total of 18‚724 million dollars has been spending. The process of space exploration is done by taking money and investing in new technology so they can study deeper into space. Certainly exploring space today has its benefits‚ not only for survival of human life later on‚ but can also make life on earth more convenient. Space exploration is worth the cost‚ but not how the money is being spent. Although space exploration is and could be very beneficial‚ there is no point in spending trillions of dollars
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Mars has a long history of inspiring humans to ask questions and explore it by conducting fly-by missions‚ orbiting the planet‚ and actually landing on the surface. Mars continues to fascinate the leading minds of the world today by remaining mysterious about its past climate‚ geology‚ potential for life‚ and the ability of humans to perform manned missions there. The New Millennium Program is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) technology program with the primary goal of developing
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Could space be the next commercial frontier? When you look up at night at the stars‚ what do you see? Many now see the sky as the next commercial frontier. When John F. Kennedy gave his well known speech regarding space travel on September12‚ 1962‚ he stated “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things‚ not because they are easy‚ but because they are hard‚ because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills
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Me: What does it mean to say that something has been designed? Friend: I guess that if something has been designed it has a maker‚ and is usually intricate‚ like a watch. Me: Awe‚ but how do you know it was designed‚ couldn’t it just have formed by chance? Friend: Well each peace works together perfectly; if one part were missing then the whole‚ watch would be broken. Me: Yes! Here is another example: Imagine you are flying over the ocean in an airplane‚ when you suddenly think about what would
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On April 9‚ 1959‚ NASA’s administrator‚ Dr. Keith Glennan formed its first astronaut class‚ the Mercury 7. Project Mercury’s objective was to place a human spacecraft into orbital flight around Earth. It was to observe how the human body reacted in space conditions. Many questions appeared as to whether they would come back safely or if were they the right people to do the challenge. The selection process in order to be qualified for NASA’s project took awhile. More than 500 applicants qualified
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It is human nature to explore one’s surroundings. People have never known what is beyond our world‚ or beyond the Earth’s stratosphere. Spacecrafts are the answer. There are different kinds of spacecrafts‚ like probes‚ satellites‚ and rockets. Satellites do not contain people‚ but they are built to send pictures and videos back to Earth. The Voyager missions are one of the most successful satellites ever built. The Voyager missions changed the way we explore space today‚ encounter interstellar space
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If Earth were to become too hazardous to human kind‚ Mars would be our backup planet. Just think about it. If people could live on Mars there would be more space for our population‚ Earth is overpopulated and crowded anyways‚ with everyone having kids‚ and our population is greatly increasing
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Research Notes Kauderer‚ Amiko. “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Human Space Flight” The Apollo Missions. 2 August 2009. Web. 22 January 2013 * The entire Apollo program‚ at its conclusion‚ costed 19‚408‚134‚000 dollars. This expense took up 34 percent of the NASA budget. * The Apollo program included a large number of uncrewed test missions and 11 crewed missions. The 11 crewed missions include two Earth orbiting missions‚ two lunar orbiting missions‚ a lunar swingby and
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on July 7 in 2003. Later‚ they launched a second rover named Curiosity in 2011. The goals of the missions were to find out if there was water on Mars‚ which could support life there‚ as well as to observe the geography of Mars in case we ever put a human on the planet. The results from the space rovers came back as a no‚
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When one thinks about Earth compared to the rest of the universe‚ Earth seems very small and then when thought about from a single person’s point of view‚ one realizes how miniscule a human is when compared to the rest of space. As the world moves more into the future‚ technological advances continue to evolve‚ but still the world has not learned a fraction of what space has to offer. Space is one of the most interesting topics in today’s world because it continually puzzles mankind‚ impacts society’s
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