ending the funds towards space research‚ and yes‚ there are issues that do plague us as a race. There is poverty and injustice in the world. While these issues exist and should certainly not be ignored‚ the funds put forth to space exploration have a major impact and are no less of a
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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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Space Exploration Persuasive Paper Imagine you are homeless‚ sleeping different places every night. You rarely have two meals a day. One day you are walking down the street and the ground starts to shake. You look up and see a fiery trail pushing a rocket into the great unknown of space. And then you continue to walk down the street wondering if you will get another meal that day. Space exploration funding should be decreased because too much money is spend already‚ we need to fully develop the
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The Space Age February 2013‚ asteroid 2012 DA14 is plummeting towards Earth. My science class at Crestwood Junior High was chatting about this amazing phenomenon. Most of the class is just counting down the minutes until the bell rings. But I had just started my journey through the unknown‚ that is still going on today. Wanting to learn all I can about spacecrafts‚ planets‚ asteroids‚ and the many other things around us. From some of the first spacecrafts‚ all the way to cool technologies that
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Will the Space Elevator ever be a reality? Tim Engstrom The Cost of Space The cost of shipping payloads into space is currently thousands of dollars per kilogram[1]. Rockets are used for this job‚ subjecting the cargo to severe changeable g-forces‚ generating extreme pollution. The cost of launching a satellite by rocket is typically between $50 million and $400 million dollars[2]. Geosynchronous orbits at 35‚786 km are significantly more expensive to achieve than Low Earth orbits at less than
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The Challenger was primed for takeoff. The countdown had begun‚ and an entire nation was captivated as the countdown began. The Space Center thrummed with activity and excitement‚ betraying no hint that something was fundamentally wrong. Seventyfour seconds after takeoff‚ the jet trail of the the huge rockets’ exhaust was engulfed by an implosion that will be forever recorded in the annals of history‚ that is‚ the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. The cost totaled seven lives
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BOB Space programme plays an important role in our life because it helps human know the world clearly. There are increasing number of money spent on space programmer in United States and Russia‚ which has had a significant impact all over the world. Although there are some advantages like contributing to economy growth and providing chance to search new planet for human to live‚ there are several disadvantages need to be considered like wasting non-renewable resources and including unforeseen
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Space X’s Falcon 9 Successful Historical Landing On A Barge; Elon Musks Reveals Its Capability Space X’s Falcon 9 made a successful drone ship landing on an ocean barge in the Atlantic Ocean last month. Viewers applauded and screamed of joy as the narrow rocket glided down onto a drone ship in Hawthorne‚ California. This was the fifth attempt. The Falcon 9 carried the supplies of astronauts in the International Space Station. It can haul up to 22.8 tonnes into low-Earth orbit up from 13.2. The rocket
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Space is a beautiful‚ but dangerous place‚ and has wonderful resources. If we do not go to space people will never see‚ examine‚ or even bring back the amazing things they can find. In order to see these things‚ we need space exploration. John F. Kennedy’s speech at the Aerospace Medical Center and Joan Vernikos’ article “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost” both state space exploration expands our knowledge and creates wealth. This knowledge is important for many reasons. Some materials in space
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Challenger Space Shuttle Risk Assessment (Extra Credit) The multiple failures that led the disastrous events on the 28th of January‚ 1986 were inexcusable. The reason the Challenger Space Shuttle blew up 73 seconds after launch was the result of a faulty sealing system which allowed exhaust flames from the Solid-Fuel Rocket Boosters (SRB) to vent directly on the external tank‚ rupturing the tank and causing the explosion. There was excessive erosion on the O-ring in the booster field joints
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