In the early 60s, President John F. Kennedy led America into a space race against the Soviet Union. American men and women across the nation backed this goal, allowing NASA to take great leaps in advancing its space exploration programs. This unified nation fulfilled its goal, and Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. However, since then, America’s space exploration has only declined. Funding for NASA has been drastically cut, thus greatly limiting the opportunities for exploring the cosmos. Understanding and exploring the universe is detrimental to the advancement of the United States and opens the door for vast possibilities. If the government chooses to limits its own advancement, then that responsibility must fall …show more content…
With America at the lead of this new frontier, its economy can begin to flourish again. American citizens are not the only ones who will benefit from privatized space programs. The United States government would save tremendous amounts of money as well. Funding cuts have already been placed on NASA, limiting its capabilities for advancing. For instance, American astronauts cannot even reach their space stations alone; they require the assistance of the Russian space program. This is not the iconic space program that the United States deserves. If space travel were to become more prevalent through privately owned companies, NASA would not have to pay other countries to accomplish something as simple as reaching Earth’s orbit. With proper regulations in place, astronauts working for NASA would be able to travel to and from the ISS and other stations within their country. Though NASA can never be replaced, private companies would be capable of greater projects. With more being accomplished without government assistance, cuts could effectively be made without limiting the American success. Arguable the most important factor of creating a privatized space program, however, is simply the furthering of man’s knowledge of that marvelous frontier. With more opportunity to explore and research the many celestial bodies near and far from Earth, man can strive into a new era of technology and information. Countless stars within countless galaxies lie in wait as people seek to
In the late 60’s and early 70’s, the space program was the center of attention in America, Russia, and much of the world. The race to the moon was like an epic blockbuster that the entire world was watching at once. By now, the American space program has lost much of its relevance in our lives and its status seems to continuously tarnish. Since the tragic events aboard the Challenger and Columbia missions, Americans are now reluctant to support an expanding space program. Our society no longer thinks the risk of lives to further our space programs is as relevant as it was in the 60’s and 70’s. In light of the tragedies, society largely believes that our country can function as a whole without NASA as a
The push into the vastness of space will encourage technological innovation, yield vast scientific benefits, and follow mankind’s legacy of exploration. Thus, America and the world should undoubtedly continue space travel so that mankind is absorbed entirely in Earthly troubles, but remembers its greater place among the stars. For as President Obama observed in his 2010 address to NASA, “space exploration is not a luxury, it’s not an afterthought in America’s quest for a brighter future -- it is an essential part of that quest”
We need to start privatizing space explorations because the money that will come from it will help non private places like NASA stay up and running, but that's not all the great part about it all is that when we sell them their not junk they are being used more than they ever were with NASA while continually being updated with this we might finally be able to reach are dreams of colonizing the red planet. We can't just sit here stuck on the ground while other countries like Russia are reaching the stars literally we have to change the ways things are that way their looking down from the ground wishing they were us. Privatize space exploration is a big step and will help overcome many of are problems. NASA is one of the lower things when it comes to the government priorities, so has the years past their income drops. This is why they must do what it takes to get that needed money while still have people working on what we needed the money for. Once we start heading in the right direction we will finally be able to accomplish bigger things like colonizing
“I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence,” said by Neil deGrasse Tyson. With this quote you, the reader, can clearly see the impact that space exploration has had on society but, why should the United States continue to fund the space program? Well, the United States should continue to fund the space program because, it can improve the medical field, improve weather forecasting to keep more citizens safe, and it can provide breakthroughs in technology and within society. With this, I believe the the united states would continue funding the space program and allowing us to push the limits of space.
