Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Space Exploration Is Inspirational and Educational Buzz Aldrin Vikas Shah 11
2 The US Government Should Cut NASA Funding Jerry DeGroot 20
3 The US Government Should Not Cut NASA Funding Josh Levinger 23
4 America Needs Space Exploration to Maintain Its Vision of Itself Bob Deutsch 28
5 International and Private Competition Benefits Space Exploration James Oberg 35
6 International Cooperation Benefits Space Exploration Scott Horowitz 45
7 Commercialization of Space Travel Will Benefit Space Exploration Leonard David 51
8 Space Exploration Is Driven by a Need to Expand Human Experience Space, Policy, and Society Research Group of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 58
9 Humans Should Plan to Colonize Space in Case of Global Catastrophe Paul Johnson 68
10 Space Colonization Is Impractical Peter N. Spotts 73
11 Faster-Than-Light Travel Is Worth Pursuing Hal Plotkin 78
12 Faster-Than -Light Travel Is Impossible Ian O'Neill 86
13 Humans Eventually Will Encounter Alien Life Frank Drake Wilson da Silva 90
14 Humans Are Unlikely Ever to Encounter Alien Life Iain Murray 97
Organizations to Contact 103
Bibliography 108
Index 113
