Little do Americans realize—spaceflight is a team effort, not a one-man show. If we, as Americans, do not work together along with all of the other countries at the International Space Station, then we are simply selfish. It is egotistical to hold back intellectual minds simply due to the fact that there is no longer a contest to win. The incentive for space travel should be learning new things about our universe and contributing ourselves to something bigger than ourselves. The galaxies and cosmos we are a part of are unimaginably bigger than US, yet Americans repeatedly choose a larger military budget to fight other countries rather than a budget for NASA. Americans should be lending a hand in helping discover where we can from and what all the universe and beyond contains, yet they prefer to let someone else do the work for them. By this choice, the United States chooses to be a bully instead of a supportive friend. The termination of American spaceflight is an example to the students of this decade and forever after that winning should be foremost on our minds—not helping other people who in turn help us. As for how Americans electing to leave spaceflight behind affects me, I can say that it takes a tremendous blow to my patriotism. I am overly enthusiastic about everything I am involved in, but the selfish nature of America disappoints me in ways unimaginable to some people. Spaceflight
Little do Americans realize—spaceflight is a team effort, not a one-man show. If we, as Americans, do not work together along with all of the other countries at the International Space Station, then we are simply selfish. It is egotistical to hold back intellectual minds simply due to the fact that there is no longer a contest to win. The incentive for space travel should be learning new things about our universe and contributing ourselves to something bigger than ourselves. The galaxies and cosmos we are a part of are unimaginably bigger than US, yet Americans repeatedly choose a larger military budget to fight other countries rather than a budget for NASA. Americans should be lending a hand in helping discover where we can from and what all the universe and beyond contains, yet they prefer to let someone else do the work for them. By this choice, the United States chooses to be a bully instead of a supportive friend. The termination of American spaceflight is an example to the students of this decade and forever after that winning should be foremost on our minds—not helping other people who in turn help us. As for how Americans electing to leave spaceflight behind affects me, I can say that it takes a tremendous blow to my patriotism. I am overly enthusiastic about everything I am involved in, but the selfish nature of America disappoints me in ways unimaginable to some people. Spaceflight