The Space Race: The Future Of Space Exploration

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Man has lain relatively dormant on a spec of dust hurtling through the cosmos of the infinitely large universe for far too long. It has been over forty years since mankind has attempted a feat so great and astounding as to put someone on another celestial body. Space exploration seems to have fallen out of the minds of most and put on the back burner in a list of growing domestic entanglements. What once captivated a nation to develop in remarkable time fantastic inventions and machinery has all but dissipated. Eight years after John F Kennedy challenged the American people to land a man on the moon it was done. In the years since, man wasn’t able to travel to mars or any other planet in our solar system. This happened despite the space race …show more content…

(Kring). The advancements to our society that space exploration have brought about are undeniable. Technologies that have been developed as a result of researching and developing space travel include, among very many others, food safety systems, refrigeration systems, structural analysis software, water purification, pollution remediation, fire resistant materials, and harnessing solar energy(Lockney). It seems puzzling that a field of research that is of such great benefit receives such minimal funding and attention. Since exploratory science programs like NASA have so greatly advanced our species in terms of technological and economic benefits, we should invest more of our resources into expanding these fields and funding their research and …show more content…

As previously mentioned, the NASA program has helped to develop a great amount of vital technologies. Space satellites allow for global positioning systems to be in the palm of everyone's hand. These advances in technology also tie back into economic growth. With new technology comes new ways of conducting business and increased productivity across the board. That being said, it is worth taking a bit of a deeper look at how these technologies impact lives today. NASA’s launch propulsion systems have provided consumers with safer and cheaper air transportation. Space power and energy storage research has led to improved solar power generation, wireless charging devices, and alternatives to fossil fuels. Work on science instruments and observatories has led to advanced medical imaging for diagnosing patients, sensors for weather and climate, and overall more sensitive and accurate equipment(NASA socio-economic). This list could go on to fill up several pages of how space technologies have yielded many down-to-Earth benefits for mankind. It seems that almost no one contests the advancements to technology that space exploration has provided, and rightly so. To deny these benefits would be to deny objective facts and to attempt to refute empirical data. These points further beg the question as to

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