Tuesday, July 28, 2009

One Giant Leap to Nowhere
Tom Wolfe

Nick Jeon

Reach for the stars. Does that sound familiar? It should, since we constantly look towards the stars in our life. However, NASA doesn't seem to be thinking on the same level as us. Ever since Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, we haven't made any leaps in space exploration. Instead, we've been focusing too much on the Earth. Why? It is simply because there doesn't seem to be a reason to go any further. The force driving us to landing on the moon was simply the necessity to beat the Soviet Union. After we beat them, we were left with a pretty tough question. Now what? There are some men that advocate reaching out to the heavens. Yet, they have a small voice, especially since we are at, as Wolfe calls it, "the teeth of Depression II.
Mr. Wolfe persuades his readers by going through the history of the space race and explaining it as he goes. He also appeals to pathos by telling us about our destiny. Out of the previous op-ed articles, this was one of the most persuasive. He ends it well by sending us out to build a "bridge to the stars".

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