More often than not, English classes require you to bring a small element of creativity and originality to the table when writing a paper. This is the reason that as a student, literature and composition classes have been very tough on me, I am not original or creative, and I am a total left brain person. Logic and calculable, tangible things have always made sense to me. When you put a piece of poetry in front of me and ask me to analyze the author's feelings toward life, I completely shut down because there is no formula for me to use as a tool for double-checking my work. Literature is all creativity and free minded thought and I have never been good at just coming up with something out of thin air. On the other hand, I can research one certain topic extensively. But even with all the research I gather I still cannot put the information together in a form that will make people interested in what I have to say. Even as I write this analysis on myself and my writing style I find it hard to put all of my thoughts into logical order.

I am writing about how, the space shuttle program has given us many advancements in technology and has helped us in the area of economics. Space has always been that one thing I can never ever stop learning about, it never bores me because there is always something about space that is fascinates me. How big it is, the vast unknown is just encaptivating and it is so important to know where we come from and why we are here in the universe. The research question doesn't really affect my values other than it made me value the knowledge space can give us even more. I don't really think that this is a topic that can make someone drastically change their values. I have no personal experience regarding this topic except for one time when I was 11 when my dad got me a telescope so I could look at the moon. Also the time I bought a really thick book on space when I was 13 could count as experience but probably not. I feel qualified to write about this because I have loved space my whole life and it is something I feel is important.

For the first article I found, its major claim was that the technology from NASA and the space program benefit our daily lives. Its major evidence is a list of things, from artificial limbs, to the dustbuster, that were invented thanks to the innovation of the space shuttle program. Some of the major values of the article is the preservation of the space shuttle program. They believe that many changes in technology come from the space program, they want to continue to see these changes and believe that in order to do that the program needs to run again. I believe that it could be a credible source if it showed an author or publisher, even though it's just an information database there should still be an author. I don't believe there is a lot of bias on this page considering that it's only an information database.

The second article I found had a major claim similar to the first, NASA and its space shuttle program benefited us in many ways through technology. Its major evidence is that NASA has a mandate from the National Aeronautics and Space act of 1958 to share all information with the public. Some of the major values of the article is sharing with people all of the things that NASA has helped us improve, like medicine, engineering and science. They also believe that the space program has contributed a lot to the advancement of technology and want to continue to see that. I believe that it is a credible source since it is NASA's main website page and it is also a .gov website. I believe that there is a pretty good amount of bias with this source because it is NASA's website and they could be persuaded to say only good things about space.

The third article I found was a little different, it highlighted the economic benefits the space program has given us and can offer us in the future. Its major evidence is that they created thousands of jobs in the time they were running and created billions in economic gain. Some of the major values of the article is the dispersing of economic information regarding NASA in an effort to display the good they do to the economy. They also believe that if people know the benefits that NASA has provided to our economy then people will start up the organization again. I think it is a very credible source because it was written by someone in the business administration department of Rutgers University, which is a respectable institution. There could possibly be some bias because their main goal is to make NASA look good by showing connections between NASA and economic growth.

My research question is arguable because, there are many ways to show the good and bad that has come from the space program. Among some of the sources I found, some differed in their beliefs, one said the space program benefited us economically but didn't agree that it advanced technologically, whereas the others all agreed on the technology advancements. The different perspectives of the sources didn't really affect my views on the issue. I think I may need to revise my research question by being more direct on an issue instead of making it a yes or no question.

