Apollo 13 Design Essay
When you do any type of experiments there are many ups and downs, many mistakes and faults. Our design was less than 100% successful because our measurements were inaccurate. If we redo our design we could make the base with the straws, and cup (which was 21 cm long) 6 to 7 cm longer. We could also fix the slide (which was 36 cm in total) by making it 6 to 7 cm longer as well. Our bridge needed a stronger base because it kept falling side to side. So we can put a couple more straws to each side of the cups and tape them all together. I am certain that if we redo our bridge we can succeed. Scientific Inquiry is posing a question, then developing a hypothesis, next designing experiments, then collecting data, next drawing a conclusion, and
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There was an accident on the spacecraft 2 days after it was launched into space. The accident was that wires were exposed inside the oxygen tanks through manufacturing and testing errors before the launch. The night of August 13, 1970 a spark from the exposed wires caused a fire, which ripped apart one oxygen tank and damaged the other inside the Odyssey, spacecraft. The astronauts were losing oxygen fast. In our project we had to find a solution to get the ping pong ball from one side of the gap to the other. Some similarities with Apollo 13 and our project was that we all had to find a solution of a problem and we all had one chance. These similarities are important to the success of Apollo 13 and our team because if the mission control of Apollo 13 did not find a solution fast, the lives of 3 innocent men would be in danger, and if we didn’t get the ping pong ball from one side to the other we wouldn’t have learned or experienced the importance of team work, corporation, and responsibility. Also our grades would be in danger as well. Some other similarities that we had with Apollo 13 was we all had limited time and supplies. This was very important to both Apollo 13 and us because if mission control didn’t finish building the machine in time then the 3 men would be lost in space and would sooner or later die without oxygen. Like Gene Kranz said “Failure is Not an Option” in this case for
There was an accident on the spacecraft 2 days after it was launched into space. The accident was that wires were exposed inside the oxygen tanks through manufacturing and testing errors before the launch. The night of August 13, 1970 a spark from the exposed wires caused a fire, which ripped apart one oxygen tank and damaged the other inside the Odyssey, spacecraft. The astronauts were losing oxygen fast. In our project we had to find a solution to get the ping pong ball from one side of the gap to the other. Some similarities with Apollo 13 and our project was that we all had to find a solution of a problem and we all had one chance. These similarities are important to the success of Apollo 13 and our team because if the mission control of Apollo 13 did not find a solution fast, the lives of 3 innocent men would be in danger, and if we didn’t get the ping pong ball from one side to the other we wouldn’t have learned or experienced the importance of team work, corporation, and responsibility. Also our grades would be in danger as well. Some other similarities that we had with Apollo 13 was we all had limited time and supplies. This was very important to both Apollo 13 and us because if mission control didn’t finish building the machine in time then the 3 men would be lost in space and would sooner or later die without oxygen. Like Gene Kranz said “Failure is Not an Option” in this case for