Slashing the Budget Over the past few years, NASA has been the victim of larger and larger budget cuts. The United States government thinks that money that should be being used for funding NASA is more useful elsewhere. This is a real shame, space travel is the future. One day we will run out of resources,or become over crowded on Earth, and mankind will have to expand to the stars for another place to live. Space travel is our future and needs exploration. NASA should be more highly funded by the United States government, in order to continue research towards future objectives. “NASA’s budget continues to be reduced from almost $18.5 billion in 2011 to $17.8 billion in 2012” (McBrien). With NASA expecting more budget cuts in the future, something …show more content…
Headed by former NASA ‘Mars Czarr’ Orlando Figueroa, it will put together a framework for funding and planning smaller Mars missions beginning as early as 2018” (Reardon). NASA is fighting for this program and desperately wants to be funded. According to NASA this Mars mission is a top priority for them, and it shows by how hard they are trying to at least start the mission during this decade. Budget cuts also threaten to push future exploration missions further away. One mission that is important is a mission to Jupiter 's moon Europa, which scientists believes hold an internal ocean that can harbor life. “In a fraught fiscal climate, NASA should focus on what it does best and on what offers the best return on investment. Solar system exploration meets both criteria: the U.S. has long led the interplanetary charge, and the resulting scientific benefits have come at a relative bargain. This year NASA 's planetary science program cost about $1.5 billion -- less than what NASA spent designing a congressionally mandated rocket, the Space Launch System, which appears more likely to satisfy aerospace contractors than to aid the cause of space exploration. Such directives from lawmakers all too often land in NASA 's lap without the funds to carry them out (To The
In July of 1958, President Eisenhower passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik nine months earlier. That administration, now known worldwide as NASA, has become an icon of space exploration and mankind's accomplishments. Who would have thought that fifty years later, NASA's future would be so uncertain? Congress has recently proposed a bill that would significantly cut funding from the NASA's Constellation program. These budget cuts are unnecessary and are counterproductive to the original idea of the space program.
Political pressure: Due to the limited funding and political pressure, NASA had to make many
Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” asserts, “NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.” The United States of America’s government is currently in an economic debt encompassing billions of US dollars. Unfortunately, the government has attempted to balance finances by cutting the funding for most programs, including NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA, in over half a century, has brought the most economic, technological, and social benefits than any other program held here in the USA, as well as any other extraterrestrial program in the world. The last thing this nation needs is the cutting of NASA finances. NASA should be receiving more funding because the Earth will not last forever and humans will need a place to live, there’s a curiosity within humans about the vast universe they live in, there is evidence to suggest life on other planets, the USA’s superpower status will be improved, and the economical income NASA brings is more efficient than any other governmental or educational program.
In 2013 spending on NASA will be at the lowest point in the last four years because the United States government is in extreme debt. Many feel that this will lead to a halt on all space exploration and technological advancements in the world of Astronomy. In my opinion I feel that this lack of funding for NASA will thoroughly hinder progress for future generations as well as our own.
According to Space.com the Federal Government approved a budget of $16.6 billion for NASA in 2014. Approximately 1/3 of that will be spent on space exploration.
There are many opinions on if the Government should continue funding NASA or not. My belief is that yes, the Government should continue funding Nasa for many important reasons. One of those being is that NASA’S technology helps save new mothers, We use their inventions in our everyday lives and, NASA is far more advanced than other private companies.
These are the reasons why I believe there should be more investment in space research and technology. It would be a time consuming and financially draining quest, but the pay off in new technology, applications, resources, and expansion opportunities make it a goal to strive for. As our rate of consumption of Earth’s natural resources continues to increase, it is imperative that we invest in the research of outer space as a possible solution to sustaining the human race.
This administration is taking money from NASA for science programs. The Obama Administration cuts make it really difficult to keep track of NASA’s programs that take astronauts to the moon and mars. So while NASA is wasting time and money on space travel privatization, more attention should be focused on space exploration. If space is not studied more that can lead to other problems. It can lead to problems like black holes, life in space that can put our lives in jeopardy, and do other harmful things. According to Lamar Smith, “The Obama administration has consistently tried to cut NASA’s space exploration budgets in order to fund increases for earth science programs”( par. 2). Since the Obama Administration is taking away money from more exploration. NASA should put the privatized space travel aside because more important things should be focused
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was booming in the late 1960 's because the U.S. invested over 4.5 percent of the Federal Budget (Bolden). Unfortunately, in the recent years the Government has slashed funding for many of NASA’s projects in an attempt to cut back on the deficit and boost the economy. Despite the plummet in NASA 's budget, the program has proved that it 's prominence in the U.S., space programs like NASA continue to face difficulty in increasing its funds. Although, NASA leads Evidently, the government doesn 't think NASA is worth more than 0.47 percent of the federal budget. NASA is being underfunded and its funding should be substantially increased to make ends meet. This trend needs
The National Academies Press (2012) NASA’s Strategic Direction and Need for a National Consensus retrieved from http//www.npa.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18248&
I think we should continue to use government money to fund NASA and it’s space exploration. In my opinion I think that we should continue to use government money because it is good to find and learn a new thing about ours solar system. Learning new thing can help and change are future in a better way.
Can you believe that our government is even considering cutting funds for our space program! Our space program is something we need to benefit our life. Our space center benefits us in many ways when we contribute money into the program. The governments funding helps find better ways to live on the space shuttle to help it feel as normal as possible for astronauts The governments funding will also let us visit and try to colonize on mars . The final reason is that we can find more about our planet and other planets in the galaxy.
Since the beginning of time, mankind has sought after learning about and exploring the universe. This yearning drove us to achieve such great things as the journey to the moon and the discovery of water on mars. Nowadays, several people argue as to whether or not space exploration is worth the effort. I believe that it is humanity’s instinctual nature to pursue a better understanding of ourselves, and our universe. Further understanding of our universe will lead to the discovery of new technologies and ways to secure humanity’s survivability. As such, this essay will argue that space exploration is a necessity to our kind and that NASA should be progressively more financed.
A budget has been passed in the Congress; however, that budget has not touched the floor of the Senate (Foran). As of 2004, President George Bush had an ambitious plan for NASA. The shuttle was supposed to phase out and then five years later, phase into a new space called Ares system which would be fully functional and operational. Back in 2010, NASA planned on establishing a permanent human presence on the moon and possibly Mars later on (McBrien). All of those plans NASA put down because of their financial situation. Also, the United States government needs to recognize NASA for helping the economy. As NASA first started off, it created plenty of new inventions that the scientists saw something that could help the economy from the inventions such as Tempur-Pedic mattress company. Tempur-Pedic mattress was invented for astronauts to have comfortable cushioning in their seats. The company went on to become a private and successful business (McBrien). Since NASA’s budget lessened, it has not been able to create as many inventions that could be private successful companies like Tempur-Pedic. Also, NASA purchased their materials from other businesses (McBrien). It does not just build everything the scientists need. NASA has so much potential for the United States’ economy by investing in other businesses and creating new jobs for the people that the government needs to invest more money in
Most people think that the costly downside to funding space exploration is a reason to avoid spending money on sciences and instead spend it on problems here on earth, but such funding for space exploration actually promotes economical as well as scientific benefits. Space exploration is an important expenditure for the high cost because of the potential for numerous benefits such as the possibility to find useful resources to cultivate, space exploration and satellites produce many thousands of jobs in our economy, and it creates and discovers newer and better technologies through research and development.