Week 6 Writing Homework
- November 24, 2024
- 3:30 pm
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Topic: Should communities spend money on space exploration while Earth faces environmental challenges?
Prompt: Should we allocate significant funds to space exploration while our planet grapples with urgent environmental crises? Argue for or against this investment, using evidence from Rick’s experiences as a NASA Youth Advisory Board member and the son of a prominent climate scientist. Consider how his unique perspective on Mission Control highlights the interplay between technological innovation and ecological responsibility.
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Should we allocate significant funds to space exploration while our planet grapples with urgent environmental crisis?
As Rick entered the NASA workspace, he found his fellow workers gathered around the middle table discussing a serious matter. What was it? As he drew closer, he joined them as they planned on whether or not to cancel this exploration and focus on environmental problems. Soon, they were discussing how to balance space exploration with the environmental crisis.
Rick went to ask his mother, Dr Thompson, an environmentalist, about the problem. Dr Thompson, however, was determined for Earth’s environmental problems to be addressed first. “Think about how many trees we could plant with 5 billion dollars! Why waste it on some silly space exploration?”
Dr Smith, meanwhile, was more focused on a balanced perspective, making technological advancements that benefited both the environment and space exploration. So, in the afternoon, they had a meeting, discussing alternate solutions to the problems. They had no success, however, and decided to meet up the next day.
As he lay in bed, he realised he didn’t need to choose one, but, like Dr Smith, balanced them. So he went on to think about an alternate solution, which he drew out the next morning, feeling a sense of triumph.
The next day, Rick showed everyone his excellent solution- a piece of technology that both reduced greenhouse gases, and enabled survival on Mars. Dr Thompson nodded in agreement, smiling proudly at her son. After a year, Rick climbed onto his spaceship, and took off into space…
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Nancy Wang- FEEDBACK
I personally believe that communities spend money on space exploration while Earth faces environmental challenges. Since it could help people know what happened out of the earth, it could let people have an idea of how to solve the problem,it could also make our lives better.
Firstly, if the communities spend money on space exploration while Earth faces environmental challenges. It could help people know what happened out of the earth’s surface and after people know what happened, they could think of an idea to solve the problem. For example, if the earth was facing the problem that the sun will be bumped in 2 months, then people could move the earth away and make a human sun. Then, the problem would be solved. Therefore, I believe that communities should spend money on space exploration.
Secondly, if the communities spend money on space exploration while Earth faces environmental challenges. It could let people have an idea of what they should do next. For example, people would want to know what happened and they would try to find a way to solve the problem. If the problem is that there would be a dark hole in our solar system, what should we do about it? Thus, I believe that communities should spend money on space exploration.
Thirdly, if communities spend money on space exploration while Earth faces environmental challenges. It could also make our lives better. If we got out of danger. We wouldn’t have a horrible life like that. Maybe somewhere an asteroid fell down on your head, that must be very hurtful. If the problem was solved, there would be less chance that an asteroid fell on your head. Hence, I believe that communities should spend money on space exploration.
I believe that communities should spend money on space exploration. Because it could do many good things to us and it could make our life better. Therefore, I believe that communities should spend money on space exploration. It could help us very much.
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Should we spend money on space exploration while Earth faces environmental challenges?
As Rick entered his second home, the NASA workspace, his fellow colleagues were all gathered around a table having a heated discussion. Rick was particularly fond to go to work this day as he knew there would be a space exploration soon. However, as Rick edged closer to listen his jaw dropped as he heard the mission would be cancelled!
“Why?!” asked Rick.
“Because” replied one of his colleagues, “we could use the money on the environment instead.”
“But space is our life, not the environment!” screamed Rick.
He had never thought anything could be more important than space. Space really was his life. Rick continued to argue with his colleagues, some supporting him, others debating with him. Rick left work early feeling dejected. The NASA workspace used to be his best friend, now it seemed like his enemy.
The whole night Rick couldn’t sleep. He racked his brain for a solution, but he couldn’t find one.
