Through time‚ humans have dreamed of travelling across the stars to the exoplanets we’ve spotted far away‚ but such a trip would be very long. Even to travel at the current space speed record to the nearest known exoplanet would take 43‚000 years (4). All that aside; the main issue is sustaining a human population for that long‚ if it were based generation to generation it would take roughly 600 generations of humans before they arrived based on today’s current life expectancy (3). This issue isn’t
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In this information age‚ space exploration is playing an increasingly important role in the immense advances of technology. But in the meantime whether it is a blessing or a curse has sparked a heated debate. Some people argued that space exploration has opened up our world and added to our knowledge‚ while many others claimed that space research is a waste of money. Firstly‚ it is undeniable that the exploitation of space has directly changed our world. Space research has already resulted in a
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Space exploration is a highly debated topic on whether or not it should be funded by the government. Currently‚ the United States spends $19.3 billion on space exploration out of its $3.95 trillion budget. Many people argue that the money needs to be spent on other issues like health care and help for the impoverished. Space exploration is an important field that the US government needs to focus on and fund because these endeavors can provide a national space defense‚ push us towards the future of
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Television‚ a Waste of Time And Money Television has become increasingly more popular through the years since it was first invented. In fact it is so popular that almost every home in America has one or more television sets. TV started when Edwin Belin‚ an English man‚ held the patent for the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and radar‚ which demonstrated a mechanical scanning device that was an early ancestor to modern television. With TV sets almost everywhere in sight
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support space exploration Marc A. Thompson Ashford University English Composition II ENG 122 Rosalinda Ortiz October 15‚ 2014 Why do people support space exploration Why do people support space exploration. Man has to look to the stars‚ to find new resources that he needs to build new society’s on other Worlds. The expansion of the human race is paramount for man’s survival. Why do people support the exploration of space. First‚ we need to go over a little bit of history of space exploration. After
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decades‚ the exploration of the universe has not been stopped. It has always been an unkonwn world which humans are curious about.With the developement of the technology‚ the outer-space is not a strange term to humans any more. Outer space is defined as “space beyond the atmosphere of the Earth.”(in dictronary.com) In other words‚ it is a space that is outside the globe. Humans have been exploring the universe for more than four hundrend years. People have always wanted to explore space and find other
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Studying history is a waste of time because it prevents us from focusing on the challenges of the present. People live in this present. They plan for and worry about the future. History‚ however‚ is the study of the past. Given all the demands that press in from living in the present and anticipating what is yet to come‚ the speaker concludes that studying history is a waste of time because it distracts us from current challenges. However‚ I do not agree with this opinion because history is essential
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Homework is defiantly not a waste of time. We understand more of what we learned at school‚ it gives us a chance to show how responsible we are by working independently‚ and it teaches us how to become more organized. These are just some of the reasons why I think that homework is not a waste of time. But I’m sure that there are plenty more of why homework is a good thing. Studies shown homework can make you smarter and more successful in life. A wise man once said "were doing our homework to make
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Net is a Waste of Time In William Gibson’s persuasive essay “The Net is a Waste of Time‚” he often uses figurative language to portrait his point of view and most of the time talks to the audience as a first person. He is trying to convince the reader that‚ in an inadvertent way the World Wide Web (The Net) is just wasting our time. The purpose of his essay is to make the reader re-think the fact that the net isn’t what everyone expects; instead of thinking that we are using our time productively
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is a waste of time. When we watch television‚ we give it our visual and audio attention and there is very little we can do while watching television. We may enjoy a snack or two but that only ad up to the television does not allow us to do something else beneficial. A huge percentage of adolescents have started developing unhealthy habits in front of the television. Watching T.V. can really pack on the pounds when exercising is seldom and snacking is often. It has been proven that the more time a person
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