No multi-cell organism has been able to survive on Earth for without fear of extinction. Humans are no exception. With global temperatures rising and scientists saying that the Earth is in the beginning of its next mass extinction, the human race should be looking for a new planet to call home. The problem with this proposition being that the human race does not have the technology available to reach a planet that is comparable to the Earth in atmosphere, and size. NASA scientist are currently working on perfecting the launch vehicle that will be the first step in getting humans out of the atmosphere. The rocket that NASA plans to accomplish this feat with is the Space Launch System (SLS). The SLS will be NASA’s most powerful rocket to date
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The SLS will be able to launch astronauts at speeds of Mach 23 in 8.5 minutes, making it one of the fastest vehicles ever built. In order to ensure that the launch will be successful NASA will do approximately 50 different tests on the rocket that will twist, pull, and push the metal to simulate the pressure of atmospheric conditions. While testing to ensure the safety of NASA’s astronauts is very important these tests get very little news coverage. A google search of “SLS NASA” shows no mention of the tests in either news program or newspaper. If the average citizen would like to find information on the advances of the SLS then they themselves will have to do the research to find the information instead of the information finding them. This causes a lack of public interest and knowledge, which leads to a lack of funding. NASA has a public approval rating of 68% however, with this high approval rating NASA is still only getting 0.5% of the national budget. For comparison in the 1960s, NASA was getting over 4% of the national budget, over eight times higher than
The SLS will be able to launch astronauts at speeds of Mach 23 in 8.5 minutes, making it one of the fastest vehicles ever built. In order to ensure that the launch will be successful NASA will do approximately 50 different tests on the rocket that will twist, pull, and push the metal to simulate the pressure of atmospheric conditions. While testing to ensure the safety of NASA’s astronauts is very important these tests get very little news coverage. A google search of “SLS NASA” shows no mention of the tests in either news program or newspaper. If the average citizen would like to find information on the advances of the SLS then they themselves will have to do the research to find the information instead of the information finding them. This causes a lack of public interest and knowledge, which leads to a lack of funding. NASA has a public approval rating of 68% however, with this high approval rating NASA is still only getting 0.5% of the national budget. For comparison in the 1960s, NASA was getting over 4% of the national budget, over eight times higher than