Is space exploration worth the cost? by David Livingston Monday‚ January 21‚ 2008 Editor’s Note: On January 11‚ the New York Times blog “Freakonomics” published a lengthy post titled “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? A Freakonomics Quorum”. The post featured comments provided by a number of people‚ including David Livingston‚ in response to the question. The part attributed to Dr. Livingston was just a highly-edited version of what he originally submitted to the Times. What follows is
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Space Exploration Pros and Cons In 1961‚ the world was changed forever‚ Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the spacecraft Vostok 1 and traveled into space. Following him in the same year‚ was the American astronaut Alan Shepard in Freedom 7. Then in 1969 the crew of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon. This space race in the 1960s helped to light the fire of man’s interest in outer space and has lead mankind to wonder if we could live away from the comfort and safety of planet Earth. Many
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“One small step for [a] man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” As Neil Armstrong uttered these words‚ he was leaving humanity’s first imprint on space exploration. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong’s televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man‚ one giant leap for mankind" on July 20‚ 1969 (Loff‚ Sarah). Countries all over the world had raced to be the first to send a human to the moon. The United States of America set its goal in sight
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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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Synthesis Essay #1: Final Draft Space exploration is a vitally important task that helps countries around the globe discover new things about the universe they are a part of and expand the knowledge of students in subjects such as science or Astronomy alike. There are several factors that are to be considered when contemplating the importance of space exploration. One of the debatable questions that comes to mind is how much money can be collected for the cause? Another is addressing the dangers
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Instructor: Date: US Space Program & Exploration Space exploration in the United States is receiving considerable criticism both from politicians and journalist. It has lead to a general belief among citizens that it is a futile program that does not serve the country. This has led to the current reduction in the funding of NASA and its programs. Since the space program is losing popularity‚ politicians and the government are opting to stop the initiative. Advocates of space exploration are increasingly
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Space exploration Space exploration is one the most compelling problems that we face today and you might think that it is overrated and does not need that much attention‚ but you are wrong. Some people think that space exploration is a waste of money and resources‚ the time wasted in such field should have been used in other important stuff such as ending poverty‚ solving the worldwide economic crisis and trying to end global warming. While other people support space exploration and may sacrifice
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of the rocket. It starts rising‚ towards the sky. Everyone is staring in awe. This is just the beginning to a whole new world. Some nations believe that space exploration is useless‚ while other humans think it is valuable. Space exploration is beneficial because it shows up in societies life‚ and improves the medical industry. Space exploration benefitted the medical industry. Astronauts help find new information‚ that improves health of hospitalized patients. For example‚ “Research into astronaut
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affirmative case. As side opposition has said that we should help starving and homeless people by 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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Space: A Frontier to Explore...Later. When it comes to the exploration of space‚ there are many‚ many subtopics that come up‚ from the dreams of mankind on mars‚ to Star Trek‚ with many things in between. But along with all the good that can be imagined‚ that we dream of for space exploration‚ there is a wide variety of issues. These range from the worries over alien life to the ethics of it. Some of the biggest reasons why we should not explore space at the moment are the cost‚ the effects it could
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