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This is an 11 page paper which discusses the pros and cons of space exploration and provides some avenues to answer the question as to whether or not space exploration is the best use of the nation's financial resources.
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11 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_JHSpac.rtf
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the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001, the government established the Department of Homeland Security. And now, as terrorism appears to
continue to affect many countries throughout the world, the American public is beginning to questions as to whether or not funds currently being spent on space exploration would not be
better spent on Homeland Security. Then came hurricane season, and the gulf coast states were virtually destroyed as a result of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Should monies
from the space program be re-directed to disaster relief? This paper is an attempt to explore those issues and provide some avenues for answers. BACKGROUND The physical exploration of
the universe - that area of unknown space which surrounds the earth is known as space exploration. Space exploration also involves the science, technologies and politics regarding any space
endeavor. The first man-made object to orbit the earth was a Russian made satellite known as Sputnik I. This first foray into space started a space race better the
Soviet Union and the United States. In the early days of space exploration, two significant achievements were the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin who was aboard the Soviet
Union vehicle, Vostok 1, and the first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collin who were aboard the Apollo 11 (Space exploration, 2005). The notable
first events in space exploration were the Sputnik I mission took place on October 4, 1957(Space exploration, 2005). The first animal in space was a Soviet dog named Laika
who went into orbit on November 3, 1957(Space exploration, 2005). The first orbital flight, which is mentioned above, was the flight made by Vostok 1 which carried Yuri Gagarin around
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