Essays on Space Exploration

Editor’s Note: On January 11, the New York Times blog “Freakonomics” published a lengthy post titled “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost? A Freakonomics Quorum”. The post featured comments provided by a number of people, including David Livingston, in response to the question. The part …

Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of outer space by means of space technology. [1] Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. While the observation of objects in space, known as astronomy, predates reliable recorded history, it …

Executive summary This Report attempts to unfold the management flaws and terrible decision making that marked the morning of the 28th of January 1986 as a terribly tragic disaster. What it sadder is that this disaster was mainly due to inhumane practices conducted by the …

For ages, man has always longed to venture into the worlds beyond the sky. This idea as abstract as it was then, was hatched when Galileo Galilei observed the moon with the help of a crude telescope. From the advancement in technology propelled by the …

Moon Colonization July 20, 1989: President Bush uses the 20th anniversary of the first footsteps on the moon to declare that Americans should return, establish a permanent presence there, and go on to Mars (Hartmann). After Bush proposed this idea of creating a permanent colony …

James Moyer Mr. Sims U. S History Period 3 16 May 2012 John F. Kennedy – The Space Exploration I. Introduction A. Background Information All honor and respect lies within John F. Kennedy; his famous speech “We choose to go to the Moon”, was the …

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 …

English Composition II There are many issues that occur within our planet such as the so called upcoming war with North Korea, animal extinction, economy issues, lack of Jobs, etc. That needs attention and a well thought out plan so It can be dealt with. …

For those who believe the costs of space exploration are greater than the benefits, George Delucas, an astronaut who flew on the 1992 Columbia mission, says, “There will always be people who would like to put an end to space travel, but I don’t think …

Sources of Information For this assignment, my main source of information will be the BBC news archive, due to the fact this is a government based company. Therefore the information will be very much factual and reliable, rather than opinion based data from other sources …

From technological advancements to discoveries of new life, space exploration has led to much advancement, including ones that we use in our daily lives. An example would be those comfortable beds that are made of memory foam. Unlocking the mysteries of what’s beyond or planet …

Throughout watching Apollo 13, it was evident that many things can wrong in space and that there is a huge risk when sending humans into space. It is not only a risk to their lives but also to those who fund the explorations. They would …

Historically, there has been no better way to prove a nation’s dominance than being able to be the first to publicly show off its achievements for the whole world to watch. That is why when the Soviets launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite mankind ever …

A star must contain enough elements for formation of habitable world. Hydrogen and helium are not one of these elements. A star must also last long enough for life to be able evolve. The star should create a steady flow of light for surface life …

IntroductionWhen looking up at the night sky, preferably on an unclouded night away from the corpulence of light pollution, one sees stars. With the unaided eye, one can perhaps see a few thousand stars dazzling in the night. That does not mean there are necessarily …

The United States has always been proud of its space exploration endeavors.  NASA’s programs have always led the world in technology and performance.  In 1970, NASA began its Shuttle program which was meant to create reusable space shuttles rather than one-use shuttles.  They were successful …

ConceptionThe idea of space-based observation had been floating around in the heads of many astronomers in the early 1900s. One of those astronomers was Lyman Spitzer, who wrote the paper Astronomical advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory. In this paper he envisioned telescope 500 miles above …

Humanity must always seek expansion. Space exploration has been a race for as long as it has been a concept Space exploration affects every individual economically; Space technology like water purification or food safety systems pervades many people’s daily activities (NASA). The research we conduct …