...The Final Frontier: The benefits of space exploration to provide a better life on Earth. Man once dreamt of flying, of touching the night sky and trampling the dirt on the surface of the moon. And for a long time we kept thinking it was only a dream. But on the 4th October 1957, Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into the depth of space, officially starting off the space age for us. And then on the 20th of July 1963, Neil Armstrong steps off onto the moon’s surface with the now famous line, ’That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind’ and this marks the beginning of an new era of space exploration and many more discoveries. But now often times you will hear the cries of society claiming that space explorations are a waste of government funding and that it should be channelled to things that are more important. However, despite what the majority of society believed, space exploration is a highly beneficial investment as it has in turn, not just provide us with knowledge of our endless universe, it had also vastly improve the qualities of our life on Earth. Several outer space accomplishments had benefitted our life greatly such as the usage of foam insulation that was originally used to protect the shuttle’s external tank is now available for the production of master moulds for prosthetics. By doing so, they have replaced the older version of prosthetics that were made from heavy, fragile plaster and in its place, a new and improved material that is light...
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...NASA’s Space Exploration Programs: A Beneficial Investment for Society Alex vanKooten COMM 1133, Section 40 Marc James Thursday, October 11, 2012 For my topic I have chosen to argue my stance that NASA and their efforts in the field of space exploration are important and beneficial to society. I plan to touch on how NASA has impacted the everyday life of the average North American and the contributions they have made while working to improve their own technologies. I will delve into both practical and abstract reasons for and against continuing space travel in addition to stating a few facts about past missions and their outcomes. The reason that I have chosen this topic is because NASA and the space exploration being done by the human race has always been a source of inspiration to me. I’ve enjoyed growing up in a world where travelling to something as distant as the moon was an attainable feat. In a sense, the entire concept of space and how humanity was working hard to map it and research all these different planets has always given me perspective on my own life. In more recent years however I’ve been noticing more and more people taking a stance against NASA and calling their work a “waste of money”. Therefore I have elected to write an argumentative essay where I argue in favour of NASA’s research. I will try to convince people who think the NASA’s funding should be cut that space exploration has a bigger impact on their lives than they may realize and it may be in society’s...
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...is $3.73 trillion, and $18.7 billion of that will go to funding NASA. Is space exploration really the most important thing at the moment when so much needs to be done in America? It is a serious question that needs to be answered. People have many arguments, from jobs and education to technology development and national security. The government funds more than just NASA. In order for the US to be successful we have to keep up to date with the rest of the world. Meaning we have to keep up in space exploration. If we quit funding NASA we will no longer have as much information as others. Being the most powerful country we have to “beat” everyone. Without space exploration and space achievements the US will be left out from other countries and will...
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...a lot from going into space, and we could create amazing inventions from it. A great deal of modern technology is a result of space exploration, so we should continue to explore space to expand our technology and knowledge. Technology before the exploration of space was different than the technology we have today....
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...Skies The Limit? The exploration of space VS The issues on earth. Aileen Johnson English Composition Introduction We live in a world where there are environmental issues that range from global warming to air pollution. Environmental scientists dedicated themselves by putting years and years into finding a long-term solution for these issues. The effects of these issues can potentially be damaging in the next couple of decades so people live I fear of what is to come. This same fear prevents people from thinking outside of the box. We came so far in the mist of our issues that it almost seems unfixable. With new technology today we have various ways for exploring outside our world to find new ways to make life on earth a little easier. Since issues on earth are still in effect, people’s fear of what is to come in the future prevent them from becoming aware of how exploring outside this world in space can actually benefit us all, and how important it is to our planet earth. Although there are many environmental issues on earth, outer exploration should continue to be funded. Outer space exploration may be needed in the future to prevent or solve new issues on earth to come. Oblivious To the Benefits There are many benefits to outer space exploration that people are aware not of. Before I decided to do research I was unaware of the number of things that we actually use today that would have never...