The next morning, he asked his mum which one was more important, the environment or space?
Wisely his mum replied, “whatever fuels your rocket is found in the environment.”
Because of this Rick realised he had to choose the environment. That’s it! Brain wave! I don’t have to pick one I can pick both!
Next time Rick went to work he was prepared. He told his colleagues his idea and unsurprisingly, the loved the idea. 6 months later Rick launched into space and 1000 trees were planted.
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Mission Control: A Teenage’s Space Adventure In Mars By Ian Xu
Rick stared at the large towering building, amazed at how clean and government-like it was. It had a space-like logo which labeled ‘NASA’. Rick trembled as he tried to bare the excitement bursting in his head as he walked into into the building. Rick nearly fainted at how pristine and grand everything was. His mum was obviously guiding him as they walked as they walked across many doorways, and finally stopping at the last one which had “DANGER’ written everywhere on the door. Rick narrowed his eyes. Why were they going to a door which has ‘DANGER’ written on it? Of course, Rick would definitely follow his mother, as she was the CEO of NASA, so nothing could go wrong.
Rick hands where trembling as he was expecting to see many mad space-scientists things, only too see there was nothing but an enormous rocket in the centre of a vast, sky-scraping room. Next to the rocket was a tall man with a white coat holding a clipboard. The man looked up and smiled at Rick and his mother.
“ Ah, good to see you, Adriana! What brings you here with a young boy?” Asked the tall man.
Rick’s mother smiled back at him. “ we’ve brought to you another passenger for the trip to Mars!’ Exclaimed Rick”s mother, as she smiled again at him.
Rick’s mind spun. Why would his mother trust a teenage boy to go Mars? Why would the head of NASA, choose him?
The man came up to Rick. “Hello Rick. Welcome to the launching room. We are now going to aboard the spacecraft where you will wait for the lift off. Through out the trip to mars, you will be finding if there are any water, living creatures or organisms, and any peculiar things. You will also be describing the surroundings of Mars. Am i clear?” Informed the man.
Soon Rick scuttled across the air craft as he quickly sat down at his seat, wondering about what space and Mars would look like until shouting from speakers disrupted his thoughts.
“Take of in ten..nine..eight…seven…six…five…four…three…two…one! Lift off!”
Rick suddenly felt the weight of the gravitational pull of the earth lift of him, as the earth decreased into a dot, as he turned around and another planet had enlarged: It was Mars. The spacecraft slowed, as they landed on the ground with a thump.
Over the next few weeks, Rick persevered on the information, but he still was struggling. Still, he never gave up. After thinking bravely, Rick had the courage to go out the rocket and into Mars. Rick skipped merrily across the rocky and dusty surface of mars, as fog covered his vision and a pulse of green light. Rick carefully tip-toed closer to the pulse, as it became brighter as he neared. It revealed a pile of glowing rocks. Rick took them all back to the rocket. He was happy with his work.
As more and more weeks passed, Rick gained more and more confidence. He soon found a big discovery: there were living organisms in Mars! Which meant that humans might be able to live on Mars as a back up for earth! For once, Rick finally felt a sense of usefulness in his teenage years.
Rick strolled up the stairs to his room. Rick yawned. He did so much, and now to sleep.
“Attention all crew members. We are now going to take of form Mars.”
An engine suddenly rumbled and they shot off into the sky, blackening the sky into the infinite void of space. Rick gazed out of his window admiringly, until a disgusting jolt shot through his throat into his lungs, making Rick choke.
“No, no, no,” He thought. “ we obviously have enough air to survive-“
Then everything became black for the first time of his life.
Rick woke up again, with sweat splashed over him as he constantly choked.
“Attention!” The radio boomed.” You are of track and heading to Venus! Please press on the auto pilot immediately.” Rick had to do it. It was all up to him to save the people and himself. Rick lurched to the engine and clicked onto the auto pilot, as vision became blurry, and for the second time, everything became black for Rick.
