Space: Man or Machine?

Space: Man or Machine?
For the first time in history, we have reached an area outside Earth. "In the past 10 years, with an aging space shuttle, a costly space station and missions mired in lower Earth orbit, the human program has languished, while the unmanned program has leapfrogged ahead with a string of spectacular feats of engineering and technological skill." (Washington Post) Over the years, NASA has developed amazing advances to help continue our research in space. Recently, the lives of seven men and women were lost in the Challenger tragedy. A controversy that has arisen from t…