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...United States Defence Funding “So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force” (Ikeda 1). This quote shares a great truth in which Daisaku Ikeda is expressing to this day. Countries everyday are working towards new development of nuclear weapons, building their militaries to overwhelm their enemies and friends, and growing fear in the nations of the world that one day, someone will act. Today, we all know the power of these nuclear weapons, demonstrated in situations such as the Trinity test, conducted by the United States on July 16th, 1945, Chagan, conducted by the Soviet Union on January 15th, 1965, and Operation Hurricane, conducted by the United Kingdom on October 3rd, 1952 one of the first Atomic bombs in existence. These tests were the dawn of military growth and development, something in which today is a problem, driving fear in the nations of the world who only has the solution, is to build bigger than their opponents, also known as Militarism. This is an issue currently facing the United States of America, with almost twice the size of a military compared to it’s second ranking opponent Russia in World firepower, and continuously building. “In the past 10 years, overall military spending has more than doubled”(Paul 2). Yes, twice the size of a military, but 9 times the military budget, now how does that sound, possibly depressing when you get into the money talk. The United States has many more...
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...older and unintentionally normalizes those in the middle years. This is also shown in disability also known as othering people with disabilities which involves both components of attraction and repulsion where there is positive which represents disabled heroes and negative which represents impairments that are seen unusual, and unappealing human beings. And last but not least in sexuality where there is heterosexing of work and different spaces...
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...The following are US space programs, stations and objects (telescope) that had provided Earth with outstanding accomplishing, information and improvements. Provided below are descriptions of each program, followed with the goals included in them. “Project Mercury was the United States' first man-in-space program.” It was brought upon in 1958 and completed in 1963. Six manned flights were conducted under this program from 1961 to 1963. The life of Project Mercury was about 4 2/3 years. The goals of Project Mercury included research and successful travelling. One goal was to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth. Another included an investigation of man’s ability to function in space. Another objective was to recover both man and the spacecraft...
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...NASA Research Paper Chelsea Best 4138567 LSTD 300 Professor Kerney Since its beginning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been pivotal in the scientific advancements made in the United States. Their vision, “To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.” The scientist and researchers for NASA are trying to answer questions not just about the universe at large, but also about everyday human lives here on Earth. There are four focuses of NASA’s activity, called mission directives. Aeronautics, which focuses on meeting the worldwide demand for more eco-friendly and sustainable aircrafts. Human Exploration and Operations which involves operations on the International Space Station (ISS), developing commercial spaceflight and the ability for humans to explore beyond low-Earth Orbit. Scientist are exploring not only the Earth itself, but the universe beyond as well and works on charting the best exploration paths for us to continue discovering the universe. Space Technology is the final mission directive of NASA which combines elements from the others to develop and create the most innovative technology to aid future missions. NASA is also working hard to aid in the development of a private sector in space travel. Their hope is that by commercializing some aspects of space travel, such as routine trips to the ISS, more of their resources will be available for furthering their overall goals. This...
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...relationships through the lens of liminality. This is achieved by discussing the work of Turner in relation to rites and rituals and their role in society. Those dimensions of the concept of liminality and communitas that are important for this study therefore include: that it involves interaction outside everyday lived experience; that liminality is constructed and is neither self-evident or naturally occurring; involves the transformation re-discovery and re-appropriation of every day spaces, through separation, or divestiture process, and subsequently (re)incorporated into the everyday through processes of investiture and importantly, incorporates a shared experience that can impact on relations between those who share the experience beyond the event itself. The concept of liminality is offered as a way to enable researchers to understand the interactions between managers in relationships in a new way. The focus of this paper is therefore threefold: 1/ to expand upon the concept of creating, holding and intensifying liminal space and 2/consideration of the effect of this on the organisation and 3/ reflection on this on-going entering into and leaving of liminal space as a way of conceptualising relationship development or dynamics. 1. Introduction Within the extant literature on inter-organisational relationships is it widely acknowledged that social relationships are a key enabler to successful relationship development (e.g. Håkansson, 1982; Hutt & Stafford, 2000;...
