Earth in its greatness with green trees, blue, water, white snow, sweltering deserts, frozen tundras, and oceans of possibilities: space has its massive rocks that may have some ice, the distant slim possibility of life, and the infinite expanses of nothing. People have looked up at the stars in wonder for years hoping to travel that far someday. In the past, there were races; to orbit, then a race to the moon, now they look to mars which is a dusty desert with solid ice at the poles. Interplanetary travel (travel between planets) comes next with the so called race for Mars. With the notion of interplanetary travel comes the argument of for or against. Scientific priority should be refocused from interplanetary travel as long as parts of the Earth remain unexplored, the dangers outweigh the rewards, and the nations no longer lead research.
The vast Earth with it’s deep caves, pointed mountains, and oceans. The oceans are seemingly infinite when one looks out over it; the real infinity is what’s beneath the surface. Up to this date the approximated percentage of the ocean area that is discovered is only 5% (NOAA 1). The sheer percentage of the unexplored is a simple deterrent from space exploration, without the full understanding of what exists terrestrially the understanding of anything extraterrestrial should be of no priority until the Earth is understood. The rock beneath the Earth is another unknown as shown by the fact that the deepest borehole is only 8 miles deep
Mapping out the ocean floor enabled to Ballard to observe where he should travel to in order for his trip underwater to be safe. He was able to map out the obstacles that could be in his way and disrupt his explorations. With the investigation of unknown species, Ballard was able to observe their lifestyles and extracted information that could be essential to his research besides the abandoned shipwrecks. “On one of his most famous expeditions, Dr. Ballard and a team of scientists traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1977 and discovered hot springs on the ocean floor called hydrothermal vents” (Education through Exploration). The
There are many explorations taken in the Grand Canyon trying to learn to learn more about the earth’s crust and how it is formed. In Timothy Egan and Casey Egan’s article they give evidence that science is helping us to understand the age of the earth, “The rock floor is around 1.8 billion years old. At the rim, the Kailbab formation is 270 million years old”(Timothy Egan and Casey Egan). Many scientists also go to parks like Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite National Park to study wildlife and different plant species. “Whether this park would continue to be a living thing, with its nearly 750 plant species, was perhaps out of our control”(Timothy Egan and Casey Egan).
Some of the greatest mysteries known to mankind exist outside of our planet. These mysteries are also the most challenging to solve. The curiosity of what lies beyond on our planet existed long before the technology or resources were available to research these questions, so prehistoric humans would develop theories to explain what they could see, being the moon, stars, and planets. Globally, every country has spent an extreme amount of money, resources, and time to research and explore our universe to begin answering these questions. The United States and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, commonly known as NASA, began in 1958 and since then has been responsible for the study and engineering behind all american space exploring
There have been many questions about the future of human beings as long as we have existed. Today, that question is about space and the future of the Earth. There are many arguments on the future of people on Earth and how we will survive with the decline of the Earth in recent years. Some have suggested settling Mars or other planets, while others say that we should stay on Earth and take better care of it to save it. So what should we do?
Exploring the ocean could help people understand Earth better to.
Space travel is very expensive. If you take into consideration the food, water, fuel, breathable air and all the parts necessary for the trip, you come to realize that those numbers add up. NASA’s plan for Mars includes a four
Sure, once people get to Mars it is hopefully good times from there, but the trip to
(Main Idea): In the words of Stephen Hawking “Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out. But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe.” We like it our not, the humans of the future will live in the space, and life outside earth might influence dramatically the way we look. (picture colony in mars)
Dukes 1 A 'marie S. Dukes October 11, 2017 English I PAP/A1 Hern Annotated Bibliography Hanbury,Robin,and Piers Bizony. “For and Against: Space Exploration.” Engineering and Technology Magazine. The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2014. Web.
The oceans are likely to be of great help. With food, energy, and attacks on global warming the ocean has hit a grand slam. That leaves space feeling quite inadequate compared to the deep
This has become a greater issue with the continued discovery of valuable natural resources like nickel, platinum, and even water on asteroids and other celestial bodies in space. Article 1 in the Outer Space Treaty dictates that exploration
Hope in exploration of a world beyond the continent has been left scattered and sunk with the remains of the many failed convoys at the bottom of the sea long ago. Storms, whirlpools, and sea beast attacks were mostly to blame for these disastrous results along with other unfortunate events. Cut off from the outside world with all sorts of feral creatures left free to roam the wide expanse of the inner lands, the major powers were left disquieted. Not all was misfortune as the continent continued to maintain a healthy balance. Life was truly peaceful between man and beast.
Introduction This book report discusses the book which is called “Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe”, and written by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee. The designated book is in the paperback edition published by Copernicus Books in New York in 2003. There are thirteen chapters in total. “Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe” is a book introducing and discussing the “Rare Earth Hypothesis”. The “Rare Earth hypothesis” argues that the occurrence and development of those complex multi-cellular lives including highly intelligent human beings on the earth, require an extremely uncommon combination of, diverse geological, biological, chemical, meteorological and astrophysical factors, events and circumstances.
As much as we may want to know what lies beyond our earth, there are bigger issues that our government must address. More people are affected by poverty than by space. The government must focus their resources and efforts to one problem at a time, and with a third of the UK living under the ‘poverty line’ more money should be spent helping the poor, rather than on space research. If the government doesn 't handle the economic crisis with care, we will all end up poor – but to treat the situation properly requires more funding.
Did you know that only happy people are allowed in space? It is because you cannot cry on space as your tears will never fall… Wait, there is more… Did you know that there is a huge reservoir of water that is floating and orbiting in space, and which is the equivalent to about 140 trillion times all the water in the earth’s oceans and seas? Did you know that in 1962, the United States blew up a Hydrogen Bomb in space that was close to hundred times stronger than the Atom Bomb they dropped in Hiroshima?