Should the U.S., particularly NASA, or even private companies such as SpaceX, invest in sending humans to explore Mars, even if humans cannot colonize this planet?

Space Travel to Mars: The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) “operates the US civilian space program, conducts satellite research on the Earth’s climate, topography, and other systems, and develops technology for aeronautics and human spaceflight.” (“NASA”). Currently, there are unmanned explorations to the planet, Mars, using robots. Should the U.S., particularly NASA, or even private companies such as SpaceX, invest in sending humans to explore Mars, even if humans cannot colonize this planet? Is the time, effort, manpower, and money worth sending humans to this planet, or would the manpower and money be better spent taking care of the problems we have here on planet Earth?Please keep in mind that your paper has to be an argumentative paper. This means that you have to formulate an argument that takes a specific stance on a controversial subject that you have chosen from the list I have provided. This argument should be clearly stated in your thesis statement. The body of your essay should be devoted to bolstering and defending your thesis statement, and the outside sources that you will be using should be strong evidence that supports and defends your argument or thesis statement.Outside Sources-You will be writing an academic essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion, but because this is a research paper, you will need to incorporate several outside sources (books, peer-reviewed journals, websites, etc.) into your paper. This means that you need to quote or paraphrase certain passages from your sources and write them into your body paragraphs. Your sources will be your evidence that will defend your argument (thesis statement). As with any paper using outside sources, you will have to cite every source using the MLA format. In the case of the research paper for this class, you will be required to cite from at least six outside sources. All of your sources can be electronic sources as long as they are credible sources that provide accurate information. Your web sources should end in either .gov, .edu, or .org. Furthermore, at least three of your outside sources must be research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. There is one more important thing to keep in mind. I do not like long quotes (outside sources). I consider long quotes to be quotes that are longer than four or five lines. If you do use long quotes, then you must contextualize and/or explain everything in that quote. I find that long quotes fill up space rather than help make a convincing argument.Rhetorical Strategies: You will be using outside sources to defend your argument, but you will also have to use certain types of rhetoric in your paper. You should not assume that your outside sources will be enough to prove your argument. You need to build rhetorical strategies around your sources. Listed below are some of the rhetorical issues that you need to address in your essay.Evidence: You need to defend your argument with convincing evidence, which will come from your outside sources. Keep in mind the various types of evidence:•Expert Testimony•Eyewitness Testimony•Numerical Data (statistics, polls, etc.)•Research Data (conclusions made from scientific and academic studies)Rhetorical Style:•Appeal: you need to figure out what sort of appeal to use in your paper and how you will build this appeal off of the evidence you present. Will you be incorporating a logical or ethical appeal around your sources, or will you use both? How can you form a strong appeal along with your evidence? I will discourage you from using emotional appeal since it is very hard to pull off in a research paper. Once again, you should focus on logical and ethical appeal only.• Language: even though this is an academic paper where you still have to be somewhat formal, you still have room to incorporate denotative or connotative language. You have to consider whether you want to be specific and precise (denotative) or poetic and ambiguous (connotative). If you are so inclined, you can use both types of language just as long as your word choice helps support your argument.Please be aware that you cannot assume that your evidence will speak for you. You must build a strong appeal (logical or ethical) off of the evidence that you present, and don’t forget to incorporate examples of connotative and denotative language.Requirements for the Research Paper:•The research paper MUST be anywhere from seven to ten full pages. However, this requirement does not include the “Works Cited” page. For example, if you meet the minimum (seven pages), then you must add a “Works Cited” page for a total of eight pages. The minimum length requirement will be strictly enforced. If you turn in something less than six full pages of writing (not including the “Works Cited” page), at least 3 points will be deducted from your grade.