Rick woke up in a bed with a familiar elegant aroma in the room which he soon recognised as the NASA sick bay. His mother was at beside him, grinning with delight. “You’re such a smart and intelligent boy. I thought you would be dead by the time you arrived. I thought the level of the scientists was too high for you to become. But I was wrong. Go to sleep dear, as tomorrow we’ll celebrate fore you for your courage.” Coed Rick’s mother.
Rick smiled. All his hard work paid off as he gazed out the window, thinking about how successful he’ll be in the future.
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Ian Xu- FEEDBACK (1)
I believe that we must spend our world’s funds on space exploration. My argument is that we should spend our revenue on space exploration instead of spending it on flourishing our flora when in crisis.
Firstly, space has much to explore, and even find a new planet that has oxygen and atmosphere! So even if our world’s flora is in a crisis we could just go there! Although it’s hard, it could help us overcome challenges!
Secondly, advances in solar system technology not only negatively affect the environment, but can also contribute to its improvement, and if used in the right way can be an important tool for the conservation of the planet. In recent times, industries have made impressive advances in the use of technology to help protect the environment, playing an important role in managing global environmental problems.
Thirdly, exploring may get us to find maybe another cure. There are so many places out there, so you don’t know what to expect, or what to find. A new concept emerged recently: looking for new things could lead you to creativity and curiosity. You could find anything, so why spend money, and only get one thing you want instead of exploring space and maybe finding resolutions to our problems like climate change, pollution, or deforestation?
Thus, I strongly believe that we must spend our fund money on space exploration and leave the Earth in crisis for now, and find another universe for a better us, so that maybe one day, we can find a resolution for the Earth’s crisis like climate change, pollution, deforestation and why animals get extinct, so the next generation, and from then on, get the world they deserve.
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Danielle 3- FEEDBACK
Should we spend significant amounts of money on space exploration while our planet is dealing with urgent environmental issues? Rick, a member of NASA’s Youth Advisory Board and the son of a well-known climate scientist, has a unique perspective that can help us answer this question.
Rick’s Unique Perspective: Space Exploration and Earth’s Environment
Rick has a special understanding of how space exploration can actually help us protect and improve the environment on Earth. As part of NASA’s Youth Advisory Board, Rick has seen how space technology is not only about exploring other planets, but also about solving problems here on Earth. One of the most important ways this happens is through satellites. Satellites launched into space are used to monitor the Earth’s climate, track pollution, and observe changes in the environment like rising sea levels or melting ice caps. Without this space technology, scientists would have a much harder time understanding and responding to climate change.
How Space Technology Helps the Environment
Even though space missions are expensive, the technology developed for space exploration can benefit the Earth in many ways. For example, NASA’s work in space has led to advancements in clean energy, such as better solar panels. These solar panels are important because they help us use renewable energy from the sun instead of burning fossil fuels, which contributes to pollution and climate change. In addition, space exploration has led to new technologies in areas like water purification and waste management, which can help create a cleaner and more sustainable planet.
A Balanced Approach: Space and the Environment
Rick’s experiences show that space exploration and environmental protection are not separate ideas, but are actually connected. The technologies developed for space missions often lead to innovations that help us solve problems on Earth, especially when it comes to protecting our environment. By investing in space exploration, we are not only advancing our knowledge of the universe, but also creating new tools and solutions to tackle climate change and other environmental challenges.
Conclusion: Why We Should Invest in Both
Although space exploration requires significant funding, Rick’s unique viewpoint highlights the important connection between space technology and environmental protection. The advancements made through space missions provide valuable tools to better understand and protect our planet. Investing in space exploration can help us solve some of Earth’s most pressing problems, making it a worthwhile investment for both the future of humanity and the health of our planet.
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Rick walked down the highly polished stone corridor of NASAand heard some mysterious voices.
“ Hush! Space exploration is much more important than Earth! We can invade more land and live there!,”
He stomach started to tighten.
“No! Earth aready has enough problems but going to Mars will make Earth lack in Infrastructure even more!” yelled a familiar voice.
