Space Exploration GE 2024 Section 07 Professor Ficarotta 10/14/09 Marisa Laggy Space Exploration Why should we explore space? Why should we spend money‚ time and effort researching the great beyond with no immediate benefit? Should we spend resources on space rather than here on Earth? Perhaps the best answer lies in our own history. Past civilizations spent millions on exploring the “New World.” Nearly all successful civilizations have been willing and eager to explore. Isn’t
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Space: A Frontier to Explore...Later. When it comes to the exploration of space‚ there are many‚ many subtopics that come up‚ from the dreams of mankind on mars‚ to Star Trek‚ with many things in between. But along with all the good that can be imagined‚ that we dream of for space exploration‚ there is a wide variety of issues. These range from the worries over alien life to the ethics of it. Some of the biggest reasons why we should not explore space at the moment are the cost‚ the effects it could
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Space Exploration Pros and Cons In 1961‚ the world was changed forever‚ Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the spacecraft Vostok 1 and traveled into space. Following him in the same year‚ was the American astronaut Alan Shepard in Freedom 7. Then in 1969 the crew of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon. This space race in the 1960s helped to light the fire of man’s interest in outer space and has lead mankind to wonder if we could live away from the comfort and safety of planet Earth. Many
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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. Two countries fighting over which had the upper hand in space flight capability. A lot of people
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Russell Howell Mrs. Grandolfo English 12‚ Period 3 February 7‚ 2012 Reaping the Benefits of Space Exploration Curiosity has been the driving force behind the human race ever since the first Homo sapiens have started walking. Our very survival and dominance of Planet Earth has only resulted from our ability to solve problems and innovate to accomplish our goals. This uncanny problem solving ability of the Human race doesn’t even restrict us terrestrially‚ as it has propelled us into the “heavens”
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Space has been depicted through media as an extravagant place to explore which can provide benefits for Earth and its people. Space has been glorified for decades through television series‚ such as Lost in Space back in the 60s‚ to new movies such as Star Trek and Interstellar. However‚ in reality what doesn’t come to light is the harm that could be done to Earth and space. As space exploration gains more approval by the nations worldwide‚ relevant issues must be considered before making rash decisions
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say that space exploration should be abolished because it is a waste of money‚ but think of how much we have advanced in our knowledge of space. This has to be known because some of the planets and moons we have discovered are suitable for us to live on when we move from Earth‚ so it is essential that man knows about space and we constantly have to keep updating and developing our knowledge. "I don’t think the human race will survive the next thousand years‚ unless we spread into space. There are
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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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Shaylen Pfister Q4 EA1 Is space exploration the cause of poverty? Or is it other government issues ? Yes‚ the government has taken money from taxes to send people into space. It takes $10‚000 per pound just to put somebody on the moon. It would be twice that much to send someone to Mars as it says in Source-B The Cost Of Space Exploration. That is a crazy amount of money to send just 1 pound of something into outer space! That’s why taxes are so high in America. They use the money that we
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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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