Space Exploration Pros and Cons In 1961‚ the world was changed forever‚ Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the spacecraft Vostok 1 and traveled into space. Following him in the same year‚ was the American astronaut Alan Shepard in Freedom 7. Then in 1969 the crew of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon. This space race in the 1960s helped to light the fire of man’s interest in outer space and has lead mankind to wonder if we could live away from the comfort and safety of planet Earth. Many
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” These are the exact words spoken by astronaut Neil Armstrong when he and his crew landed “The Eagle” on the moon’s surface. This “giant leap” led to many great expeditions that furthered the exploration of space. Because Armstrong‚ Aldrin‚ and Collins were very brave traveling up to space‚ a whole new perspective of the world opened up for the people of America. The best cause of the first Moon walk would be NASA’s goals. NASA’s goals were to first land astronauts on the Moon and and return
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INTRODUCTION Free-space optical communication (FSO) is an optical communication technology that uses light propagating in free space to transmit data for telecommunications orcomputer networking. "Free space" means air‚ outer space‚ vacuum‚ or something similar. This contrasts with using solids such as optical fiber cable or an optical transmission line. The technology is useful where the physical connections are impractical due to high costs or other considerations. Free-space optical communication
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go to another planet‚ most possibly Mars‚ and start again‚ but applying what we have learned from our mistakes on the Earth? That has been a controversial topic on recently years more than ever‚ mainly due to the fast-growing possibility we find on space exploration and especially on Mars colonies foundation. As you could realize on the stories I mentioned at the beginning‚ we are no longer safe in any place nor at home; and a nuclear war is not the only threat we consider nowadays on Earth‚ there
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Is the space race really worth it? In a world embroiled in endless problems‚ starting from rising food and oil prices‚ poverty‚ hunger‚ illiteracy‚ high infant mortality rate‚ terrorism to the threat of global warming and climate change‚ one may question the significance of the world beyond ours. In a state of global political and social instability‚ is the space race really worth it? Taking into account the 8 millennium development goals‚ projected to be achieved by 2030 instead of 2015‚ and the
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Discoveries in space alter the entire human race and grant an explanation to questions about the cosmos that seem unimaginable. Space exploration impacts the way that the entire world sees themselves in the grand scheme of the universe. Theories to solve the questions about the universe fill the minds of many‚ but only the future of space exploration can uncover the answers. There are debates on whether or not this science is really necessary when there are many important issues needing attention
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ending the funds towards space research‚ and yes‚ there are issues that do plague us as a race. There is poverty and injustice in the world. While these issues exist and should certainly not be ignored‚ the funds put forth to space exploration have a major impact and are no less of a
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SPACE RACE 1957-1969 By Mahbube Adem The Cold War Cold war was an era of conflict‚ tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. It started in mid-1940s and lasted till the early 1990s. One of the ways the two superpowers competed was the Space Race. The Space Race was initiated on October 4‚ 1957 by the Soviet Union‚ when they launched Sputnik 1. The launch caused a huge shock to the United States. It was through that the United States was no longer safe behind
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The final act in the space race was when the United States put a man on the moon‚ beating the Soviet Union who had started the space racy by launching the first satellite called Sputnik. In an attempt to land on the moon the Soviet Union failed four times between the years of 1969 and 1972. The entire world’s attention was taken over throughout the Space Race‚ also the multitude of scientific discoveries by both the United States and Soviet Union’s space programs were covered almost every
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO‚ /ˈɪəɛrɵ/; Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन Bhāratīya Antarikṣa Anusandhāna Saṅgaṭhana) is the primary space agency of the Indian government. ISRO is amongst the six largest government space agencies in the world‚ along with USA’s NASA‚ Russia’s RKA‚ Europe’s ESA‚ China’s CNSA and Japan’s JAXA. Its primary objective is to advance space technology and use its applications for national benefit.[2] Established in 1969‚ ISRO superseded the erstwhile
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