Space Exloration – Valuable or Not ?

Atsushi Uchida and Haibin Ling

MEI Dynamic Discussion

Solar System

Content

Background/History/Achievements Positive points Disasters Negative points Conclusion

History – Early Space Explorations

1912 - Balloon flight (Europe) Discovered cosmic rays.

1946 - NRL V-2 rocket (USA) - First observation of the Sun's UV spectrum.

1949 - NRL V-2 rocket (USA) - First observation of solar x rays.

History – till 1969

Sputnik-1 - USSR - (1957) First artificial satellite.

Explorer III - USA - (1958) Discovered Earth's radiation belt.

USSR Series: Luna, Mars, Verena, Zond, USA Series: Pioneer, Ranger, Mariner,

Lunar Orbiter, Apollo, Exploer

History – Early Space Explorations

Mariner 4

Ranger 7

Mariner 5(USA), Oct 19, 1967.(One day after Venera 4(USSR))

Apollo 11, 1969

Launched: July 16, 1969

Landed on the Moon: July 20, 1969

Returned to Earth: July 24, 1969

Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Michael Collins

Apollo 11

“ That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

-- Neil A. Armstrong

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History – after 1969

USSR Series: Venera, Vega, Phobos USA Series: Skylab, Viking, Voyager,

Pioneer Venus, International Sun-Earth Exploer, Solar Maximum Mission, Magellan, NEAR, Mars, …

Japan: Sakigake, Suisei, Yohokoh, … Europe: Giotto, …

Venara 15

Pluto-Kuiper Express

Space Exploration Should Continue– Science & Tech

Development

Space exploration plays an important role to stimulate our technology progress

We need more info about the sapce. Resources Creatures on other planet

Help to learn about earth and weather

Space Exploration Should Continue-- Safety Issues

Automated Spacecraft

Only two of more than one hundred missions failed.

We should gain experiences from the failure to improve our future missions

Mariner 2

Space Exploration Should Continue-- Economic Issues

Provide a lot of job opportunities Stimulate economics New industries Medicine research International cooperate

International Space Station

Space Exploration Should Continue

President George Bush:

“ Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on."