Why We Should Go To Mars

To go to space, we have to buy everything our president owns 76 times ($230 billion dollars). Going to space would cost so much money, and that money can be used here on Earth. Also, there are many unknowns and health issues in the barren space of space. We should NOT go to Mars, it is a stupid decision.

How would you like to explore a never-ending frontier filled with endless potential and possible benefits for humankind? When put this way, space exploration sounds like an enticing adventure. However, is it all that it’s chalked up to be? We’re here to answer that question. There’s a specific issue that we need to consider when referring to space exploration; should we continue to fund NASA? We acknowledge that some people may already have strong opinions on this, and we ask you to keep an open mind and try to avoid bias. After all, we’re discussing our future.

Imagine going on a six billion dollar rocket ship and never seeing your family or friends again. The astronauts will risk their lives because it is a dangerous expedition and could easily fail if the people die from lack of oxygen. Colonizing Mars is a terrible idea there is no natural source of water, if Mars One sends them they cannot come back once they arrive there, and someone could get sick and die before they get there.

Most African American that want to make it to the National Football League (NFL) or the National basketball League (NBA), do not realize there is a slim chance to none of actually going into a professional sport. Gates writes “African American youngster has about as much of becoming a professional athlete as he or she does of winning the lottery” (1). Not many African American youngsters know that there are “12 times more black lawyers than black athletes” or there are only 1200 blacks who play in a professional sport (1). There are 12 times more black professionals that are in the communities accommodating to the needs of those who need the assistance with either legal or health issues. The youth can achieve greatness in today’s society by getting a degree and forming a foundation to make enough to be financially stable.

Despite knowledge being suppressed against African Americans during the 1800’s and 1900’s, the attempt for an African American to seek knowledge is presented in the stories, “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass and “The Library Card” by Richard Wright. It is invariably true that knowledge is both a blessing and a curse, which is why both Douglass and Wright can relate to the inflicting role that knowledge plays in people’s lives. Knowledge is presented as a form of a blessing in both stories as both Douglass and Wright endure the chance to educate themselves, Knowledge is expressed as a form of a curse in both stories as both Douglass and Wright face the risk of encountering with the possible unbearable truth behind the knowledge they seek to obtain, also in both stories, both Douglass and Wright develop a self hatred after learning new information that has been kept from them since they are prevented the chance to be informed.

   In an era where "knowledge is power," the emphasis on literacy in African American texts is undeniable. Beginning with the first African American literary works, the slave narratives, through the canon's more recent successes such as Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and Sapphire's Push, the topic of literacy is almost inextricably connected to freedom and power. A closer investigation, however, leads the reader to another, less direct, message indicating that perhaps this belief in literacy as a pathway to the "American Dream" of freedom and social and financial success is contradictory or, at least, insufficient in

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

Colonizing Mars would not only be a scientific breakthrough, but it would be extremely beneficial to the human race and their future. Mars would help humans in many ways by providing a planet for humans to fall back on if any bad event were to happen to Earth. Colonizing Mars would prove to be very helpful and rewarding. Also, many engineers and scientists like Elon Musk, founder of Space x and Tesla, are on board are on board with this futuristic idea.

Slavery and the Jim Crow laws that followed were both dark moments in American history where black people were discriminated and harassed over a hundred years. “Learning To Read And Write” is an autobiography that takes place during slavery. Readers see how Frederick Douglass had to outsmart his superiors and find a way to learn how to read and write. In “The Library Card” Wright lives in the period of Jim Crow laws, where the former slaves were allowed to read, but they had limited resources to do so. In the story, wright finds a way to manipulate the system to his advantage. During Slavery the whites took advantage of black people 's status in order to

The stories “Black Men in Public” and “Champions of the World” relate to me in similar ways. Authors Staples and Angelou have had gone through challenging experiences and have been discriminated and stereotyped; they share my beliefs that we should not judge by someone’s skin color or by appearance.

Being African-American and a writer was rare to say back then since many people viewed African-Americans as uneducated and illiterate. Till this day many people still see African-Americans as less competent than any other person from a different race. Throughout history we’ve seen many accomplishments from African-Americans, either it being in sports or in the educational field. I’ve never doubted African-Americans on their capacity on what they can and cannot do. African-Americans have broken many barriers and stereotypes of what prejudice and racist people view them as. It’s nice to be alive knowing and seeing how currently our president, Barack Obama is an African-American who ran for presidency and won the two terms he ran for. I hope educators and leaders of this country start shifting their views on Africa-Americans and stop downgrading them because they are humans as well and they’re capable of doing anything they set their mind to. May educators motivate African-American students and help them achieve instead of giving up on them and not seeing their potential. Throughout this course I have learned many knowledge from African-American authors who have shown the world what they’re capable of and their creativity in their writings. Two authors who I found very interesting while reading their writings were Nat Turner and Malcolm X. The purpose of writing this paper is to compare and contrast Nat Turner and Malcolm X of what I have learned from their writings and as well

The United States was focused in winning the space race because it would show superiority to USS.R. Due to the cold war that was going on with USSR, America felt the need to out do the other nation. Being superior to the USSR would mean a sense of national security and symbolization of idealism. With an abundance of the support of the citizens in the 1960s, the space race had reason to take place. Now when the world has learned that it maybe crucial to advance together, instead of against each other, the question now is whether we should or not. We shouldn't go to Mars, because the money used to research space would be better spent on researching ways to help our planet and we should explore everything on earth before everything ever. If

Imagine yourself sending a spouse to space on a mission to test the living conditions on Mars. You spent millions of dollars to send this person there. After a few months, you receive news that your spouse passed away during the mission due to the hazardous conditions in space. Now you are left alone to fend for yourself due to this exploration journey. The source “Why We Shouldn’t Go To Mars” by Gregg Easterbrook is about the many reasons why going to Mars is unsafe and dangerous. On the contrary, the source “Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center” by JFK is about how space exploration is a very wise idea and should be put into practice. The “Political Cartoon” illustrates how way too much money is being spent on space exploration when it could be spent in other ways. Although others may disagree, that travelling through the galaxies is a great use of time, space exploration is a waste of money, is

“Two centuries ago, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark left St. Louis to explore the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, They made that journey in the spirit of discovery. . . . America has ventured forth into space for the same reasons.” George W. Bush said. Although a remarkable comparison, exploring space and exploring a new part of the continent are very different. Lewis and Clark were certain that there was life on the continent whereas, space is a completely different frontier.

Why did Columbus travel west? Why did Marco Polo head east? Because it is that pull, that unknown, that prospect of adventure that compels humans to seek new frontiers to explore.