Monday, October 31, 2011

Editorial Assignment rough draft

Editorial Paper Rough Draft

The end to NASA space shuttle program is a positive move made by NASA and our nation. In the article posted by The Dallas Morning News editorial: NASA must inspire post-shuttle generations the author is upset over the shuttle program coming to a stop. My take on this is one that it is not all bad with the program ending. What people do not see is how in the long run it was the right  thing to do. There is several points to be made about the positive side of the NASA shuttle program coming to an end, I will point them out to you. It will help to really point out the positive behind the program ending, and pay tribute to what we have done so far from the shuttle program. Like many things it is time for a new era in our space programs within NASA is in that new era.

During the reading of the article stated that was posted in The Dallas Morning News it ends with the quote from President John F. Kennedy spoken at Rice University in the summer of 1962 “The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of the nations can expect to stay behind.” That is so true now that the space exploration is starting to heat up there is plans from China to put something like a hotel called “Heavenly Palace” in outer space. They have a plan and are working on it now with great success so far. The article that covers this is posted in the Houston chronicle on October 7, 2011 article named  Editorial: Here’s a sputnick moment for the U.S. points this out for us.

In the article  Editorial: Here’s a sputnick moment for the U.S.  the author takes the stance of being worried about China showing more power in their space program then the United States. He makes a comment in the article “China’s recent success is a reminder to Americans that this nation shouldn’t be resigned to putting its space program in museums while other nations pursue the future.”. What the author is getting at is he feels that we are falling behind the other nations in space travels. The issue is not in stopping the shuttle program but in not expanding our programs and plans to do more. How more powerful would it be for NASA and this nation to be the first to the moon and mars? Having the private sector take care of the low orbit flights will give NASA more time and resources to put into their other plans.

In the article editorial: NASA must inspire post-shuttle generations the author states “NASA will fail to inspire tomorrow’s engineers, scientists and test pilots.” is not true. The move from NASA shuttle program is only going to heat up the private sector that is full of engineers, scientists and test pilots to be the first to reach the needs of our nation in space. With the companies being able to charge other people and nations for the use of their space vehicles that drives more innovation in this industry. The private sector being driven with incentives is going to inspire the engineers, scientists and test pilots of tomorrow when they see all the changes that will be coming in the near future. Already there is rockets from private sector that are coming out looking very cool that should strike some innovation for the future thinkers to be inspired from.

With the private sector focused on current space needs, NASA can put their resources and energy into more. The move to end the shuttle program and putting the funding into having private sector compete. To handle the space travels in and around the earth, will allow for our nation to focus on bigger projects like getting someone to Mars!! President George W. Bush called for the program to end in order to set attention squarely on deep-space travel. If and when that takes place we will have set another milestone in space travels and the exploration of space!!

NASA does not need to inspire the private sector in space travels. If there was no red tape on the space programs for the private sector there would be no need to inspire. The nature of humans would kick in and with fair competition in the space travel market we would be inspired to push further and faster then the next person or company. What steps we have and are taking is going to pay off let the companies show you in the near future when they deliver on what they have been asked to do and NASA completes their missions of deep space travels the world will be amazed.

So ending the space shuttle program is not all bad. While the progam did bring many good things to our nation as stated in the article from The Dallas Morning News. We are ready to embark on a new era in space travel and I for one am looking forward to what that brings.


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