ProCon’s Space Colonization Quiz

Question: Which of the following is a common argument for colonizing space?
Answer: This is a common argument for colonizing space.
Question: Which U.S. company launched the first space tourist?
Answer: In 2001 the Virginia-based company Space Adventures organized the flight of the first space tourist, American businessman Dennis Tito.
Question: Which of the following inspired dreams of space travel and colonization?
Answer: All of these—Verne’s novel, Bradbury’s collection of short stories, and Disney’s popular Disneyland TV episode—inspired dreams of space travel and colonization.
Question: The space race of the 1950s and ’60s involved which two countries?
Answer: The space race was the intense Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) for mastery of space; although the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into orbit in 1957, and the first person into orbit in 1961, the United States is generally perceived to have won the “race” when it landed the first people on the Moon in 1969.
Question: Which U.S. president created NASA?
Answer: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was formed in the United States on July 29, 1958, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law.
Question: In 2024 NASA sent a solar-powered robotic vehicle to investigate the habitability of which land?
Answer: Launched by NASA on October 14, 2024, the Europa Clipper is scheduled to reach Jupiter’s moon in 2030 after a 1.8 billion-mile journey; the moon is thought to contain a large, ice-covered ocean and a thin, oxygen-rich atmosphere that may be able to support life.
Question: Which term is frequently used to mean “recreational space travel”?
Answer: Recreational space travel is commonly dubbed “space tourism.”
Question: Opponents of space colonization highlight which of the following?
Answer: All of these are common arguments against colonizing space.