth. Some of mans greatest accomplishments have occurred in space, such as the moon landing. Space travel not only provides the delightful experience, but it also helps us to better our technology as the year's progress. Although these are positive aspects of space travel, there are negative aspects that strongly linger, making space travel not so promising. As you may know, funding for space travel has cost the people in our society a great deal of money. The government has managed to put the U.S. in debt causing an economic domino effect on other sectors of the economy, such as taxes. Not only is space travel costly from the expenses, lives have been taken as well. Tests have gone wrong resulting in the death of astronauts. Before an astronaut can walk on the moon, they have to go through various tests, which help them prepare for their conquest. During these tests, they are still in great danger for three men died in a fire while conducting what they call a preflight test. Many other astronauts have died through the years before actually stepping foot on the moon, and have also died in space as well during an expedition. These negative aspects of space travel are the main reasons why space travel is not worth its many costs. Space Travel: Should NASA be held responsible for the Apollo disasters, such as the preflight mission that Jim Loy, a scientist and astronomer, alludes to?
On January 27, 1967, on launch pad 34, Edward White, Virgil (Gus) Grissom, and Roger Chaffee died in a fire, during a preflight test. Their mission had been designated Apollo 204. After the accident, it was named Apollo 1 Numerous problems developed with oxygen and communications, and the test dragged on and on. Various communications went awry. Then five and a half hours after they had entered the command
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