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Cobb, Douglas. "NASA and the Federal Government Waste Taxpayer Money." Space
Exploration, edited by Michael Ruth, Greenhaven Press, 2016. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing
Viewpoints in Context,
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Jan. 2017. Originally published as "NASA Wastes $43 Million to Maintain Underused Facilities
This opinionated article reflects the lost taxpayer money that has been thrown into NASA
and converted into underutilized facilities. The author, Douglas Cobb, uses examples such as a
barely used shuttle station to reinforce his stance on this issue. He reflects on the wasted
opportunities to sell these facilities to independent but cooperative corporations such as SpaceX.
Cobb also uses statistics to point out that there are obsolete NASA factories that need to be
repurposed.
Drake, Frank. "Humans Eventually Will Encounter Alien Life." Space Exploration, edited by David
Haugen and Zack Lewis, Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010356227/OVIC?u=mass12242&xid=3cab8c72. Accessed 6
Jan. 2017. Originally published as "Only a Matter of Time, Says Frank Drake,"
This article, also from Gale:Opposing Viewpoints highlights many of the reasons that humans
will encounter alien life using statistics and an interview with Frank Drake. Drake(creator of the
Drake Equation which details mathematically why alien life will be found)explains why alien
life will be found and also expands on his creation of the organization SETI, which strives to find
Mascaro, Joseph. "Humans Should Resume Exploring the Moon and Outer Space." Space
Exploration, edited by Michael Ruth, Greenhaven Press, 2016. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing
Viewpoints in Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010989213/OVIC?u=mass12242&xid=25fff1b1. Accessed 11
Jan. 2017. Originally published as "Following Newt to the Moon," Thespacereview.com, 13 Feb.
2012.
This heavily opinionated article written by Joseph Mascara begins with a description of
Senator Newt Gingrichs political fight against presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt
Romney about the space exploration program. This article explains why the author felt that
Gingrich was right and the future lies not anywhere on this Earth, but in the stars above. The
article also explains why many politicians and people seem to dismiss the idea of space travel as
mere folderol.
Murray, Iain. "Humans Are Unlikely Ever to Encounter Alien Life." Space Exploration, edited by
David Haugen and Zack Lewis, Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in
Context,
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Originally published as "Alone in the Universe? There May Be No Advanced Life but Us,"
This article from Gale: Opposing Viewpoints attempts to show why we are unlikely to encounter
alien life in the future. This article uses examples of past signals that were just natural or human
made things to prove its point. This article also uses the habitable zone around Earth as an
example, stating that there are very little planets that occupy this zone. This article also shows
why it is so unlikely that intelligent life appears because only one of the 50 billion species on
Spotts, Peter N. "Space Colonization Is Impractical." Space Exploration, edited by David Haugen
and Zack Lewis, Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
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Originally published as "A Reality Check on Dreams for Space: The Repairs," Christian Science
This article from Gale: Opposing Viewpoints details the impracticality of space colonization,
mainly focusing on a recent event that occurred on International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts
Scott Parazynski and Col. Douglas Wheelock made a daring repair of solar panels outside of the
ISS. This article uses the event as an example of impracticality because it was a repair that would
be simple enough, but since it was in space it was difficult. Space colonization would be
impractical because you would have to make many repairs such as this one, and it would be