The mysteries of space and ocean have always struck our attention. The question “what’s out there, what creatures live there, do water monsters and aliens exist, always pop up. However, could the risks become a barrier to our curiosity? I believe that major exploration could be a benefit for our society and our way of life. I think that major exploration could benefit us because we have a chance of finding resources, predicting the future of the planet, and provide us with advanced technology. Gold, diamonds, rubies. These are all valuable resources from the earth. However, we need to find resources to help cure diseases like cancer. Major exploration can help us do this. In “Why Exploring the Ocean Is Mankind’s Next Giant Leap,” on lines 49-50 it states, “Consider that AZT, an early treatment for HIV, is derived from a Caribbean reef sponge.” This resource could impact our society greatly and maybe expand the average life span. …show more content…
These are predictions could be the future of this world. The exploration of the oceans and space could help us prevent another wipe out of a major race. We need to explore and investigate the ocean instead of polluting it. In “Why Exploring the Ocean Is Mankind’s Next Giant Leap,” on lines 65-67 it states “ oceans are the life support system of this planet, providing us with up to 70% of our oxygen, as well as a primary source of protein for billions of people, not to mention the regulation of our climate.” In “ Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost,” on lines 36-38 is states “ Observing Earth has provided G.P.s, meteorological forecasts, predictions, and management of hurricanes and other natural disasters.” This evidence prove to us that exploring the unknown could unlock the future of our
As travelling in the space is a life-threatening task, astronauts must go through the Astronaut Training Program before they can go for their space mission. This training educates the astronauts of various scenario of issues that they might face while being on the space and teaches them how they should behave under those circumstances. Astronauts need to go through a medical examination as well, which determines if the astronauts are fit physically for the space travel and would be able to carry out various research work, while they are out in the space. They must also train their body for weightlessness 12 meters underwater or in microgravity on a zero-g flight, so that they would get an idea
Stars, mankind has been staring up at them for thousands of years. Over those many years dreams and mythology have been created to explain those lights in the heavens. Mankind grew sick of just staring, and decided to find ways to discover more about it. Eventually over hundreds of years mankind has, been able to send men to the moon, launch satellites into space, and even send rovers to Mars. These feats of science would have been unimaginable hundreds of years ago, and to others that heard of it was only science fiction. With all these accomplishments, it seems humanity has a bright future of further discovery, but a recent development has surfaced regarding Space Exploration. That debate regards the future of space Exploration, and whether or not It should be continued through NASA or private companies. Various opinions have come from all over the scientific and astronomy concerned world. Others side that NASA should continue its lead into the future, because of its contributions to discovery and the scientific world. Others blame that NASA’s lack of progress in previous projects has lead to a disbelief of Nasa, and a turn to Private industries due to their smaller budgets and recent success. Even some see a balanced future of NASA working with private companies, and even healthy competition that will allow a faster progress into the future. Mankind has always had the desire to reach the unreachable, and it cannot go forward
However, there is still much more to explore here on Earth, specifically in the oceans. Amitai Etzioni in "Mars can wait. Oceans Can't," explains, "Ninety percent of the ocean floor has not even been charted, and while we have been to the moon, the technology to explore the ocean's floors is still being developed," [3]. He goes on to explain how the oceans have a much larger effect on humans who live on Earth. For example, many people are concerned with the current climate and the oceans play a large part in controlling the climate. It is necessary that we understand more about our planet before other
The Space Race was a 20th century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States of America and the Soviet Union. This competition was held between 1955 until 1972 and enabled these two rivals to advance their ability of spaceflight and their exploration out of the Earth’s reach. The competition covered several ways in taking human life out of Earth’s orbit and to successfully bring them back home in the process. The Space Race brought about several controversial topics relating to how the USSR copied the methods conducted by the United States, how the United States retaliated against the USSR and the man landing was purposely staged or not. These factors contribute to a large extent on how the space race was won. The Space Race
Do you think animal testing is wrong why and why not? I think it is good because we'd all rather an animal die than have a human being that has a family. I also think it is necessary because most animals share human DNA with us so it's easier to test products and other things on them. According to History.com Laika, the dog was launched into outer space on November 3rd, 1957. This shows that we used an actual animal first instead of a human. +7
Carl Sagan once said “every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring--not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive... If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds.” The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA, is executing Sagan’s words every day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower created NASA in 1958 with the purpose of peaceful rather than military space exploration and research to contribute to society. Just 11 years after the creation, NASA put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, the first humans to
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."- Elon Musk. Space exploration is tough. The slightest problem can turn what seemed a successful mission into a disaster, making it imperative to prepare for every possible situation. As such, there is a great demand for high quality engineers in this field. I plan to be one of those engineers, and Washington Aerospace Scholars is one of the best opportunities to help me accomplish this. There is a lot I can gain from it; however, it does not come without difficulty. WAS requires dedication, strategy, and commitment to succeed. I believe I can offer these through my diligence towards STEM, time proven work ethic, and experience in similar courses.
