One of the first things I will argue about is that even though many people believed that the landings on the moon was a hoax because technology back then, in the 70s, were not as advanced as today where we can have clear cut image easily. That being said, this is why there are still some who wants to make accusations because not enough proof were provided. This is where comes in the article called ’’Bad Astronomy’’ by Philip Plait who is an astronomer where he makes an analysis on many of the conspiracy theorists claims and provides them with descriptions that proves them wrong. For example, the conspiracy theorists claims that one should be able to see brighter stars when you are in outer space. In the one of the pictures provided by the NASA which stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration who were also the ones that assigned the mission Apollo 11, no stars could be seen.
This planet is two-thirds of our moon and it is the largest rock in the Kuiper belt. After the discovery of Pluto, Scientist thought that it was too small to rotate around the sun. Pluto has not been visited by a spacecraft yet. It is so far that only the Hubble space telescope can see it; but it can only see its largest features. A spacecraft, named Horizon, launched in 2006, and it will hopefully reach Pluto in 2015.
Now humanity spends a lot of money for space telescopes, spacecraft and space probes. Some research in the field of astronomy does not help ordinary people in their everyday life. People could use the money to help the poorest populations and to develop other areas and industries. In conclusion, space research greatly helped mankind and help a lot now, but spends a lot of money. If this research should continue using many funds or if it should consume fewer funds left to the discretion of each.
When looking at how planets were classified at the time of Pluto’s discovery technology was much different. The criterion then and now, for the most part, relies on classifying an object as a planet as long as: it orbits around the sun, is massive enough to create its own gravitational shape and force, and must have cleared the neighboring area around its orbit. However, going by these guide lines Pluto does not meet the requirements. For this and other reasons I feel that Pluto should no longer be classified as a planet. There are many issues to consider either way you classify Pluto.
People should not be allowed to own property in space because it can be expensive, it would cause conflict, and space colonization is not yet possible. Owning property in space can empty your bank account! It cost about $36 billion to create the prototype rocket and start the program. This money could be used for more important things, such as health care and helping people who are not financially stable. When space colonization becomes a more regular event,
The astronauts reduced their consumption of drinking water to six ounces per day and their consumption of electricity by 80 percent. However, the lunar module's lithium hydroxide cartridges that removed carbon dioxide from the air would last only about 50 hours, and those from the command module were not designed to fit Aquarius. Therefore, engineers on the ground devised a makeshift adapter scheme, radioing to Apollo 13 instructions on how to attach the cartridges from the command module to the lunar module hoses. During the morning of April 15, Apollo 13 entered the region of gravitational influence of Earth, at a distance from Earth's surface of 216,277 miles. Calculations showed that the speeded-up trajectory needed an additional refinement, and so the lunar module descent propulsion system was again ignited.
They considered the orbiter a reusable as a means for long-run cost savings. The budget would have needed to be ten times more than what it actually was. In what ways was the incident an “accident” and in what ways were they a result of negligence? The Challenger could be considered an accident due to the cold weather and that no one actually knew that the O-ring would fail. But on the other hand, the mission was postponed due to unfavorable weather, and despite the fact that some engineers did not want to go ahead with the launch, the go ahead was given.
If the world were to carry on following these rules, this would eventually leave the world with no energy or heat at all. Everyone and everything on Earth would die. However, it is possible to limit the amount of energy in the universe. Because of this we can come to conclusion that potential energy is transformed into motion and, consequently, heat through an endless process that must occur in some sort of endless space, like outer space. We cannot think of any way to explain the beginning and continuance of life on Earth without some type of “overruling creative power” (173), or God.
Another seemingly simple reason is that it is expensive. It costs billions of dollars for space missions, and it also takes a lot of time and money to train the astronauts. We could be putting all that money to better use, without putting people in space. And what about when the ships or satellites don’t work? We’ve wasted a couple million dollars!
On Mars there is a lot of radiation exposure that for us can cause many health wise risks. We need to figure out a way to stop from all the radiation to take a toll on us. Once, oxygen, radiation and cold temperatures are solved we can now think of the necessities that us humans will need to have in order to survive, like medicine, food and water. But unless we figure out a way to solve these three great factors we will not be able to set a foot on