Rick peered in the keyhole. He saw his mother and Professer Pride debating againsted each other. Rick quickly ran away still terrified of what was going to happen.
“Both choices have advantages,” he thought.
Whoosh! Rick darted to his bright, cosy room. He had been keeping a secret diary the moment he set foot in the lab. There wasn’t much except for when he was sent flying into the sky when a engine of fushion power exploded. He thought about how much money and reasearch would be wasted stopping the technology from sending Rick and his fellow crew mates to Mars. The whole NASA workers had collaborated together to make sure that this experiment will work. The development of his fear started rising again as he thought of his mother
Argueing against her boss.
Rick went again to the door and listened.
“ Fine!” Professer Pride said unwillingly, “ But we won’t cancel the space mission,”
Rick could almost breath a sigh of relief but he worried that if he did he would be caught and maybe fired. The rest of the day he was like a child who had got a new toy. He started hopping and skipping to work with the pain of the debate of his soulders.
Rick later found out that the plants that was dying out was short of Nitrogen so he exctracted some of the nitrogen from the ground of Mars with a tube that specialised in exctracting gas. He then flew back to earth at the speed of light at the Fusion protoype elevated the speed by 100 times. He saved many forests and later planted a million trees that created a national park.
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As Rick walked into the office, he wonders what his job would be like. It was his first day being at the NASA space exploration team. He goes up the elevator and opens the doors. People stare at him and a tall man proceeds to Rick. “You must be Rick. Come, sit down.” Rick sat down at the edge of the table taking out his books. The tall man said that he was the manager and introduced the other teammates. “We are going to the parliament to compete about what the government will use the left-over money for this weekend. Our space exploration about Mars is very important. We could discover many objects. Harry will make a speech to persuade the government and that is the end of our meeting.” The manager said to the group of workers.
Rick packed up his books that were full of words and headed for the canteen. He pulled out his money and selected a meal. Rick sat down at a rounded table thinking about what side of the competition he would be on. His mother was an environmentalist, a person that tries to help the earth. The earth was in need and with deforestation happening more and more, the carbon will increase quickly. With millions of people born each year, coal will be used frequently and it will affect the globe negatively. What if he did both at the same time? The mars exploration can continue and the rest of the money help endangered species, sustainability, climate change and pollution. Or the mars exploration discoveries could be put online and people have to pay money to watch it. This money will go to the saving the earth. He will tell his manager that he will also speak in the competition.
When he finished his lunch, he followed the workers to a room that had a small machine that looked like a camera. His manager said that it was a rover that they were building to put on Mars. It will travel around the planet and observe it. He also told Rick to watch for today and next week he could learn how to build it. Rick looked at the group crowding around the machine, fidgeting and connecting bibs and bobs. By the time they finished the rover, it was the end of the day. Rick and the group of workers took their bags and headed to their homes.
Knock! Knock! Rick tapped the wooden door and waited for the sound of walking. After a few seconds, footsteps were heard behind the door. His mother opened the door and they had dinner. While they ate their food, Rick told his mother all about what he did in the NASA office and the idea of doing both at once. Rick’s mother wasn’t quite sure about the idea, they needed all the money that they could get to help the environment. As his mother cleaned the dishes, Rick started to write his speech.
Tomorrow would be the day of resolving what the money would be used on. When he
woke up, he dashed to the bathroom and brushed his teeth. Rick and his mother had to
leave early because it is far away. Before his mum woke up, he ran to the kitchen. While
eating his cereal, he practiced his speech silently to himself.
The car ride was quite long. Rick couldn’t wait to present his idea at the contest. As the
pair sat down, the government started talking. “Hello everyone, welcome to the
meeting where people tell me their ideas that will be used in the left-over money. First,
we have Harry, from the NASA space exploration team. “Hi I am Harry and I here to
persuade you to use money on the exploration of Mars. If we continue research,
we might discover extraordinary things that can help us. It also can allow more
information about all the planets that don’t have living things. Thank you.” The audience
clapped and cheered for Harry while the government stood up again and walked to the
stage.
