First of all, the movie was focused more about the mission of Apollo 13 than Jim Lovell’s life. However, he was still the main character of the movie. Some of the most important similarities were Jim Lovell was married to Marilyn Lovell and had four kids. Jim’s older kid was a girl named Barbara Gerlach, his second kids was a boy; James Gerlach.The second youngest was Jeffrey Gerlach and lastly Susan Gerlach.There was slight mention of his mother unlike the biography where his mother was mentioned a couple of times.…
In the move Apollo 13 the stages of group development can be seen in the relationships with the Astronauts Lovell, Haise, Mattingly and Swigert. When we first see the Astronauts they are a well-oiled machine. They know each other’s movements and they can predict what one another is going to do next. The Astronauts are confident in each other which make them more confident in the success of their mission.…
During the Apollo 13 mission, the crew was faced with odds that were not in their favor. They were faced with many uncertainties that would possibly be fatal if they went wrong. It all started when a crew member stirred the o2 tanks, and the tanks burst. With this predicament, they could not possibly land on the moon. Mission Control or "Houston" had to come up with a flawless plan to get the U.S spacemen back to the Earth.…
How did the culture of NASA and Morton Thiokol contribute to the development of group think?…
There was more to the Apollo program than Neal Armstrong's one small step and more than following 5 lunar landings, anyone could have been a gigantic accomplishment. Apollo started with the Gemini Program also called a technological Warm-up. Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first 2 people on the moon, they landed the Apollo 11 in July 1969. They asked how much air Aldrin and Armstrong carried with them on their moonwalks. The Moon was not a primordial object, but was an evolved terrestrial planet with internal zoning. Apollo Program went for 9 years. Apollo 13 didn't land on the…
IV. Self-control: Gene has tremendous self-control when he has to handle the high carbon-dioxide situation…
The Apollo 11’s spacecraft was a huge success especially because of their spacecraft. Saturn V, Lunar module, Command module were the parts of the rocket. The command center in NASA also helped a lot in this mission. They helped them coordinate and fix problems that they had in the rocket. NASA couldn’t have succeed in this mission if it wasn’t for Apollo 10. Apollo 10 just orbited the moon but the information they got from the mission Apollo 10 helped them understand that they could actually land a spacecraft own the moon so Apollo 11 was a success.…
The Lewis and Clark expedition was the equivalent in its day of a journey to the moon. Both had skilled men leading the expedition, were used to collect data, and used many important other people to make their journey successful. Leading both expeditions were skilled men. Lewis was a skilled soldier, skilled woodsman, and was chief aid to Jefferson, while Clark was and expert map maker, he could calculate rivers, and he was an army commander. On the first American journey to the moon three highly skilled and trained astronauts took the challenge of getting to the moon and using what they have learned and applying it by really going to the moon. Both expeditions were used to collect data. Meriwether Lewis was put on the expedition was put on the expedition to collect and catalog new plants and animals on the trip while William Clark used the data and his skills to create maps of the area. On the journey to the moon many samples and experiments were done to collect data in order to bring back for more information on the unexplored area. Many other important people were used in both expeditions to make them successful. Sacajawea, Shoshone Indians, and many other Indians helped Lewis and Clark by showing them around the area, giving them a place to stay, and protecting them from dangers. The first journey to the moon would have never been a success if it wasn’t for the people who trained the astronauts, the mean or women who built the ship, and many others. The Lewis and Clark expedition and a journey to the moon both had skilled men leading the expedition, were used to collect data, and used many important other people, thus being equivalent in its…
Apollo 11 was a turning point not only in American history but also in human history. When Neil Armstrong took that first step on the moon in 1969, almost the whole world was sitting behind an old black-and-white TV watching the first step on the moon. Apollo 11 was a turning point in history for many reasons. First, putting a man on the moon put ideas that were impossible in to possible. Second, the Americans won the space race which made America a world leader in technology and made the citizens proud. Third, it changed not only the Americans perspective on space but the mankind perspective. Apollo 11 had also had political shifts, changes challenges and the American that opposed it.…
I think that for any team to be successful it requires those people to have common/collective understanding of what their aims and objectives are.…
The film, Apollo 13, is based on the real-life crisis that occurred April 13, 1970 on board the Apollo spacecraft. The two main characters, Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) and Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) are the key players who will address how a leader is able to survive and thrive in a world in which unexpected events occur on a regular basis. They portray the effective styles of leadership in balance with their ever changing surroundings, as well as their ability to maintain their interpersonal relationships with a group under unfavorable conditions. This film is a powerful movie because it makes clear to the viewer just how often disruptions and discontinuities occur. Also, it is an excellent example of how leaders must be able to meet the challenges posed by unexpected, chance events. The characters Jim Lovell and Gene Kranz are the leaders who are able to meet those challenges.…
Around the world people come together and work to compete or develop ideas. In “La Vida Robot” by Joshua Davis it's about how four students from Carl Hayden High School that came together to beat a team from MIT in a robotics competition. Then in Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is about how two individuals that came together to build one of the most successful technology companies. In both texts, Davis and Isaacson prove that a strong team consists of having individuals with various strengths for they can come together.…
Team collaboration adds value to achieving success for the entire group because each member is working together towards a common goal. Without having a "common goal", the team cannot be successful. "Once general goals are in place" the team members can develop an educational strategy for assigned projects. Along with collaborating with one another, team members must trust each other to work together efficiently. Team members come from all sorts of backgrounds and have many different life experiences, which can create different perspectives when collaborating on educational projects. Team diversity is the beauty of learning teams; by generating various style of learning; ways of communicating, ideas and learned information over the years. A team member can be stronger in areas that his or her team members is not, and can help other team members strengthen their…
During the launch, I saw the Earth from very high up as I launched into space (though the fire emitted by the rocket blocked most of the view). We reached very intense speeds as we left the Earth’s atmosphere. We used a new rocket from SpaceX called the Dragon. This rocket will also be taking us back to earth as it is capable of making a launch and return trip.…
In John F. Kennedy’s speech “We Choose to go to the Moon” he uses repetition, figurative language, personification and other literary devices to enhance the point he’s trying to get across. He also makes it sound like the whole country is in this together and everyone is a part of this big project. In this speech JFK announces that America has now funded the space expedition to the moon. He’s trying to persuade the people that this was the right move for the country.…