Group VI

Presents........

Integrated Winter Project 2014-15

Space Explorations

Is Space Exploration Worth The

Money

Space exploration is the ongoing discovery and exploration of celestial

structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving

and growing space technology.

What is Space Exploration ?

A Brief History of Space Exploration

In 1942 the German V2 was the first rocket to reach 100km from the Earth’s surface (the boundary of space).

19421947In 1947, the first animals were launched into space. Fruit flies were used to study the effects of space travel on animals.

19571959In 4th October 1957, Russia launched the first satellite into space; Sputnik 1, and the space age had properly begun!

In 1959 The first spacecraft to reach Moon was the Space-probe Luna 2 which crash-landed into the moon at a speed that would kill an astronaut if one had been travelling in it!

1966In 1966 USA's first unmanned lander landed safely on the surface of moon.

1969On 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong, and then Buzz Aldrin took "one small step" and became the first men on the moon.

1973In 1973, Russian space probe Mars 2 explored Mars for the first time.

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2014India became the first country to sussesfully reach the mars orbits in its maiden trail

Is Space Exploration Expensive ?

Yes it is Annually the world spent around $45 billion on space exploration.

It is an additional cost that the taxpayer is burdened with.

Even if it's a small amount it is still an amount that could be spent elsewhere.

No it is not Compared to other areas of government spending , the cost of space exploration isn't very high.

In 1990s US spent about $100 billions on the Apollo Moon Program.

This money could provide● A year of health care for 1,65,000 people

OR● Electricity for 8,30,000

homes OR

● Build 2200 housing units

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But Astronauts who But Astronauts who goes to the outer space goes to the outer space faces a lot of Health a lot of Health

problemsproblems

Like....Decompression sicknessBarotrauma ImmunodeficienciesLoss of bone and muscle Orthostatic intolerance due to volume lossSleep disturbances Radiation injury

But their sacrif ise leads to the development of Medical

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and FiltersMedication

for osteoporosis

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We need resouces from space

because of unsustainable use of the resources, the resources present on earth would soon finish.

There's GOLD , silver, platinum and other valuable substances out there in the cosmos

The moon, for example, is a potentially lucrative source of helium-3

Present mining and processing are energy intensive and large quantity of

energy is difficult an expensive to produce.

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But there are barriers to such operation which are:-

Terrestrial equipments are too heavy and bulky to be transported.

Large and skilled labor crew would be require.

We May Need to Colonize Space to Survive

Our increasing population, rampant greed and thoughtlessness about environmental consequences have already done pretty severe damage to our planet.

According to a 2012 survey of research, most scientists estimate that Earth has a carrying capacity of between 8 and 16 billion – and we already have a population of over 7 billion

WE NEED PROTECTION FROM ASTEROIDS

If we don't want to go the way of the dinosaurs someday, we need to protect ourselves against the threat of being hit by a big asteroid.

According to NASA, typically about once every 10,000 years, a rocky or iron asteroid the size of a football field could smash into our planet's surface.

What would happen if a big NEO hits Earth ?

A sufficiently large impact by a near-Earth objects (NEO) would cause :-

Massive tsunamis

Multiple firestorms

Impact winter caused by the sunlight blocking effect

Massive impacts may also cause volcanic mantle pluming at the antipodal point

Humans need to fulfill their urge to Explore

Our primitive ancestors spread from east Africa to all over the planet, and since then, we've never stopped moving.

Human brain is desingned in such a way that it always tent to explore, it always want something new to be known.

We're running out of fresh territory on Earth, so the only way to meet this ancient urge is to find somewhere new to go

Mrinalini BarikPranav ChoudharyRahul JaiswalUpasana DhanrajaniVishesh Khurana

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