Ever since the Columbia disaster in 2003, due to George W. Bush’s decision; the withdrawal of space shuttles, NASA has lost its human spaceflight program in a far end. (Shannon Stirone). Sustainably, in 2010 NASA was forced to shut down its program due to the new priorities the government has established. Due to the unfortunate budget cut, NASA could not accomplish all the expectations the government was asking (Kelly Dickerson). NASA Administrator Charles Bolden accused “ The cut on the budget will reduce the ability to prepare for and respond to earthquake, drought, and other natural disasters, due to the elimination of the Earth science program” (Jeff Foust). Indeed, many of us do not acknowledge the significance of the outstanding benefits …show more content…
Their main business is to keep track of the asteroids and to predict the incoming danger. “ NASA has been in this business of finding near Earth objects, asteroids and comets fro a little over 15 years now” says the NASA’s planetary officer Lindley Johnson. About three or four times per year, they detect meter wide objects around in the geosynchronous belt of the satellite. Limitationaly, the office is not capable to to map all the potential asteroids, yet they have detected approximately 15,000 objects near Earth so far(Elizabeth Shockman). It has been 18 years since, NASA officially began tracking these objects, and 95% of 13,500 were discovered within these years (Dominic Basulto). NASA is an utilitarian resource to defend ourselves, employees are trained to control these early-detection system, and as an outcome they have are certainly detecting 90% of the near-Earth objects (Michael McBrien). Their responsibilities are to determine whether the objects orbiting the Earth are potentially hazardous or not (Dominic Basulto). Accordingly, some state that with an increase in the budget high technology telescopes and radars will become affordable, thus predicting the paths the asteroids transcendency. The satellites that are operating in space contrive our daily use devices --cell phones, GPS system, satellite TV, and weather satellites (Michael McBrien). In the last 50 years of NASA’s history, they have not …show more content…
NASA’s administrator in 2012 Charles Bolden said “$2.5 billion investment made in this project was not spent on Mars, but right here on Earth, supporting more than 7,000 jobs in at least 31 states.” (Elizabeth Howell). The commercial crew While leading science and technology into a new innovation, space exploration have established a well structured workforce development and industrial capabilities which helps private companies to build a business (Benefits stemming from space exploration Page
NASA helped usher in a promising new future in the 1960s and it was rewarded with a rapidly-eroding budget. The U.S. should invest more money in NASA and less on unnecessary health care and military. Budget cuts are affecting our technology development. Evidently, increasing NASA’s budget to 1 percent of the federal budget will not hurt the economy. But instead it would benefit by creating jobs here on earth, especially for the next generation of American scientists and engineers.
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.
Think about NASA and all it's done for the better of humanity. Without it being funded, there is hardly anything to fuel any future interest in the space program nor would our world learn anymore about itself. NASA needs this funding to stay alive, to answer the world’s questions, and show everyone how it important it is to keep NASA
On a cold winter’s morning on the 28th day of January in the year 1986, America was profoundly shaken and sent to its knees as the space shuttle Challenger gruesomely exploded just seconds after launching. The seven members of its crew, including one civilian teacher, were all lost. This was a game changer, we had never lost a single astronaut in flight. The United States by this time had unfortunately grown accustomed to successful space missions, and this reality check was all too sudden, too brutal for a complacent and oblivious nation (“Space”). The outbreak of sympathy that poured from its citizens had not been seen since President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The disturbing scenes were shown repeatedly on news networks which undeniably made it troublesome to keep it from haunting the nation’s cognizance (“Space”). The current president had more than situation to address, he had the problematic undertaking of gracefully picking America back up by its boot straps.
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When talking about the current space program, Neil Degrasse Tyson once said, “I got angry with America, because advancing is not just something you do incrementally. You need innovation as well, so that your advances are revolutionary, not merely evolutionary” (Tyson 3). America used to have the top space program in the world. Being first to the moon excited the country and gave everyone a sense of pride and fulfillment. Lately, though, we have been falling behind in space exploration. A successful space program is needed in America, and here’s why: we are losing our grip on the title as the world superpower and a new age of economics and politics is coming faster than we are prepared for. To be prepared for this new age we need the funds,
Space. A vast and unforgiving environment that humans know little about. Humans barely know about the solar system they are in, let alone the millions of other solar systems that exist in the galaxy. NASA has already given us so much information about what is around us, but there is always more to learn and see in our galaxy. The possibilities are endless, or so you would think. With the many funding cuts that NASA has been taking, it is hard to know for sure how much is actually possible. The defunding of NASA has been an ongoing topic throughout these past 15 years, but what is really happening? In terms of space exploration, or even more pressing, why is space exploration important for us to fund? NASA should be funded because it provides
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.
