Pros And Cons Of Nasa's New Space Exploration

January 27th, 1967 three astronauts were put to test out the new rocket in the apollo program. Then, a catastrophic fire erupted through Apollo 1 leaving the three men in the rocket dead. After this tragic event happened, the NASA review board concluded that a stray, damaged spark began to fire in the oxygen environment leading the fire to spread quickly. This incident lead to many fixes and recommendations that were made to future rockets. NASA’s new space shuttle Challenger was launched January 28th, 1986. How the Challenger incident first started was the temperature outside. NASA never dealt with frigid temperatures and the O-rings were never designed to be protected in the cold. In the morning of the launch, the cold became too much for the O-rings leading them to become stiff and begin falling. There was many circumstances that lead up to the disaster of the Challenger, but one of the biggest ones was after liftoff. After about 70 seconds after the liftoff, the Challenger was at a speed of 9 miles when the shuttle was shredded apart by the modernized forces. This disaster lead to the deaths of seven astronauts. This horrendous calamity shaped future innovations by adequately …show more content…
Another thing to think about is the fact that space exploration is very pricy and costs can add up to billions of dollars. A huge circumstance in all space exploration is thinking ahead for the future. About every ten thousand years an asteroid will come crashing onto the earth’s surface causing rolling waves to deluge the entire coast. This could later shift into more perilous elements that may result into the end of the world crisis. Tracking these elements can realistically benefit humankind. “Failure is not an option” meaning that lack of success will never run by NASA and working hard to achieving something is the best possible way to do