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Annotated Bibliography

Zach Buckler

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,

link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010989208/OVIC?u=mass12242&xid=9b843db2. Accessed 11

Jan. 2017. Originally published as "NASA Wastes $43 Million to Maintain Underused Facilities

but Is Congress Really to Blame?" Guardianlv.com, 21 Sept. 2013.

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,"

cosmosmagazine.com, 7 Apr. 2010.

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

some signal from alien life beyond.

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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ark&u=mass12242&jsid=83b20918736408bcb11dbbf8ac90dfcf. Accessed 15 Nov. 2016.

Originally published as "Alone in the Universe? There May Be No Advanced Life but Us,"

American Enterprise, vol. 15, no. 8, Dec. 2004, pp. 36-37.

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

earth have sufficient technology to create a civilization.

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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g=&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&currPage=&dviSelectedPage=&scanId=&query=&prodId

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ark&u=mass12242&jsid=9e3b64d353514c09a0610d347d06a02a. Accessed 15 Nov. 2016.

Originally published as "A Reality Check on Dreams for Space: The Repairs," Christian Science

Monitor, 5 Nov. 2007.

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

extremely difficult and take a very long time to complete.

Buckler, Zach. Space Exploration Survey. Survey.

Williams, Colin. Space Exploration Interview. 22 May 2017.

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