to look superior to non-communist countries. Thus the Space Race was essentially a competition between the United States and the USSR to see who could make the most progression in space exploration to impress the world. This Space Race however‚ did cost both the United States and the Soviet Union a good deal of money‚ but the cost of the Space Race was worth the outcome and benefits. Perhaps one of the most significant motivations of the Space Race was to ultimately beat the Soviet Union (“McNamara”)
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Space travel has always been an exciting adventure for people. For centuries people have looked at the stars and wondered what else was out there. Then we started studying it and as technology and human knowledge advanced people started getting more curious. Now in the 21st century people wonder if it is really worth it to fund a mission to space that is hugely expensive‚ time consuming and difficult to generate public support for. The United States does not have a space exploration program anymore
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International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It speeds around the earth from hundreds of miles up. “On January 29‚ 1998‚ fifteen countries signed the intergovernmental agreements (IGA) establishing the framework for cooperation among the partners on the design‚ development‚ operation and utilization of the Space Station.” (“Partner Signs ISS”). The idea for using the ISS is as a platform to explore the Moon‚ Mars and
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The Space Race can be defined as the international competition of aerospace exploration. The two major competitors being‚ the United States and Russia. The Space Race took place during a very heated era for both countries. The tensions were particularly high between these two rivals due to the Cold War. Both nations were determined to win the race no matter the costs or the numerous failures; the winner would gain a huge psychological victory. Although there were repercussions to the Space Race‚
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1. Introduction The Hubble Space telescope has been Orbiting the Earth for over two decades‚ Hubble has helped to answer some of the most compelling astronomical questions of our time – and uncovered mysteries we never knew existed. Investigating everything from black holes to planets around other stars‚ Hubble has changed the face of astronomy‚ ushering in a new chapter of humanity’s exploration of the universe. Although named to honor astronomer Edwin Hubble‚ the telescope was championed by
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How is the audience experience of a play affected by the space in which it is performed? An audience viewing a play is ideally led to experience the emotions and mood of the play‚ being brought into the action and undergoing a journey with the characters. A large element of producing this effect is the use of space in its performance stage‚ utilising shape to convey feeling and the nature of relationships. In this space‚ the manipulation of multi-media‚ costume and stage elements to arouse richer
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International Space Station The International Space Station‚ a worldwide project‚ is the next goal in a quickly growing space frontier. The station will be the first and next step towards researching the vast unknown world of outer space. What will be learned by this station? NASA has only the highest hopes that with the newest advancements in technology up in space‚ the fundamental physical‚ chemical‚ and biological processes can be examined with the absence of gravity‚ because of the space station
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Analysis of The Big Bang episode 6. Recommendations 7. Reference list INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to determine whether or not the environment within an episode of the television series “The Big Bang Theory” is considered a safe space. Understanding the connection between cultural capabilities with the ability to function effectively in a cross cultural community will determine if individuals within the series have cultural intelligence. In order for this to be achieved everyone
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Sending People into Space The history of sending people to the space is quite long. The first trip to the space was in 1961 by the Soviet Union during the cool war with the United States. It was an important event in the human history. However‚ since then sending people to the space become more and more for many reasons‚ such as research discover the space‚ espionage‚ and in the last 10 years for tourism too‚ so lots of money are spending in this field of sciences; which is not useful in
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US spends only 3.41 billion on the space program as of 2011 and is getting smaller every year‚ while china spend 5.51 billion on their space program. On July 20th‚ 1969 2 million Americans watched Neil Armstong walk on the moon. As he walked on the surface‚ he said “that’s one step for man‚ and one giant leap for mankind”. As of 1972 the moon mission were stopped and the farthest we go now is the ISS (International Space Station). Now that we don’t explore space‚ we might never have a leap for mankind
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