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...Casandra Lopez Korenic-Astronomy Sun I will be writing about the Sun, and how it plays a part in our Solar System. Starting with what our Sun is composed of, being that it is not a planet. It is a star, since it has no solid surface. It’s made of gases, 7.8 percent of Helium and 92.1 percent of Hydrogen. Being that it is not a solid body, the equator of the Sun spins at a different rate than the poles of the Sun. The poles take about 11 more days to spin than the equator. Even though it is not a planet, it is orbited by 8 different planets, 5 dwarf planets, 10000 asteroids, and 100000-3 trillion comets and icy bodies. Now knowing a bit about what the Sun is composed of, we can talk about how the Sun affects our everyday life. Without the Sun, life on earth would not exist. If the Sun were to “disappear” one day, we would notice a temperature drop within a week. Our average surface temperatures would all drop to 0°F, and by the next year it would drop into -100°F. Our oceans’ top layers would freeze over, but it would take thousands of years without the sun for entire oceans to freeze solid. After millions of years of no Sun, our planet would reach a middle temperature of -400°F. Animals and plants would not survive this new ice age though; most plants would be dead within a few weeks without photosynthesis. Bigger trees would survive a several decades, but even with that bottom food chainers would die out quickly. This would knock down most of the food chain, expect for scavengers...
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...phones that are small and can fit inside our pockets; we have computers and the internet that will have an answer, whether false or true, to almost anything. We have smart boards, flat screen TVs, iPads, ear phones, and so much more technology, which we would not have had without the events that happened in the 1980s. January 28, 1986 at about 11:38 A.M. seven people lost their lives on the space shuttle challenger, including McAuliffe, who was the first civilian in space. It took...
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...The process of emerging from childhood into the world of adulthood is often thought of as a gradual action that is marked by physical growth and age. However, as one ends their journey to maturity, such a change is realized to be circuitous; adulthood is not marked by the steady change in seniority or corporeal growth but instead, by the rollercoaster of experiences one undergoes. Such experiences often carry deeper meaning and are representations of lessons and themes that one may carry with themselves for the rest of their life. In literature, incidents like these are referred to as symbols. Symbolism, in real life and fictional coming-of-age, is integral in the development of youth to adulthood. In the book, A Seperate Peace, author...
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...Yolanda Williams The Cold War American Intercontinental University Abstract This essay is on the cold war and the major events that affected it. It will be analyzing 2-3 major consequences the conflict had on the United States. It will also explain how the war affected American sensibilities, including the way Americans viewed the war and themselves. The essay will also answer: if the war changed America’s role in the world? And was the outcome of the war beneficial or detrimental to the United States or was it a combination of both. The Cold War: Containment By the time World War II ended, a large majority of the American officials came to a conclusion that the best defense against the soviet threat was a strategy called “containment”. George Kennan explained the policy: The Soviet Union, he wrote was “A political force committed fanatically to the belief that with the U.S. there can be no permanent agreement between parties that disagree”, as a result the only chance America could make was the long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies. This way of thinking would shape American foreign policy for the next four decades. The Cold War: The Atomic Age In 1950, a National Security Council report known as NSC-68 had copied Truman’s suggestion that the country use military force to “contain” expansionism where ever it seemed to be occurring. The report called a four-fold increase in defense spending. American officials...
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...Risks are a part of life. For example, when you're learning to ride a bike. You risk falling off and getting hurt, but you keep going because you want to learn to ride and you’ll feel accomplished. There would be no life without risk-takers. Someone took a risk to build your home, your phone, and other things you use in everyday life. It can be rewarding, but also detrimental. You’ll truly never know until you do. Frederick Douglass, Crew of the Challenger, and Richard Turere all took risks for things they thought were important to them and others. They all showed perseverance and courage towards their goals. All the risks people in the text took inspired future generations of people in a positive way. The Challenger explosion was a tragic loss to the nation. However, it opened our eyes in a new way. The Challenger crew risked their lives for the exploration of humanity. They explored, discovered, and learned about new planets and other things. Without people like the Challenger crew, we wouldn’t even know that there was a solar system or that we had a moon. In paragraph 4 of Ronald Reagan's address he says, “It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizon. The...
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