Ethics and Space Exploration Christen Boyd PHI107: Philosophy of Human Conduct Prof. Carol Parker October 14‚ 2010 Ethics and Space Exploration In recent years‚ there has been a rise in debate over government spending on space exploration. It is hard to say that the deck is stacked in either way. There is much validity in the arguments from both sides of the gun. In this debate‚ I believe‚ the sides are both coming from the perspective of utilitarian ethics. Basically‚ it is a disagreement
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the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)‚ the U.S. Spends about 18.7 billion dollars a year on space exploration. While that sounds like a large number‚ you must ask yourself if that cost is worth the advancement of mankind. To put that number into perspective‚ Americans spent 110 billion dollars on fast food for 2009. Does that justify the cost of space exploration? Maybe not‚ but it should be mentally noted that the quest for knowledge in regards to space and how the universe works
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Space exploration has always been fascinating. It gives us hope of finding something new. Humans have always been explorers. When people from old times didn’t know about unknown lands they were compelled to explore them. The idea of space exploration has a sense of mystery and excitement about it. We have achieved some of the goals but not all. Through our space probes we were able to find new planets stars and even galaxies. Space exploration should continue because it could help solve many problems
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Necessity of Space Exploration Earth is the only planet that we know in the entire universe where life exists. The human species is the only species on Earth that has ability to think‚ communicate and pass down technology from generation to generation‚ which in affect allows us to accomplish anything we set our minds to like for instance exploring space. “The most recent astronomical observations suggest an estimated age of the universe of around 13.7 billion years” (Big bang theory) and‚ Humans
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PRESENTATION by Sinkumba G – Masansa Secondary School THE IMPORTANCE OF A PRESS CLUB IN A SCHOOL A press club is an organization for journalists and others professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news. The press generally has to do with gathering‚ evaluating and distributing facts of current interest. It makes use of reporters‚ learners in this case‚ who research and write stories to be presented during school assemblies or to be posted on boards often with the guidance teachers
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The Chinese Voyages of Exploration Succeeded by the non-Chinese Qing Dynasty‚ the Ming Dynasty is considered to be the last native dynasty to exist. The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and is known as the greatest era of social stability and organized government (European). Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty; he is also known as Hongwu‚ Taizu‚ and Ming Taizu. Hongwu died in 1382‚ leaving his grandson‚ Huidi‚ the next heir. However‚ Chengzu‚ or Yongol‚ created a military campaign to
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------------------------------------------------- Resolved: Private sector investment in human space exploration is preferable to public sector investment. "That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". –Neil Armstrong Giant leaps for mankind will not be possible in this economy. Public sector investments are preferable in the human space exploration branch. To clarify the resolution I offer the following definitions: -Human Space Exploration: the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars‚ planets
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Composition‚ Technical Art‚ Prepress: ICC Macmillan Inc. Cover Designer: Jill Kongabel Printer: Data Reproductions Textbook Product Manager: James Ryan Executive Editor: Casey FitzSimons Publisher: Steven Rasmussen ©2008 by Key Curriculum Press. All rights reserved. Cover Photo Credits: Background image: Doug Wilson/Westlight/Corbis. Construction site image: Sonda Dawes/The Image Works. All other images: Ken Karp Photography. Limited Reproduction Permission The publisher grants the
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As a small nation‚ Portugal may have seemed to be an unlikely leader in exploration and navigational science. The location of Portugal‚ really helped to develop it in its rise to the forefront. Surrounded to the east and north by Spain and having no outlets on the Mediterranean‚ Portugal was forced to use the Atlantic Ocean as its main source of travel. The Portuguese were aware that the Arab caravans were crossing the Sahara to bring gold‚ slaves‚ and ivory from Africa to Europe. There was talk
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George Orwell – The Freedom of the Press (alternate preface) This book was first thought of‚ so far as the central idea goes‚ in 1937‚ but was not written down until about the end of 1943. By the time when it came to be written it was obvious that there would be great difficulty in getting it published (in spite of the present book shortage which ensures that anything describable as a book will ’sell ’)‚ and in the event it was refused by four publishers. Only one of these had any ideological
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