After the exhausting World War II‚ a new battle soon arose in the early 1950’s and continued throughout the 1960’s for the United States: the Space Race. This heated competition began between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union‚ lead to immense costs‚ heightened rivalries and a blooming of scientific discoveries in the space exploration field. The extensive Space Race was just an element to the Cold War‚ an expanding strain between the Allies and Axis powers. Each side wanted
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The Space Race The space race began in 1957 after the cold war. The Soviet Union and The United States of America were fighting for superiority in the cold war. They thought that the first in space would be more superior. This was only the beginning of the race for space. The First Satellites After Russia heard rumors that the U.S. was planning on launching a satellite into space‚ they hurried and built Sputnik 1‚ the first satellite in space on October 4‚ 1957. Sputnik one was about the size of
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John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed.On the launch day there was a new president named Richard M. Nixon.I found this information in “Apollo 11” My second reason why Apollo 11 was so important is because on May 25‚1961 Neil Armstrong‚Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin‚and
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surface of the moon. The crew of Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin established orbit around the moon and made the first color television broadcast to Earth. Two days later‚ Aldrin and Armstrong boarded the Lunar Module for their descent to the lunar surface. After Armstrong stepped out on the moon on July 21‚ 1969‚ he spoke this famous speech on live TV‚ “One small step for Man‚ One giant leap for Mankind”. Aldrin joined him on the surface and the two men conducted experiments‚ gathered
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Conspiracy theorists have pointed out that when the first moon landing was shown on live television‚ viewers could clearly see the American flag waving and fluttering as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted it. Clint Rainey of New York Times argues‚ “Old Gloey’s slo-mo ripple effect is the original proof Armstrong and Aldrin were just overeducated actors‚ The moon has no air‚ cynics point out‚ hence no breeze”(Rainey1). This ridiculous claim is a black and white fallacy because he is implying that there
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A starry night with a full view of the earth right in front of their eyes as Neil Alden Armstrong‚ and Edwin Eugene Aldrin stood with their feet firmly placed on the moon ground. They were the first people to ever step foot on the moon in the history of the earth‚ bringing people in complete awe all around the world. Neil Armstrong was born on August 5‚ 1930 by his parents‚ Stephen‚ and Viola Armstrong in a place called Wapakoneta‚ Ohio. He had a sister named June‚ and a brother named Dean (Armstrong
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The Sun is the center around which the Earth and the other planets of our solar system revolve. It’s a rather ordinary star of average size. Even so‚ it is more than 1‚392‚000 km (865‚000 mi) across — more than 100 times the diameter of Earth. Its mass equals that of 333‚420 Earths! It resembles a huge furnace‚ fired by nuclear energy at its core. The tremendous energy produced is transferred outward‚ away from the core‚ in a process known as convection. Patches of gas heat and rise toward the surface
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name of the show is quite apt . Ted Mosby is an architect in New York City ‚ the narrative deals with his best friends ‚ including the news anchor Robin Scherbatsky ‚ the eccentric‚ womaniser Barney Stinson and the couple Marshell Eriksen and Lily Aldrin . The series explores many storylines including a love triangle between Ted‚ Robin and Barney‚ a change in their careers .The show has nine seasons ‚ the last one is to be aired in March 2014 This show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Boys
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In a time where two super nations compete to put the first man on the moon come with a reasonable doubt about whether it actually happened or not. Some conspiracy theorists say that the moon landing was just a big hoax and that the United States (U.S) government wanted to be the first people to put astronauts on the moon to display how superior we were. First‚ the reason this theory started on why the U.S wanted to be the first to put someone on the moon was because of something called the space
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So‚ we used to solve big problems. On July 21st‚ 1969‚ Buzz Aldrin climbed out of Apollo 11’s lunar module and descended onto the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong and Aldrin were alone‚ but their presence on the moon’s gray surface was the culmination of a convulsive‚ collective effort. The Apollo program was the greatest peacetime mobilization in the history of the United States. To get to the moon‚ NASA spent around 180 billion dollars in today’s money‚ or four percent of the federal budget. Apollo
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