Is space exploration worth the cost? by David Livingston Monday‚ January 21‚ 2008 Editor’s Note: On January 11‚ the New York Times blog “Freakonomics” published a lengthy post titled “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? A Freakonomics Quorum”. The post featured comments provided by a number of people‚ including David Livingston‚ in response to the question. The part attributed to Dr. Livingston was just a highly-edited version of what he originally submitted to the Times. What follows is
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appliances‚ to a more complex thing like biotechnology‚ the subjects to explore are limitless. Then there’s this very ambitious dream of space exploration. With the universe being so massive in size‚ with countless stars and billions of galaxies in it‚ with the Earth just being a dot in the whole thing‚ it makes me think‚ what’s out there? That is what space exploration has been trying to answer. “Space Race”‚ have you heard about it? It was between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 20th century
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During the early 1400s‚ several factors spurred an age of European exploration. The three main factors were the desire to acclaim wealth‚ the goal of spreading Christianity‚ and advanced sailing technology. Being wealthy was one of the biggest reasons that spurred exploration back then. Overseas‚ there were many countries to exchange luxury goods with. It was a profitable business in Europe‚ merchants and traders would be able to make wealth. Thanks to the Crusades‚ introduction to spices enhanced
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“One small step for [a] man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” As Neil Armstrong uttered these words‚ he was leaving humanity’s first imprint on space exploration. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong’s televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind" on July 20‚ 1969 (Loff‚ Sarah). Countries all over the world had raced to be the first to send a human to the moon. The United States of America set its goal in sight
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The oceans cover about seventy-one percent of the world. Of that seventy-one percent‚ we have explored less than five percent. Oceanic exploration has been happening for hundreds of years. The ocean is a major part of people’s everyday life . Ocean exploration has been‚ is‚ and will be beneficial for everyone. “Underwater exploration was once limited to the span of time a diver could hold his or her breath. For centuries people dreamed of extending that time.” (National Geographic 2016). In 1797
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1400 European exploration and expansion In the early 1400’s Europe began to expand. This meant that private investors and other governments had to help finance them. This was to create a larger market. The country of Portugal’s need of natural resources became the first reason for European exploration. They were the first country to send out voyagers to the new waters in search of new lands. Portugal did not have sufficient lands to grow crops and was one of the poorer countries in Europe so
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Discoveries in space alter the entire human race and grant an explanation to questions about the cosmos that seem unimaginable. Space exploration impacts the way that the entire world sees themselves in the grand scheme of the universe. Theories to solve the questions about the universe fill the minds of many‚ but only the future of space exploration can uncover the answers. There are debates on whether or not this science is really necessary when there are many important issues needing attention
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Jake Petrillo Age of Exploration: May 29th‚ 2016 Global History-9 DBQ Essay Hill Many times throughout history‚ a nation may reap the rewards of another’s destruction. This was especially evident during the Age of Exploration‚ in which the Spanish Empire began to expand their territory in the the New World. Powered by the Italian Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution‚ new inventions and ideas about the world enabled people to travel greater distances than before‚ allowing for the European discovery
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presented are introductory passages to a larger excerpt that remains unpresented. Both passages use stylistic and rhetorical devices to capture their opinions and easily convey their standings on space exploration. Passage 1 uses diction to produce and satisfy his opinion of space exploration
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The Spanish age of Exploration was motivated by a desire for new territory‚ wealth and trading partners. The colonisation by the Spanish had a detrimental effect on the Aztec and the Inca civilisations. The Aztecs and Incas were a very advanced civilisation that the Spanish had never seen before. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas‚ they were surprised to see clean‚ ordered and well planned cities with temples and architecture that was unknown to the Spanish. The Aztec Empire particularly
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