prime example of groupthink; although Thiokol made specific recommendations to halt the launch if the temperature did not reach at least 54°F‚ those in senior positions influenced the engineers‚ dismissed their concerns‚ and ultimately killed seven human beings. A common saying‚ “Go with your gut” applies to many facets of life. The engineers at both NASA and Thiokol knew there would be grave implications if the launch proceeded but lacked the scientific evidence to back up their recommendation. Ultimately
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Essay 4/12/13 Humans are inquisitive creatures by nature. Humans always want to know where they have been and where they can go. It started as simply migrating for food‚ and then advanced to sailing for slave labor and spices. Spices led to power struggles. Power struggles led to the birth of new countries‚ such as America. And even within America‚ there have been travels and migrations for everything from religion and race to gold and jobs. The biggest migrations in human history (thus far)
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There have been a lot of astronauts that were American heroes‚ but the first African American female astronaut was Mae Jemison. Mae Jemison was the first African American female to be admitted into the N.A.S.A. administration company as an astronaut. Surprisingly enough‚ Mae Jemison didn’t always want to be an astronaut when she was younger; she wanted to be a scientist. Also‚ she went though a lot of complex training to get where she is today. Mae Jemison went through a lot of hard schooling;
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The first step on the moon‚ the first call on the telephone‚ the first racially-integrated school: what do they all have in common? All were made possible by people who thought outside the box and dared to do “the impossible.” Walt Disney once said‚ “It’s kinda fun to do the impossible.” Doing the impossible is not only fun‚ but a necessity‚ in contemporary times. Progress stems from outside-the-box thinking; however‚ in modern society‚ conformity is the norm‚ but doing the impossible is necessary
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travel and exploration worth the sacrifice of human lives? This line of thinking has ultimately lead to the debate over whether we‚ as American tax payers‚ should continue to fund NASA in its mission to explore and understand the universe. I propose that NASA is not only an important part of our government‚ but an absolute critical piece of our development as a human species.
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MOVIE REVIEW “Hidden Figures” is a biography film directed and written by Theodore Melfi in 2016 that adapted from the true story of three women who are African-American mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. These three women had succeeded in making the first man who managed to go into orbit‚ Glen Powell as John Glenn. In this film illustrates how the three women who worked at NASA in their work‚ they actually still have to
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Humans lose the ability to enter the craft now. Furthermore‚ because of the preemptive bombing of the craft‚ people have to brace for a response attack and the base is being evacuated. They are preparing to go to war with the aliens. Meanwhile‚ Louise sees
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Richard N. Nixon was the president during the time the Apollo Missions were taking place. The goal of the Apollo Program “was to land humans on the moon and assure their safe return to Earth” (“Space Program”). There were several Apollo Missions conducted‚ however‚ Apollo 11 is the most famous. Apollo 11 was the most famous because this mission landed humans on the moon. The day America landed on the moon was on July 20‚ 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
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S GD & T NGH AN TRƯ NG THPT HUỲNH THÚC KHÁNG THI TH IH CL N1 Môn Ti ng Anh Th i gian làm bài: 90 phút; (80 câu tr c nghi m) Mã thi 132 H ‚ tên thí sinh:....................................................... S báo danh: .............................Phòng thi:…………. Mark the letter A‚ B‚ C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. 1: People today use aspirin to relieve pain‚ alike past generations‚ who used the bark A B C of the white willow tree in powder form
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Strategic Plan 2011 NASA www.nasa.gov The future of aeronautics and space exploration is built on sound strategic planning and the commitment of our employees and partners. The images on the cover show activities that contribute to achieving our strategic goals‚ artist concepts of future missions or innovative ideas‚ and our education efforts. Aerospace engineer Rod Chima works with the Large-Scale Low-Boom supersonic inlet model in the Glenn
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