Money and effort spent on space research is counterproductive. Do you agree? Throughout the history of mankind‚ we humans have always been eager to explore the world and space around us. Many developed countries have been funding the research programs aim at developing and improving the technology for space exploration. On the other hand‚ several research programs aim at improving the quality of life and providing the basic necessities of life to needy people have not been implemented due to lack
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Russian by the name of Yuri Gagarin‚ who would be the first to reach out into the stars and usher in a new age of exploration. The third in a brood of 4 children‚ Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on March 9‚ 1934‚ in the town of Klushino. Both his
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service provider in the commercial space transportation industry. Awarded with a NASA Launch Services contract‚ SpaceX is taking the industry by storm with low cost and ambitious operations. This paper will describe their background‚ operations‚ successes‚ shortcomings‚ safety aspects and their role in commercial space transportation. SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is a launch vehicle service provider in the commercial space travel industry. Their main focus
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During the time right after the cold war‚ the United States and the Soviet Union became engaged in a “Space Race” to see which country could get a man on the moon first and ultimately claim space for their nation. The Soviet Union led the way by sending the first satellite into space and then the first human. On April 12‚ 1961‚ Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space and make a complete orbit around the earth. Yuri was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became an international
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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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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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From ancient civilizations to the modern day world‚ our obsession of going into space has grown from studying the stars to actual exploration of space. We have come a long way since primitive charts of constellations. From telescopes to satellites‚ we as a population have progressed greatly in the world of technology. In a mere forty years‚ we have had more technological advances than the Industrial Revolution. The Space Race has affected our everyday lives; we use the same technology that the astronauts
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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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the Space Age‚ it has been the manned space missions that have consistently captured and engaged the general public with their voyages of discovery‚ adventure and heroism. However‚ due to the enormous expenses and resources required to carry out such missions‚ these ventures are typically few and far between‚ meaning that public engagement and support waxes and wanes. There is‚ in short‚ a need for a more cost-effective and continuous manner for engaging the public’s enthusiasm for human space ventures
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the Funding of U.S Space Program The spirit and sense of adventure of exploring the ‘heavens’ captivates the general public very easily. Ever since the competition between the Soviet Union and U.S to occupy space‚ the United States has been on a consistent drive to discover more and more of outer space. Although there are minor independent companies that contribute to space exploration‚ the U.S government directly funds one main program‚ which it has established to perform space-related tasks‚ the
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