Many see space exploration as a task that only the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) can pursue. Yet, critics complain about the lack of funding and growth that NASA and many other government-regulated space exploration organizations have accomplished. Recent developments in the private space industry have proven to be hopeful. Significant leaps and bounds have been made by several companies and progress is continuously being made because of them. These companies include: SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Boeing, and many more. Each has a mission that is slightly different from the others, whether it be deep space exploration, tourism, or even building a telescope. The private space industry is on the rise, and while this industry
While NASA tries to sell its missions as patriotic endeavors, America must realize that it needs to help itself through hard economic times before investing in theoretical tomorrows”. (DeGroot, Jerry. "The US Government Should Cut NASA Funding.") By “stealing” this money from taxpayers it takes away from “more useful” programs on Earth such as education systems, helping the poor, or paying back national debt. These people need not to worry about the money being wasted in space because although it’s very difficult, space exploration has proven to be a successful thing to
Since ancient times, people have been fascinated by the wonders of Space. Questions of our existence and possibilities of life in outer space have not only got the attention of philosopher and scientist but also fascinated curious general population like us. Even today, amazing images of distant stars and galaxies captured by Hubble’s telescope amuses us. From the dawn of human civilization, people tried to explore space and life in nearby galaxies and exoplanet. National Aeronautics and Space Administration commonly called as ‘NASA’ is a government agency that is held responsible for the space program and aerospace research. Since its establishment in 1958, NASA, have accomplished various monumental goals like sending the first man to the
Once said by Albert Einstein “Two things inspire to awe - The starry heavens above and the moral universe within”. Space has fascinated people around the world wondering and asking questions like are we ever going to explore beyond our planet and even the solar system, or what new technologies are going to be made from space exploration, what benefits have we already seen from space exploration, and countless more. Society has benefited significantly from space exploration and all the new advancements, innovation and new ideas it has brought us. the beneficial effects that the economic, social, and health aspects of the society sees from space exploration proves we have a definite need to continue funding for future space research because of
This fear is what sparked the public’s interest in the U.S.’s space program. It allowed for the President to increase funding and support for the NASA program.
Space privatization is companies having the right to go up into space and send a space shuttle. People like us are against public companies who have no experience to go into space. We truly believe that only NASA should have the ability to go into space. Just because they do have experience, and they only do missions for the fact to collect data. But federal funds for NASA to go to space more in the future is drying up. So, the idea for private companies to go into space is rising. For the fact the NASA doesn't have the proper funds that they need to go into space. Two main companies trying to into space is Google and Amazon, and they actually might have the funds. Tourism is also a idea for space privatization. Our opinion on this is that private companies would hire inexperienced people for the job. But no country has made any travel to space, since the 60’s. The
The continued launching of spacecraft by NASA and other national space organizations however, as this essay intends to demonstrate, is an antiquity that is nearing the end of its usefulness. The appropriation of space launch capabilities by the private industry is fundamental to increased accessibility to space; furthermore, it is essential for the long-term health of the scientific pursuits to which NASA is dedicated.
Many people especially those in the private sector are currently questioning NASA’s efficiency, ethics, and overall ability to achieve their mission. In their opinion, the private sector could do space programs far better than any government agency, and make it efficient and profitable. Proponents of NASA argue that the private sector cannot be trusted with humanity 's future and that no man has the right to own something in space. The unfortunate truth is that NASA and programs like it are too tied up in red tape and complications to get humanity to where it needs to be. With strong competition between companies and the incentive of profit the private sector is by far humanities best bet for space.
Some claim that space exploration should not be more important than people on earth. The claim is that there are more pressing matters that may need financial aid from the government. However, this is a claim that is made by people without proper knowledge of how many incredible things have been discovered and created by NASA’s technologies and the space
Human curiosity has always been drawn to the wonders and mysteries of what lays far beyond in outer space. Our imagination has taken us far beyond what we cogitate and answers to some of the mysteries of our universe are now taking shape. The reality we witness is stunning in its beauty and humbling in its complexity and expense. In just a half-century we have left the protective cradle of our home planet Earth, walked on another celestial body, peered into the far reaches of our universe, and enhance our knowledge by understanding certain laws and properties. Our minds have always reached above the clouds, but only now do we have the tools and capabilities needed to learn what is out there and explore it ourselves. Several space programs and administrations have ascended. For example, one of the world 's biggest and well known space program is NASA. The principle of this program to work is the contribution of money the U.S.A has contributed. Therefore, over the course of the years people commence to address the question as to whether NASA should continue to be funded. Certain people are skeptical as to whether they want their tax money to go into spacecraft and tools for NASA to continue to explore the universe. Quarrels and arguments among people have surged. Various people reason that we should continue to fund NASA because of all the tremendous accomplishments made in previous years. However, there is the dissenting group who argues that it 's a waste of money and time
Space has been considered to be the common heritage of all humanity, from the time of the first launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. This common heritage This is reflected in the landmark the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (‘Outer Space Treaty’ or ‘OST’), which affirms that all have a right to access space for peaceful and scientific purposes, and prohibits the sovereign appropriation of outer space. In 2015 the US Congress passed the Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act (‘US Space Act’) , which provides for the ‘commercial exploration for and commercial recovery of space resources by United States citizens’. Some commentators