While it is true that Earth has benefitted from past space exploration, it remains very important for the leaders of America to weigh the pros and cons of further exploration. They must take into consideration today’s economy and the fact that many people are much more concerned about their jobs here on Earth, rather than worrying about exploring other planets. American exploration of Mars began in the late 1990s, and since that time, the United States has sent eight different vehicles to the Red Planet (Kluger 24). All of this exploration has been very expensive for the American taxpayers. Recently, the idea of privatizing the business of sending cargo and astronauts into low-earth orbit has become a reality.
Wal-Mart does not care about the American economy because they are thriving the way the economy is now, so American citizens have to stand up for their communities. According to the book, How Walmart is destroying America and what you can do about it, when you are a huge rich company and all you want to do is get huger and richer, it turns out a lot of smaller, poorer people have to get hurt in the process. Wal-Mart with all its size and power, could hurt people or help them in a lot of situations. Which do you think it normally chooses to do (Bill Quinn 102)? The answer for so many years has obviously been hurt people.
To put this in perspective leasing the land alone will generate almost 2 billion dollars not including the permits that would have to be bought. The natives of Alaska support the development of this land a lot more than the green organizations lead us to believe. The development of ANWR would add 2 million more barrels a day to Alaska’s production. Green energy production is doing a lot more damage to the wildlife than putting in a oil rig would do. The wind turbines kill thousands of protected eagles and bats each year.
NASA has not stopped and there is no stopping for them. However, after NASA lost appreciation and trust there was some suffering on their behalf. They lost 200 million dollars in fees that would have been collected from launch contracts but were forced to a stop after the disaster. A new report was licensed and given to the President. It was called the Rogers Commission report, and it laid out the failures and compromises that caused the January disaster.
American’s can’t “pinpoint any lasting way in which the stunning attacks brought Americans together, strengthened our national character, made us more willing to sacrifice or even changed the daily routine for most citizens of the United States”. The shaky economy is still present today, the United States’ GDP accounted for about 23 present of the world’s outputs. Today that has gone to about 19 present. The nation is in debt, 5.8 billion in 2001 and now over 15 trillion in 2011 which is about 100 present GDP. People wanted a memorial for 9/11 but this will cost the country more money and that fact that it will put them even more under isn’t helping either.
Mission Abort This is probably the most shocking video we’ve seen this year in class. It’s scary to see the devastating ripple effect the closing of one major industry can have on a community. The sad truth is that during the economic recession communities all across America had to deal with the closing or relocation of big businesses. Brevard County got hit the worst because from the beginning the heart and soul of this county was the NASA program. When a county is single handedly supported by one program like NASA you live and die by it.
By 1986 the Soviet economy suffered from both hidden inflation and pervasive supply shortages which were aggravated by an increasingly open black market that undermined the official economy. In addition, the USSR spent a lot on the military, they lost over 15,000 soldiers in the war against Afghanistan which had cost them $8 billion per annum. They also overspent in the Reagan years, the defence spending increased by $32.6 billion as they tried to compete with the USA STAR WARS programme but could not compete. Also, the USSR spent $40 billion propping up Communist Governments throughout the world. The USSR was left behind by the new wave of industrialisation as it was based on information technology, they were left desperate for Western technology.
When all humans want is more time, it seems stupid to harm their health by messing with what little time we all have left. By debilitating a person’s health, DST proves to be a handicap on society’s well-being. In addition Daylight Saving Time injures the environment by providing an extra hour of light, giving individuals more time to engage in recreational activities all while traveling by car. By traveling in cars more often increased gas is wasted and this “might not be offset by a corresponding decrease in the morning.” (Source C) Gas is a fossil fuel that not only damages the environment, but also costs consumers hundreds each month. Increased use of gas during a tight economic time can cripple individual’s bank accounts, therefore, once again, ascertaining DST to be a handicap on society.
Vlad Bakhmetyev Burchett/5 Illegal Immigration Research Paper Migration into the United States is often looked at as a privilege to those in search of a better life. However, migrating to the U.S. illegally is extremely detrimental to the government eroding State and Government funds. As a result, schools and hospitals all over the United States literally go bankrupt and get shut down. Clearly, illegal aliens cost the U.S. a great amount of money that could be allocated towards other funds for the benefit of its citizens. An estimated $2.5 billion a year is spent on their Medicaid, as well as another annual $12 billion dollars spent on primary and secondary school education for illegal kids, in addition some $1.6 billion is annually spent
Of course, obesity needs to be studied, but for the millions of people battling the bulge, they are left on their own to wad through misleading, confusing, and conflicting information. The biggest obstacle to overcoming obesity in this country and throughout the world is information; the lack of actual helpful information and the overabundance of misleading sensationalized claims. Yes millions of dollars are spent on research. Yes, we spend outrageous amounts of money on diet aids, exercise equipment, and surgery trying to battle the “obesity epidemic”, yet no real headway has been gained in this battle. People are still fat and growing fatter all the