Why You Should Support the Exploration of Space

Why You Should

Support the

Exploration of Space

By: Matt Maclaine

Humanity’s History of

ExplorationChristopher

Columbus

Ferdinand

Magellan

Sir Edmund Hillary

Valentina

Tereshkova

Yuri Gagarin

Frank Borman

James Lovell

William Anders Neil Armstrong

Our Fragile Existence

Extinction

War

Exhaustion of Resources

The Call of Space

We are a race of explorers

Every society has studied the stars

The United States’ Efforts

Projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo

The Shuttle Program

Exploration of Mars

Benefits

Scratch Resistant Lenses

SatNav

Sewage Treatment

Water Purification

Protective Clothing

Solar Energy

Radiation Detection

Improved aircraft engine efficiency

Robotics

Weight Saving Technology

Humanity’s Benefits

Global Communications

Navigation

Meteorological Data

Continued Existence elsewhere

Threats from Space

Near Earth Objects

Death of the Sun

Cost

NASA has cost US tax payers nearly $800 Billion dollars since 1958

Sounds like a lot, but…

NASA’s annual budget has never exceeded 6% of Federal

expenditures

Today, NASA’s budget of $17.5 billion represents 0.45% of the $3.9

trillion national budget

Long Term Goals

Returning to the Moon

Mars

Expanding Humanity’s reach

Why You Should…

Space exploration leads the development of

technology and innovation

To facilitate a greater understanding of the

universe

To Secure the future of human existence

It starts today!