Spaceflight

America has reaped the benefits of space exploration for sixty years, despite the open knowledge of its effects on those who enter radiation and low-gravity environments. A low gravity environment is a space in which gravity, an attracting force between two masses, is lowered in a way that causes a feeling of weightlessness (Newman, Phil. “What Is Gravity?”). Lowered gravity can cause gene modification and alter behavior (Shikawa, Chihiro, et al. "Effects of Gravity Changes on Gene Expression of

Manned spaceflight is a crucial argument in society. Two writers, Seth Shostak and John Logsdon, both believe that America is making a mistake by ending manned space exploration. Seth Shostak is the author of the article “Why Hominids and Space Go Together” in The New York Times Room for Debate; his article is about how President Obama’s new vision for the NASA program is not a good plan. John Logsdon also wrote an article for The New York Times Room for Debate called “American Patrimony.” His article

technology and knowledge through space exploration. However, although we watch video clips of astronauts enjoying a gravity-free environment, there are challenges in space, the greatest threat being the lack of oxygen and pressure. Furthermore, spaceflight has a significant impact on the human body as extreme variations in temperature and intense radiation from sunlight increase the chance of cancer. Significant adverse effects of long-term weightlessness are muscle atrophy (degeneration of cells)

missions (Silver 1). While this number may appear statistically insignificant, these sets of fatalities do not consider the overall risk potential, and the many other lives taken from astronaut training and non-astronaut deaths that resulted from spaceflight-related activities. In 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight, killing its entire crew. Many years later, the shuttle Columbia experienced a disastrous event on February 1, 2003, when the shuttle disintegrated over

John (Jack) Brugato ESS 102 AH Research Paper -- Rough Draft 4/10/17 Space Debris My scientifically accurate sci-fi story will focus on astronauts tasked with aiding in the clean up of space debris. The story will take place not too far in the future, in a time where space debris is creating problems for NASA and other space programs. Space debris is proving to be too dangerous and has resulted in numerous failed missions and destroyed unmanned spacecraft. The purpose of clearing out the space

being a poll taken at the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing in July of 1969. 45-60 percent of Americans consistently believed throughout the decade that the government was spending way too much on space, showing their lack of commitment to this spaceflight agenda the government had created. Although support for the outrageous spending of the government was lacking, there was little done by the American people to prevent such increased spending. The situation can be described simply as the people being

The Doomed Battle of Mankind vs. Science One thing that distinctly separates humans from other species is that man has the ability to challenge its intellectual curiosity effectively. Europa Report is a science fiction thriller about a doomed trip to Jupiter’s fourth largest moon Europa. Respectable scientists risk it all for the advancements that will be made it the name of science. Europa Report, released in 2013 by Magnolia Picture came into production after the November 2011 discovery of water

With space travel being a topic much looked at since the middle of the 20th century, it is only inevitable that man has already entered space and taken that step into space travel. However, even though man has done so before, it does not necessarily man should continue to do what can be done by the technological advantages of this age; robots. Having the ability to send exclusively robotic missions into space provides many advantages that a human accompanied mission could not also have claim to,

Most “science fiction is rooted in the belief that through thinking human beings can indeed save the planet and the species” and that “progress is not only possible but probable through science” (Morse 293). Dealing with themes common to most science fiction, Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan “explores the question of purpose in a futuristic setting” (May 35). This novel, however, contests many presumptions upon which many science fiction foregrounds. Josh Simpson writes that by “[us]ing irony

Few months after the Cosmos 954 reentry, Skylab reentered over the Atlantic Ocean. As Skylab fell, worldwide concern grew. The chances that pieces of Skylab would hit a person or cause property damage were extremely small. However, the Cosmos 954 and Skylab reentries increased awareness that orbiting objects could pose hazards. It propelled the orbital debris research and awareness program. The framers of the U.N.-sponsored space treaties of 1967 and 1972 were not aware of the hazards to space operations