5,4,3,2,1 that is the sound that most americans hope to hear again, and same with NASA. NASA believes that american citizens should fund space exploration so that they could fulfill the dreams of the moon landing but instead with Mars. The funding of space exploration has helped the U.S. in many ways. Funding for space exploration maybe difficult and costly but it will work out in the long run. For example NASA plans to develop more into their Mars mission in 2020. This goal though can only be achieved if NASA receives the right funding they need to create the technology. Space exploration should be funded by the U.S. because there are many benefits to the space exploration like discovering materials such as new medical knowledge and creating new useful technology.
Does it feel like there are too many humans overpopulating the Earth? Cause eventually the Earth will have no more space for humans and has exhausted its resources making life difficult to prosper. Well fear not, there are space companies like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) and SpaceX trying to search throughout the universe for the possibilities of human survival. One of Jupiter's four largest moon called Europa, discovered by the Galileo spacecraft created from NASA, believed to contain water essential towards human life. The more reasons on why humans all over Earth should consider space exploration as one of the top priority, because Earth's resources would slowly be depleted as time goes on. Therefore, the use of space instruments to analyze evidence, viewing Europa's surface on the possibilities of finding water, the building of fuel depots in space to refuel spacecrafts, and information from spacecrafts are all necessary for human life outside of
Many people think the exploration of the ocean is proof of advancements in technology. People believe that mining in the ocean can lead to ocean-based power generation and farming.Also, many countries would not object to the chance to get resources from the ocean even with potential harm to the ocean.
The ocean is very big and will take years to fully be discovered. But we have recources that can help us with our dicoveries. In the article it talked about how scientist used a remote controlled submarine to explore the Caribbean sea. That exploration lead to more courisity because now they think that in the supperheated waters there could be unkown species. If we don't go and use our recources right now that we can maybe later on it will be too late.
Space exploration is a huge mess! It is extremely costly and a lot is already known about space. We should use our time and money on something that we still have a lot of exploring left to do and is not so costly. Cheryl Bardoe’s “Living in the Dark” and Mike Wall’s “NASA’s Huge New Rocket May Cost $500 Million per Launch” are great sources of facts of why the ocean should be explored more, and the cost of ocean exploration compared to space exploration.
Mankind has always been fascinated with exploring the unknown. From sailing to distant lands to someday setting foot on other planets, the spirit of exploration is the same. Bur now with the current economic situation and the high cost of sending people to space, NASA is being looked at as a way to free up some much needed funds. Although, there is many problems here on planet Earth that need addressing, the benefits of space exploration far out weight the disadvantages. Space exploration has given us more advanced technology, advances in the medical field, and a boost to the economy and these facts cannot be disputed.
Humans have always been interested in space and the wonder in which it may hold. In the past, humans worshiped the stars as if they were gods while also studying their position to give them guidance for their lives. Their interested in space has fathered the desire to know more. Today, space has been seen by many as the new frontier or the home beyond earth. Society have even taken a step forward through the creation of stories in books and movies based of the idea of humans living in space and the present of alliances. Yet there is still controversy on the need to continue space exploration when our own planet has so many detrimental problems. There is an ongoing debate on whether not the money used for space travel could be better beneficially use for other causes. It is true that space exploration costs billions of dollars a year alone according to NASA current budget, which is constantly increasing. However, what many refuses to understand is that without space exploration many of the innovations that we have today would not have existed. While there have been, many failed attempts involving space exploration that has caused a tremendous amount of money to go down the drain. However, many people fail to realize the benefits of space exploration and the possible future it may
Aside from all the negative remarks made about space exploration there is lots of innovation stemming from it. Exploration of space has directly and indirectly helped create new technologies and advancements that have directly benefitted our lives. The challenge of space exploration drives a continuing effort to design ever more capable, reliable, and efficient systems requiring the utmost ingenuity. Space exploration missions use the unique capabilities of humans and robots to achieve ambitious exploration goals. Maximizing these capabilities of humans and robots for the productivity of these missions drives progress in human health care, robotics, automation, and other domains. (International Space Exploration Coordination Group, 2013,