Space Exploration Essay

worried about absolute and total destruction of the human race by space war? No? Well you should. Currently the United States has in effect a bill that bans cooperation between NASA and the CNSA (Chinese National Space Association). It is the legacy of a conservative lawmaker by the name of Frank Wolf (Fernholz 15). His bill cuts off any funding for work with China, recently the CNSA requested help from NASA for a new joint space station, however due this bill known as the Wolf amendment NASA…

billion people watched with pride as an American airman from Ohio took the first step onto the moon. He and his two compatriots had traveled almost 400,000 kilometers through space––the culmination of two decades of research and 150 billion dollars. The American flag planted on the Moon proved a capstone moment in the space race. This historic moment could not have been accomplished without the work of one man: Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, former head of the Nazi missile program…

Safety concerns are no longer limited to shoddy rockets, however, as we have discovered more about how humans fare physically in space. There is a lot to be concerned about when it comes to putting people in space: eye-sight deterioration, muscle atrophy, and bone degeneration. It is continually difficult to manage these issues, as we still have astronauts that went up with 20/20 vision and in perfect health, then come…

As technology in the space sciences advances, the distances humans can travel through space also increases. Long-term space missions can cause complications to astronauts’ health (see Figure 1), the severity of which are not yet well understood. This paper focuses on three main health complications experienced by crew members during long-term space travel: muscle atrophy; loss of bone mass; and immune system changes. This paper also explores current research into preventative measures and…

taxpayers dislike the idea of increased funding because they will have to pay more money to the government that could be wasted on failed missions. On the other hand, space travel advocates argue that NASA does not actually use very much money and if more money was allocated for NASA then their missions would be more successful. Space travel proponents and opponents debate over whether NASA’s missions to Mars are too expensive or reasonable;…

government is facing whether or not to fund space programs such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Funding NASA is the smart choice when thinking of the future of America’s society. America must realize that funding NASA is slowly becoming more and more of a necessity. The Earth deteriorating may not be apparent now, but in a few thousand or hundred thousand years’ science tells us that it will an issue. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will not…

out in great detail for years. The golden age of global exploration is over and has been for quite some time. In some people’s eyes this may equate to exploration being over, a dead art form so to speak. While the entirety of earth’s surface has been explored, to the extent of our current abilities at least, there are still vast areas that we know little about. Exploration of outer space has been a much more recent development than exploration on earth. It’s really only been in the last century…

Government Funded Space Programs In the 20th century the U.S. Space program (NASA) helped the American Public obtain a new sense of adventure by looking into space as a new frontier (Space Exploration, par 2). After the launch of the world’s first satellite Sputnik in the 1950s the public became vastly interested in Space and the world’s two major powerhouses -the U.S. and the U.S.S.R- started a race into Space which led to things such as the moon landings and the construction of orbiting…

did exactly this in his speech to address America’s decision to put a man on the moon. The year was 1961 the cold war was in full effect and Russia was making headway in the race for the moon. The Russians had succeeded in putting the first man in space along with launching the first satellite into orbit. These actions proved to the world that they had the strength and technology to be a great nation. The world was watching the United States closely and saw that Russia was beginning to establish…

need for exploration. Over time we have always been in a never-ending race, competing to be the best. Year after year, century after century, time after time, we become increasingly more advanced and innovated. On September 12th, 1962, president John F. Kennedy spoke in front of a large audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas. It is here where he would dramatically shape the direction of the United States’ efforts. His speech would mark the beginning of an era filled with exploration and…