late game. best for last

i wish. not that grand.

i’m tackling the nasa budget debate, that is, whether or not nasa should be getting more money or not.

this debate has a few different framings, with everything from “should they get more money” to “should they even still exist”

i plan on tackling the framing of whether or not theyre still useful, and probably suggesting an alternative to simply removing them, based on my research. i suppose i’ll also indirectly answer the question of whether or not their recent activity merits further money.

 

my sources are basically the internet. i’ve already gathered some government budget statistics, as well as some nasa documentation on budget and plans and recent activity. i’m also using news coverage from many different view points, as well as debates from several forums and debate sites. ideally i want to gather as many opinions from many different levels as possible, in order to analyze the way the public thought flows on this one.

 

my database as i’ve currently outlined it is just a collection of items under tabs that explain their usefulness to me. for example, i have the ethos-pathos-logos appeals, statistics, historical events of relevance, major stakeholders, popular beliefs, relevant facts, counter arguments, etc. just a rough collection of thoughts with headings, similar to a file cabinet. it isnt x-y, more of just a x.

 

it isnt terribly relevant in the wake of many larger issues, but as one of the sources i read describes, the us budget can be broken down into millions of pieces, each small as this, so everyone has an impact. it was a presidential campaign topic, but one of the lower key ones, i believe.

 

the rhetorical context would probably be a letter do a congressman of some sort, or possibly to an editor

it should ideally go before people in power, but the average citizen sways the people in power, so meh.

 

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hope this is good, because i’m working straight through the assignment tonight!