SPACE EXPLORATION

SPACE EXPLORATION

1. UNMANNED

   • LESS LIVES ARE PUT AT RISK
     • UNMANNED PROBES CAN BE SENT FIRST
       • TO PLANETS/MOON
   • ACHIEVEMENTS FROM NASA
     • HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
       • DISCOVERED THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE, BLACK HOLES, HOW PLANETS FORM,
     • MAGELLAN
       • STUDIED LAND FORMS AND TECTONICS
     • SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY
       • SENT 124000 HIGHLY DETAILED IMAGES OF MARS
         • SHOWED THERE WERE ONCE HOT SPRINGS ON MARS WHICH COULD HAVE PROVIDED FAVORABLE CONDIIONS FOR LIVING MICROBES
           • DISCOVERED THESE DUE TO LENGTH OF TIIME SPENT ON MARS WHEARS HUMANS WOULDNT SURVIVE DURATION
     • GALILEO
       • DISCOREVED THE STORMS ON JUPITER
   • CHEAPER
     • SPACE SHUTTLE COST OVER £200 BILLION
     • INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION COST OVER £100 BILLION
     • APOLLO COST £170 BILLION
     • IN COMPARISON, HUBBLE COST £10 BILLION, SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY COST £1 BILLION, MAGELLAN COST 0.45 BILLION AND GALILEO COST £1.6 BILLION

2. MANNED

   • THE ASTRONAUTS RISK THEIR LIVES TO FULFIL THEIR DREAMS
     • WE CANNOT EXPERIENCE LIFE IN SPACE
   • HUBBLE TELESCOPE CAN NOT PERFORM WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION
   • GALILEO; ALTHOUGH THE FINIDINGS ARE COOL, THEY AHVE NO PRACTICAL VALUE
   • THE 100 BILLION DOLLARS SPENT IS NOTHING IN THIS DAY AND AGE
     • DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SPENT 121 BILLION ON CONFERENCES

3. ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE?

   • NASAs CURIOSITY, ON MARS, MAY FIND EVIDENCE FOR CREATURES THAT LIVED EARLY IN MARTIAN HISTORY
   • THERE COULD BE LIFE ON THE ICE COVERED OCEANS OF JUPITER MOON EUROPA