Amelie Beam Dr. Culver Honors English 11 March 20, 2024 Funding NASA Funding is a crucial part of any organization or program. NASA is no exception to this rule, without the luxury of funds, this institution will not be able to continue the crucial projects that further the development of new technologies. Bobby Braun, author of Space Technology: A Critical Investment for Our Nation’s Future, explains how the US Government needs to continue to fund NASA. Braun builds a serious tone using imagery, a call to action, and use of statistics and evidence, coinciding with logos. In particular, Braun’s imagery and examples are scattered throughout the article, exemplifying the importance of NASA alongside its missions. Using this rhetorical device, …show more content…
To contrast with that, the sense of urgency and action begs the reader to make a stand towards the movement, to protect the fragrant memories they may hold dear. With that being said, another rhetorical device used was a call to action. Call to action pushes a sense of urgency and worry when used, amplifying the loss of the beloved space program: NASA. Braun says, “Success in executing future NASA space missions will depend on advanced technology developments that should already be underway.” (Braun 1). When he says this, it describes how the existence of new technologies is deliberately connected to the funding it’s provided with. Warning the reader about the consequences of defunding, or lack of funding. Additionally, Braun’s use of statistics supports the argument that NASA requires funding. An important statistic he shares is that, “At a funding level approaching 5 percent of NASA’s budget, is the key ingredient to their success.” (Braun 2). Evidence and logos establish credibility that the government is keeping the project afloat with the money given. Brauns words list how urgent it is that funding is
As a result of the successful mission that landed the first men on the moon, called the Apollo 11 mission, many people were inspired to provide commentary on this landing. Although these texts describe unique individual purposes about this landing, they all effectively support their purposes through the use of several rhetorical devices.
In September 1961, president John. F. Kennedy delivers one of his best inspirational speeches titled “We choose to go to the Moon”. This notorious speech was addressed at Rice University in Houston Texas to a very fortunate crowd of students. The significance of his timing is both vital and genius for at the time being the cold war between the United States of America and Russia had been in mid-hype, Russia leading in the space race. This brought doubt to the Americas power and authority thus giving his speech more influential drive. Kennedys fear of the Soviet Union landing on the moon first is because he did not want to see the accomplishment “governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of
There are many people who see space as the last and greatest frontier for humankind. There are many groups who are leading the way and NASA is one of them. But should our tax dollars be invested in such an idea? No, according to British history professor Jerry DeGroot. His thesis, in the article “is that United States should, a sensually, defund NASA. From what I can tell, he uses mainly pathos to try to sway his argument, leaving very little appeals to ethos and practically none to logos. I’m going to explore these three appeals, as well as many of the fallacies he uses within the piece.
...ess for our country than to land on the moon first, before the Soviet Union (We Choose to go to the Moon).
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
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Throughout history, there had been various types of accomplishments that made an impact to the nation. Every effect in the past is what sculpted the present time as today. Although the several altercations in the past dealt with several wars that made impacts towards the future, there had been other types of certain events that improved the future. In addition, the United States has always been known as being number one in multiple criteria performed. So it was no surprise when the U.S. decided to launch a mission to moon back in 1961. Nonetheless, John F. Kennedy had been the current president at the time in which he delivered the famous “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech. The type of format he used to deliver his speech was encouraging to his audience. In the “We Choose to go to the Moon” speech John F. Kennedy used anaphora, parallelism, and metonymy to encourage his audience that traveling to the moon was the right thing for the nation.
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In the mid-1980’s, the shuttle space program was the focus of the political media since it had failed to deliver on its exp...
“It happened just over one minute into flight,” NBC’s Dan Molina reported that day on NBC Nightly News. “From mission control: silence.” This paper examines the tragic events of January 28, 1986, when the Challenger space shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members. The analysis aims to uncover the factors contributing to this disaster, providing a chronological overview of the Challenger launch and highlighting key decisions leading up to the incident. Additionally, it explores immediate technical failures and broader organizational and cultural issues within NASA.
“We choose to go to the Moon” speech analysis The “We choose to go to the Moon” speech was delivered by the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. The speech took place on the Rice University in Houston, Texas in the summer of 1962, at the beginning of the space race between NATO and the Soviet Union during the period of the cold war (Uri, 2022). During the speech, President Kennedy spoke of his commitment to the goal he proposed to the Congress in 1961, said goal being “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth” (Uri, 2021).
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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?
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.
“Sheltered as we are by Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field, which deflect lethal radiation from space, we are like coddled children who have never ventured into a tough neighborhood” (Folger 2). Humans have been fascinated with space since the beginning of our time. Just like children and rough neighborhoods, we have tackled obstacle over obstacle to make it home again. In the end, we have a better knowledge and strength than before. The future of space exploration can assist us in answering the everlasting question of how the universe came to be. The more we explore the infinite galaxies, the more we can scientifically discover and create new technologies as science advances. As we continue to discover, we can create new fields and occupations for aspiring young students like myself.