Presentation

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Scientific Background of my topic.

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched by NASA to find other

planets that could find planets that were within the habitable zone and had potential of

sustaining life. NASA scientists had discovered that there were Earth-size planet’s

within the the star’s habitable zone and they would use large telescopes to observe

their environments. TESS had a database that they used to classify Earth-size

habitable planets and those that are not and the scientist realized recently they made

an error in regards to the parameters. They found out that the planet had same

atmospheric conditions as earth thus it was habitable (Kazmierczak, 2020).

Impact on Audience

The audience for this research topic are scientists and the public. Understanding this

issue is important to scientists and public because seeing there are signs of life on

other planets could help solve environmental concerns of sustainability. The outcome

of the hypothesis which states space colonization is possible on Earth-sized habitable-

zoned planets is important because it will shed more light on whether human life can

be sustainable on the earth-size habitable planets. For example in the research paper

an example is that there will be expert analysis and opinions on the research issue. If

action is not taken regarding sustainability, humans face risks to food and water

security, biodiversity among other risks on our limited resources (Vessuri, 2016).

Also, the public should be informed because researchers have understood the role that

the general public audience plays toward overall progress in addressing our issues.

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When a public audience is well informed, governments and authorities, specializing in

space study and exploration can be driven toward action by funding, sponsoring, and

allocating further studies and resources aimed at investigating earthlike planets. This

way, everyone will have a better picture of our current environment sustainability

practices concerning chances for interstellar travel and space colonization (Brownell,

Price, & Steinman, 2013).

Empirical Evidence

Environmental challenges in the world threaten sustainability and thus we need to

explore existing discoveries and utilizing sustainable practices. Between 2020 and

2018 TESS found over 1,500 planets that were potentially the same as Earth. With

remote observation the discovery of new earth-size habitable-planets. NASA found

that our star is big and supports liquid water on earth’s surface and many exoplanets

are not able but they are observing the new planet Kepler-1649c. Currently, humans

have established that there are vast amounts of minerals in space that can be utilized

commercially through observations, remote sensing, and space probes making space

and celestial bodies a utility for sustainable development (Sachdeva, 2018).

Relevance of topic to me

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The increase of environment issues such as pollution and climate changes have led to

global warming around the world and there is urgent need for sustainability. One of

the ways to ensure that the world doesn’t accelerate its extinction by finding ways to

use resources well and through space exploration and colonization. This way we can

find ways to be able to sustain our livelihood and this research would provide more

knowledge on whether this is possible.

Impact of research on my thoughts on the research topic

The research helped in changing my perspective on the possibility that there is life

outside earth and this expanded my mindset. I learned new information regarding

NASA’s missions and changed my mindset on the importance of space exploration as

it may give us more knowledge about the Earth-size habitable planets. From the

research, I learned that Sustainability requires equitable allocation and distribution of

resources, opportunities, life quality, and wealth across countries currently and in the

future. Also space exploration and colonization provides good grounds for equality

since current resources, wealth, and opportunities are not distributed equally

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References

Kazmierczak, J. (2020). NASA Planet Hunter Finds its 1st Earth-size Habitable-zone World. Retrieved from: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/ nasa- planet-hunter-finds-its-1st-earth-size-habitable-zone-world

Sachdeva, G. (2018). Commercial Mining of Celestial Resources: Case Study of U.S.

Space Laws. Retrieved from: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/

10.1080/14777622.2018.1534312?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=fa st20