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07 Jul 2018, 01:40
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The following appeared in a science magazine:
“The “Space Race” of the 1960’s between the USA and Russia was very expensive but it yielded a tremendous number of technological advances. These advances have provided many economic and humanitarian benefits. The benefits have more than paid for the effort and money spent during the Space Race and therefore the government should make allowances within the budget to pay for a manned Mars landing by 2020.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. Point out flaws in the argument's logic and analyze the argument's underlying assumptions. In addition, evaluate how supporting evidence is used and what evidence might counter the argument's conclusion. You may also discuss what additional evidence could be used to strengthen the argument or what changes would make the argument more logically sound.
Response:
In the above argument, the author states that even though the Space Race of 1960's was very expensive, the benefits of it have more than paid for the money and the effort and therefore the government should make allowances to pay for a manned Mars landing even if the it will be expensive. While making this argument, the author of the article has taken certain assumptions which may not always be true to support the conclusion.
First of all, the author didn't take into account whether a manned Mars mission landing by 2020 is possible even if the government pay for it. To complete this mission successfully, there should be enough knowledge, technologies, workforce and someone who is ready to go to Mars and the author has not considered any of these things while making the argument. Secondly, even if such mission is possible, we cannot assume only on the basis of Space Race mission of 1960's that it will yield a number of technological advances which will provide economic and humanitarian benefits and that these benefits will outcast the money and efforts during the mission. It may be the case that during Space Race, the world was not that much technologically advanced and thus, even a little advancement in technology provided greater benefits but today, when there is so much advancement in technology and knowledge over the last decades the benefits of the mission will not yield any significant results or may not be successful and then it will be waste of both money and efforts. Also the mission may not have any humanitarian benefits which author menti
So to summarize, the author have taken many assumptions while reaching the conclusion which is not always likely to be true. To make it more logical, instead of just relying on the similar past mission of 1960s, the author should have researched more into whether the manned Mars landing by 2020 is possible or not and even if it is possible, will there be any significant benefits for this mission which can outweigh the cost and the effort of the people worked on it.
“The “Space Race” of the 1960’s between the USA and Russia was very expensive but it yielded a tremendous number of technological advances. These advances have provided many economic and humanitarian benefits. The benefits have more than paid for the effort and money spent during the Space Race and therefore the government should make allowances within the budget to pay for a manned Mars landing by 2020.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. Point out flaws in the argument's logic and analyze the argument's underlying assumptions. In addition, evaluate how supporting evidence is used and what evidence might counter the argument's conclusion. You may also discuss what additional evidence could be used to strengthen the argument or what changes would make the argument more logically sound.
Response:
In the above argument, the author states that even though the Space Race of 1960's was very expensive, the benefits of it have more than paid for the money and the effort and therefore the government should make allowances to pay for a manned Mars landing even if the it will be expensive. While making this argument, the author of the article has taken certain assumptions which may not always be true to support the conclusion.
First of all, the author didn't take into account whether a manned Mars mission landing by 2020 is possible even if the government pay for it. To complete this mission successfully, there should be enough knowledge, technologies, workforce and someone who is ready to go to Mars and the author has not considered any of these things while making the argument. Secondly, even if such mission is possible, we cannot assume only on the basis of Space Race mission of 1960's that it will yield a number of technological advances which will provide economic and humanitarian benefits and that these benefits will outcast the money and efforts during the mission. It may be the case that during Space Race, the world was not that much technologically advanced and thus, even a little advancement in technology provided greater benefits but today, when there is so much advancement in technology and knowledge over the last decades the benefits of the mission will not yield any significant results or may not be successful and then it will be waste of both money and efforts. Also the mission may not have any humanitarian benefits which author menti
So to summarize, the author have taken many assumptions while reaching the conclusion which is not always likely to be true. To make it more logical, instead of just relying on the similar past mission of 1960s, the author should have researched more into whether the manned Mars landing by 2020 is possible or not and even if it is possible, will there be any significant benefits for this mission which can outweigh the cost and the effort of the people worked on it.
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