Modern spaceflight is something that is wondrous to many people. It is an important topic mainly because advancements made in this field could determine the future of the planet and the human race. The main question on this topic is who should be leading the effort to explore the cosmos, private persons and companies or governmental institutions? Although the modern day space initiative is being mostly spearheaded by private persons and industries, in my opinion, government funded space programs should be leading the initiative. This would help reduce problems related to safety, violation of space laws, and offer hope to the American people not seen since the end of world war II and the Cold War era space race. .
Above all in this paragraph I would like to bring to light the fact that private companies and persons are …show more content…
These are valid points but I feel they are outweighed by the need to get people excited about space exploration, and that requires government led space programs to take the lead in exploration. What happened in America as a response to the launch of Sputnik by soviet Russia was that it became a National goal to get to space and beat the Communists in the space race. Not only did it lead to a sense of pride, but it also led to many cultural and technological improvements. Additionally I feel that it is a good idea for private space companies to innovate and develop new technology, nonetheless there would be no restrictions or limits on how this new technology could be used or any safety restrictions for that matter, that is why I believe that the government should lead the space initiative because the government is required to meet standards and maintain a threshold for high
Above all in this paragraph I would like to bring to light the fact that private companies and persons are …show more content…
These are valid points but I feel they are outweighed by the need to get people excited about space exploration, and that requires government led space programs to take the lead in exploration. What happened in America as a response to the launch of Sputnik by soviet Russia was that it became a National goal to get to space and beat the Communists in the space race. Not only did it lead to a sense of pride, but it also led to many cultural and technological improvements. Additionally I feel that it is a good idea for private space companies to innovate and develop new technology, nonetheless there would be no restrictions or limits on how this new technology could be used or any safety restrictions for that matter, that is why I believe that the government should lead the space initiative because the government is required to meet standards and maintain a threshold for high