Is Space Exploration Worthwhile Analysis

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Is Space Exploration Worthwhile? Rachel was sitting in her bedroom feverish as the countdown for the rocket launch began. The second the rocket was launched, the orbital caught fire, and killed everyone inside. Space exploration is not worthwhile. First, space exploration is just too expensive. An example of the this in “The Space Race is a Pointless Waste of Money”, when it’s stated that “a $278 million package was blasted off from Vandenberg air force base then promptly crashed into the pacific.” To illustrate, it was explained that the satellite would have advanced the study of global warming, but instead sent hundreds of millions of dollars swirling down the drain. This is shown again in “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost?”, when the author explains that just in “2007, NASA had a budget of $16.3 billion”. To clarify, $16.3 billion is and forever will be a lot of money, even if it is just a fraction of the total G.D.P. The loads of money being put towards space exploration needs to come to a cessation; however, there’s no sign of this happening soon. Second, the goal to colonise …show more content…

This is demonstrated in “The Space Race is a Pointless Waste of Money” when it’s stated that “Bush’s project, priced at $400 billion, was inspired by his desire to stay ahead of the Chinese in the new space race.” Furthermore, Bush just wanted to avoid the pity of not being first. Another example of this is in “Is space exploration worth the cost?”, when it’s said that America needs “to keep the flame of manned space exploration alive as China, Russia, india, and other countries forge ahead with substantial investments that challenge U.S. leadership in space.” To elaborate, American funds NASA just because it’s insecure. Who cares if another country gets ahead of us in space

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