NASA Is A Waste Of Money

The landing of the man on the moon is the 7th biggest event in human history according to The Most Important Events of the Century from the Viewpoint of the People. It helped encourage ingenuity and creativity both for which NASA stands. But, maybe, it would be more reasonable to instead focus on more earthly problems that are an issue right now. Some of these current problems could be finding a cure to cancer or preventing world hunger. There are many other uses for the money being put into NASA, however, it deserves the money it gets. Science has progressed immensely since the creation of NASA. It has improved the daily lives of everyone and proven its worth but is commonly overlooked. Landing a man on the moon, getting rovers to mars and
Some people today believe that NASA is a waste of money that should be used on earthly problems; however, NASA should continue to be funded because it helps the United States and the rest of the world advance in technology and improve the daily lives of everyone. It is a common thought of the opposition that NASA is just a waste of money. NASA has accomplished some amazing feats but many of those feats have come from continued failure. An example of this success through failure can be found in the attempted launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. DeGroot, the author of Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest, stated that he observatory was a massive investment costing them $278 million. That $278 million would soon after launch crash into the Pacific. That’s a ton of money right down the drain. Many would argue that money could be used for so many other things and that’s why others think that the money used to fund the US space program should be used for something else other than looking at stars and giant rocks. NASA costs the government more
There are many technologies that developed from NASA space missions that have found their way into the daily lives of everyone else. The Apollo Lunar Landing mission helped create cordless tools. (Miozzi) Useful powerful screwdrivers and battery operated toothbrushes were evolved from the Apollo Lunar Landing mission run by NASA. The ear thermometer evolved from 30 years of learning about the measurements of the temperatures of the stars and planets. (Miozzi) There was also the soft, squishy memory foam mattress which was developed from increased protection of airplane passengers. (Miozzi) The comfortable insoles in athletic shoes were created from technology in moon boots designed for shock absorption. (Miozzi) According to Kim Evans, an environmental engineer and writer of scientific and educational publications, “improvements based on NASA technologies have been incorporated into diverse products such as memory foam mattresses, medical imaging devices, eyeglass lenses, golf balls, baby food, pacemakers, and life rafts.” Life would be extremely different without all these creative inventions, and they all derived from NASA. However inventions aren’t the only way NASA shows its