“What it his turn yet?” thought Rick. No, it wasn’t, it was his mother’s turn to talk. Rick
stared around the room, not listening to his mother. He noticed that there was a
colourful framed window on the side of the building. Outside, there was a small
hummingbird drinking nectar from the flowers. His mother once told him that if he saw
one that meant good luck.
“Thank you, Lola. Our final participant is Rick,” The government said. Rick slowly
walked to the front and said, “Hello everyone, I am Rick. My opinion is to do both of the
arguments at once. While the space explorations on, the rovers can video it and send it
to people to watch but they need to pay for it. Then the money from the video can be
used to save the environment. Another way is to split the money in half. Thank you for
listening.”
The people in the parliament clapped as loud as they could making echoes around the
room. The government stood up and held up the microphone. “I have decided to go
with Ricks first option. Thank you for coming to this meeting.” Rick smiled all the way
home and told his family all the great news.
Now that he saved the earth and continued the mars research, he awaits for more
amazing adventures.
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Alessia Li- FEEDBACK
Should we allocate significant funds to space exploration while our planet grapples with urgent environmental crises?
“No! We should spend more time on space exploration than on saving our planet Earth!” A familiar voice echoed through the hallway and into Rick’s bedroom,” It will explode anyway, so we must find a habitable place for us humans to live on now.”
Rick opened his eyes. It was Professor Michigan! He was arguing with Rick’s mother about whether they should save planet Earth or abandon it and go live somewhere else. Rick stepped out of his room and met eyes with his mother.
“Mum, I think it is time for a move-on; as Professor Michigan said, we cannot rely on Earth forever,” Rick reminded his mother,” Now I am leaving today for Mars. My team has discovered infinite supply of water there and also the soil is of excellent quality which would provide us with plants and food.”
As Rick buckled his seatbelt, he pictured human beings living on Mars one last time and prepared for the high-G propulsion of the rocket. A voice on the intercom counted down from ten and Rick waved goodbye to his mother as he lay back comfortably in his seat. Rumble! Crackle! Whoosh! Rick was off.
“You okay, mate?” Inquired Quintus, one of Rick’s crew mate.
Rick nodded, adjusting himself to withstand the repelling force of the rocket tearing away from planet Earth.
After several months on Mars, Rick prepared to go back to Earth, along with all the minerals collected for research at the laboratory. He was certain that Mars would sustain life for people on Earth. The journey home was a lot quicker, and as Rick’s feet finally touched the ground of Earth everyone erupted with applause and cheering. Rick handed all the minerals from Mars to Professor Michigan for evaluating data and after two months, Rick announced on the news that Mars would be everyone’s future home!
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Bridging Two Worlds: A Mission Control Perspective
As a NASA Youth Advisory Board member and son of renowned climate scientist Dr Stella Thompson, Rick Thompson faces a decision that will affect the world and its future. In NASA’s Mission Control Centre in Houston, the huge screens are constantly tracking Earth’s signals and Mars missions.
The Mars mission’s $50 billion dollars haunts him as he struggles to choose between terraforming Mars and saving Earth, while his Mum’s images of forests dying stamped into his brain with equal force. As he passed the boss’s office, he heard voices arguing.
“Only exploring space will save Earth by searching for new planets suitable to live and new materials.” argued a voice.
“Never! Imagine how many trees will be saved with 50 billion dollars.” cried another voice. Rick peeked through the keyhole and found his Mum arguing with his boss.
“Both scientists make logical sense, so why don’t we combine them?” he thought, suddenly springing up. He knocked on the door.
“Come in.” his boss said. He pushed open the wooden door and stepped inside.
“Rick? What wind blew you here?” both scientists asked.
“I heard your arguing and maybe we can combine both space exploration and saving Earth together to make each dollar work for both?” Rick replied. Both scientists nodded with approval. In the next few months, Rick helped his Mum and boss design machines that would benefit both space travel and Earth’s forests. Soon, he would grow up to become a famous astronaut and climate scientist.
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