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Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. While the observation of objects in space, known as astronomy, predates reliable recorded history, it was the development of large liquid-fueled rocket engines during the early 20th century that allowed physical space exploration to become a reality. Common rationales for exploring space include advancing scientific research, uniting different nations, ensuring the future survival of humanity and developing military and strategic advantages against other countries. Various criticisms of space exploration are sometimes made, generally on cost or safety grounds. Space exploration has often been used as a proxy competition for geopolitical rivalries such as the Cold War. The early era of space exploration was driven by a "Space Race" between the Soviet Union and the United States; the launch of the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, the USSR's Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957, and the first Moon landing by the American Apollo 11 craft on July 20, 1969 are often taken as the boundaries for this initial period. The Soviet space program achieved many of the first milestones, including the first living being in orbit in 1957, the first human spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1) in 1961, the first spacewalk (by Aleksei Leonov) in 1965, the first automatic landing on another celestial body in 1966, and the launch of the first space station (Salyut 1) in 1971. However, the first sub-orbital spaceflight was by a German V2 rocket in 1942. After the first 20 years of exploration, focus shifted from one-off flights to renewable hardware, such as the Space Shuttle program, and from competition to cooperation as with the International Space Station. From the 1990s onwards, private interests began promoting space tourism and then private space exploration of the Moon (see GLXP). In the 2000s, China initiated a successful manned spaceflight program, while Japan and India have also planned future manned space missions. Larger government programs have advocated manned missions to the Moon and possibly Mars sometime after 2010. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is Space Exploration a good title for an expository essay or is the title to broad? Q. I have to write a expository essay for my college class and I was just wondering if space exploration is a good title or not? Asked by victorkoney2008 - Fri Dec 12 12:03:47 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Depends on how broad the essay is. Typically, i write the essay, then write the title. Answered by suitti - Fri Dec 12 12:31:42 2008 should the government spend more money on space exploration or problems here? Q. I both agree and disagree to spend more money on space exploration. And you? If not agreeing, What reasons? Asked by masoitbh - Sun Mar 16 08:04:14 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. We have a world of hurt, going on down here on Terra firma. I think that space thing could save a lot of people. Putting spy- satellites is one thing. Let us get real with our planet. Answered by unknown - Sun Mar 16 08:19:19 2008 Would you rather fund space exploration or spend the money on the third world?
Q. Billions of dollars go into space exploration but do you think that we should put that money into sorting out problems on this planet before we explore others? Asked by Shane - Tue May 19 13:24:05 2009 - - 15 Answers - 0 Comments A. eri makes a very good point. If it was not spent on space exploration then there is nothing to say that it would be spent on the third world. In any case, science spending is not money down the drain. A lot of science spending, even on "pure" science has unforeseen practical spin offs. Work on nuclear physics a hundred years ago laid the foundations for nuclear power and the whole of modern electronics. These were not applications even conceived of when the research was undertaken. If we want to help the developing world there are several avenues. Simply giving food aid and the like has repeatedly been shown not to work. Removing trade barriers would help more. Perhaps the greatest threat to the developing world is global warming… [cont.] Answered by Andrew S - Tue May 19 14:05:31 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Space exploration"
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