1. The Constellation Program

2. Benefits vs. Costs Persuasion: That there is currently little benefit that can be gained from the program. Benefits: – Broaden our understanding of space – Provides jobs – May solve resource and population problems Cost: Estimated to cost $100 billion dollars by 2020. The program is short 4 million dollars a year.

3. Lunar Mission NASA’s Goal: to land humans on the moon by 2020 establish a base on the moon by 2025 Pro: May be able to find useful resources on the moon Con: The preparation for the mission and the mission itself will be costly. -LCROSS mission Cost: $79 million Benefit: Confirmed scientists theory that there is water on the moon. -

4. Mars Mission Pros – Could provide an alternative place for humans to live – Scientists may find useful resources that can be used on earth. – Scientists could build an observatory on Mars which would give scientists a better understanding of deep space. National Geographic video: Colonizing Mars file:///C:/Docuents%20and%20Settings/Owner/ y%20Documents/My%20Videos/watch.htm

5. Mars Continued Cons – Will require a great deal of money and resources. – The benefits that could be gained from the mission will not immediately solve problems on earth. – Benefits are not guaranteed. – It makewill take thousands of years before Mars can be inhabited by humans. – Humans may have a negative impact on the planet

6. Problems need to be solved on earth Problems with energy Problems with the economy Conflict Pollution Illness

7. Works Cited Google. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/156323main_Orion_lunar_orbit http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen- US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=green+Mars+&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0 http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen- US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=Mars+&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10&start=0 http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen- US%3Aofficial&um=1&sa=1&q=Mars+&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10&start=0 http://images.google.com/images?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=space&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/03/nasa.future.human.exploration/index.html http://cnn.mv/2009/TECH/space/07/20/nasa.future.human.exploration/index.html