NASA’s research and innovation looked promising, but it came at a cost. Money, resources, and spacecraft accidents, most famously Apollo 13 all hindered NASA’s research. In the 21st century, the debate over funding for NASA is at its peak since the birth of the organization in 1958, especially when there are numerous problems throughout the world. Is the money spent on space exploration worth the advantages and advances it contributes to society? When considering this topic, one might ask themselves, why explore space?
Detractors of public sector space agencies like NASA frequently argue that expending money and resources on sending humans into space is wasteful and irresponsible during shaky economic times. After all, in 2010 the U.S. Census Bureau in recorded 46.2 million people in poverty, the largest number in the 52 years the figure has been published. Putting tax dollars into a shuttle and sending it on an extraplanetary voyage is uneconomical in the eyes of many. However, beneficial developments of the space program can be found in airports, hospitals, laboratories, and homes around the world. Foam created for protecting the outside of a shuttle passing through the harsh atmosphere has found use as a durable, light-weight molding material for artificial limbs. Research and development for NASA'S programs has parented a network of hundreds of communication satellites used around the world on a daily basis and monitored by NASA. Robotic arms used for repairs, maintenance, and hazardous labor in sp...
As we continue to develop technology here on earth, we need scientific minds to pursue our ideas. These minds are driven to succeed, whether this success comes in the form of exploration, being the first astronaut on Mars or being able to invent and extend already available items. People are excited about the unknown, it drives people. Space exploration lets people pursue ambitions and help others by providing information about the unknown. How would you feel if NASA were to shut down tomorrow? Many would be anxious about the unknown as it is human instinct, the same as feeling uncomfortable in the dark. Many are asking about space exploration, what they are actually looking for? Many believe that we are looking for physical results and accomplishments such as landing on Mars and maybe sending a colony to inhabit the deserted planet. Space exploration is helping humans deal with problems on earth. Scientists have gathered a better understanding about pollution in our oceans and the issue of deforestation through space exploration. Although these are great resources to create change in what we do on earth, they are only Earthly benefits. Wouldn’t it be better to invest in these particular issues rather than benefit from them as somewhat of a bi-catch? These benefits are only short term. If we want to achieve exploration is space it would take decades to see any physical
The 1960's brought new advancements for all of Earth. Machines and men were sent into space, and this sparked a new government agency, called NASA. Space was a new frontier, and virtually everyone was interested in exploring it. Over the years, the interest in space exploration has weakened, and NASA was almost terminated from existence, although there have been many advancements in it over that time. Space exploration should continue because it could help solve many problems on Earth, such as overpopulation and lack of resources. Exploration of the final frontier must continue in order for human life to continue.
As such, this essay will argue that space exploration is a necessity of our kind and that NASA should be progressively more financed. To begin with, space research has helped bring several developments to modern science, affecting the quality of our everyday lives. With issues like climate change, and population overgrowth, our species faces the risks of major extinction (4). Climate change has been a man-made problem in recent years that threatens our planet. It will take huge mitigations from current and future societies to even come close to reversing climate change.
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.
National Aeronautics & Space Administration, also known as NASA. NASA is the American agency for aeronautics and aerospace research, and it was established in 1958 by the former President Dwight David Eisenhower. NASA´s purpose was the explore space in a peaceful and none military way, and the agency was operational on October 1, 1958. Before 1958 NASA was named NACA, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Since the moon landing in 1972 NASA has not launched any major space programs. For the moment NASA is supporting the International Space Station, but they are said to be working on a new project, which will take mankind further into space, than we have ever seen. The goal is to get a human controlled space rocket to land on Mars, but for now the technology is not good enough.