Article about the GPM mission from CNN news Introduction

From the BBC news, I want to introduce an article about GPM mission. I picked up this article because I want to work in the field on space engineering in the future. (Be careful that the BBC’s article introduced below was updated at 16 January 2014, before the launch of H-ⅡA-F23 at 27 February 2014. The launch itself is a past event.)

The summary of the article

The GPM Core Observatory satellite is to be launched by H-ⅡA Rocket in February, 2014. GPM stands for Global Precipitation Measurement. She is the core satellite of its constellations in the GPM mission. She will measure the size of clouds and rains in the large area of the earth. Especially, she has a science instrument to get the three dimensional images of them. Their observations will enables scientists to predict bad weathers like hurricanes better. Also, they can understand how water behaves on the Earth and how it causes the climate change.

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Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25745166

Reviewing the article

I think it’s natural that the space engineering have to give the feedback to the society because the budget comes from the people’s money. I want to think about three questions below in my four years of my university studies. First, the exploration of our solar system is able to contribute to the society? Pursuing the scientific interest is not enough to justify the usage of a lot of government’s money. Second, what kind of troubles are caused by the launches of the satellites? Today, they are greatly contributing to the society like GPS. But I guess there should be some problems caused by the launch of the satellites like the space debris. Third, manned missions like the ISS project is really necessary? It costs a lot, I want to know the experiments in the ISS meets its cost.

I am going to think about these three points and make my opinion based on the grounds in my life in the university. This is not an easy task because I have to study a lot about not only technology but also society, but I’ll do as I can to be a space engineer.

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