First Man on the Moon and its Effects on Society

Baumann Bruno

Institution

First Man on the Moon and its Effects on Society

For centuries, man looked up to the sky and fanaticized that he would walk on the moon. In 1969, Neil Armstrong set the first human footprint on the moon after a successful Apollo 11 voyage (Crawford, Baldwin, Taylor, Bailey, & Tsembelis, 2008). This event marked a feat to an enduring dream that inspired man to expand further space explorations. Innovative technologies and medical discoveries enhanced and changed from fantasy to reality after the mission to the moon. Today, many nations engage in space explorations for economic benefits, scientific discovery, and national security concerns. The successful mission to the moon inspired a belief in human capital in the face of challenges, opened further opportunities for explorations, and fueled competition among nations in the modern world.

Man’s successful landing on the moon had an emotional effect on the society. The mission gives people pride and positive perspective on their inherent abilities to achieve success in any undertaking. The emotional consequence of space exploration emerges in the quest by people to disregard their limitations and explore the horizons for the infinite opportunities available in other planets. Modern science seeks to explore the unknown to find solution to medical, social, and economic problems despite the costs of conducting research on these issues, both on earth and through space expeditions (Steyaerta & Katzb, 2004). Space explorations to the moon and popular planets like mars serve as a unifying force and raise the belief in people’s individual and collective ability to succeed in their endeavors despite the emerging challenges.

Space explorations open up numerous opportunities for financial and knowledge gain. Explorers and space entrepreneurs make a living by providing new information for space research and facilitating space travel, respectively. NASA and private jet companies, like Virgin Atlantic, continue to develop new space crafts that are convenient and reliable for space travel. These companies make huge profits and continue to grow in popularity because of the increase in the number of space enthusiasts. Space explorations not only offer financial opportunities but also help man to solve the problem of limited resources on Earth (Steyaerta & Katzb, 2004). The solar system has abundant space and mineral resources that can help humanity, for example, the iron and radon found on Mars, coupled with the discovery of the capacity of this planet to support life, can help solve the problem of mineral scarcity and population boom on Earth.

World superpowers, developed, and developing nations engage in technological, medical, and political competition akin to the Space Race. This popular race pitted America versus the Soviet Union in the quest to achieve superiority over Solar System explorations (Crawford, Baldwin, Taylor, Bailey, & Tsembelis, 2008). President Kennedy inspired American explorers to counter the Soviet’s dominance of space activities by a passionate speech that inspired enthusiasm and hope to all Americans. The speech did not go in vain because Armstrong, an American explorer, set the first human foot on the moon a decade later. Soviet explorers and those from other nations took this development as a challenge and inspiration to propel their space activities until their citizens landed on the moon. The rivalry among nations on issues such as foreign policy, military influence, medical research, and space exploration continue today.

The successful voyage to the moon motivated man to believe in the inherent capacity to endure challenges, provided new opportunities for exploration, and fueled rivalries among nations in modern civilization. People passionately recount the voyage to the moon and get inspiration to prevail over all obstacles in their quest to achieve success in all their activities. Space exploration opens up numerous opportunities for financial gain and research that help solve problems on Earth. The enduring modern political, economic, and military rivalries among nations resemble and derive from the Space Race.

References

Crawford, A., Baldwin, E., Taylor, E., Bailey, A., and Tsembelis, K. (2008). On the Survivability and Detectability of Terrestrial Meteorites on the Moon. Astrobiology, Volume: 8 Issue 2: 242-252.

Steyaerta, C. & Katzb, J. (2004). Reclaiming the space of entrepreneurship in society: geographical, discursive and social dimensions. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal, Volume 16, Issue 3, 2004, pages 179-196.