the benefits of space exploration in everyday life
The Final Frontier: The benefits of space exploration to provide a better life on Earth.
Man once dreamt of flying, of touching the night sky and trampling the dirt on the surface of the moon. And for a long time we kept thinking it was only a dream. But on the 4th October 1957, Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into the depth of space, officially starting off the space age for us. And then on the 20th of July 1963, Neil Armstrong steps off onto the moon’s surface with the now famous line, ’That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind’ and this marks the beginning of an new era of space exploration and many more discoveries. But now often times you will hear the cries of society claiming that space explorations are a waste of government funding and that it should be channelled to things that are more important. However, despite what the majority of society believed, space exploration is a highly beneficial investment as it has in turn, not just provide us with knowledge of our endless universe, it had also vastly improve the qualities of our life on Earth.
Several outer space accomplishments had benefitted our life greatly such as the usage of foam insulation that was originally used to protect the shuttle’s external tank is now available for the production of master moulds for prosthetics. By doing so, they have replaced the older version of prosthetics that were made from heavy, fragile plaster and in its place, a new and improved material that is light, virtually indestructible and easy to ship and store. There is also the creation of artificial hearts that was developed from space shuttle fuel pump technology. It weighs less than 4 ounces and is only 1 inch diameter and was developed by NASA and renowned heart surgeon Dr. Micheal DeBakey. The development of LASIK surgery, a surgery that is used to improve vision, can also be credited to space exploration as well. The technology that made this possible; LADARVision© 4000, was
Man once dreamt of flying, of touching the night sky and trampling the dirt on the surface of the moon. And for a long time we kept thinking it was only a dream. But on the 4th October 1957, Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into the depth of space, officially starting off the space age for us. And then on the 20th of July 1963, Neil Armstrong steps off onto the moon’s surface with the now famous line, ’That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind’ and this marks the beginning of an new era of space exploration and many more discoveries. But now often times you will hear the cries of society claiming that space explorations are a waste of government funding and that it should be channelled to things that are more important. However, despite what the majority of society believed, space exploration is a highly beneficial investment as it has in turn, not just provide us with knowledge of our endless universe, it had also vastly improve the qualities of our life on Earth.
Several outer space accomplishments had benefitted our life greatly such as the usage of foam insulation that was originally used to protect the shuttle’s external tank is now available for the production of master moulds for prosthetics. By doing so, they have replaced the older version of prosthetics that were made from heavy, fragile plaster and in its place, a new and improved material that is light, virtually indestructible and easy to ship and store. There is also the creation of artificial hearts that was developed from space shuttle fuel pump technology. It weighs less than 4 ounces and is only 1 inch diameter and was developed by NASA and renowned heart surgeon Dr. Micheal DeBakey. The development of LASIK surgery, a surgery that is used to improve vision, can also be credited to space exploration as well. The technology that made this possible; LADARVision© 4000, was