On January 28‚ 1986‚ NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger exploded just seconds after its liftoff killing all seven passengers on board. In the time of mourning following the horrific space shuttle disaster‚ President Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that offered condolences to the families of the victims from both him and the rest of the country. Reagan‚ first‚ was on live television to give a report on the State of the Union‚ but he found it necessary to acknowledge the tragedy that had just taken
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NASA Crane The first project that I chose was the NASA Crane engineering challenge. The purpose of this project was to attempt to create a crane from materials provided‚ but lift the most weight. We also took ratings on how efficient the design was‚ the look of the design‚ and the strength of the design. We first looked at the need of the project. NASA is wanting to‚ in the future‚ bring cranes to the moon to extract different materials. The problem would be getting it there. They need a crane that
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"Houston‚ Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” This famous quote was said by Neil Armstrong when he and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. This was an accomplishment that will live on forever in the hearts of the American citizens on July 20‚ 1969. Ever since that day many people envisioned humans traveling the cosmos‚ pushing our limits‚ and making our mark in the universe. That was more than 40 years ago and today there has been a lack of motivation or initiative to do what was once viewed
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Fueling NASA‚ the Key to Unlocking the Universe Could Mars be the next planet humans inhabit? Who will be the first to determine how to get to this red-dirt home‚ the governments of the world or private companies? Robert Gebelhoff‚ in an article for the Washington Post‚ stated that the Space Race is far from over in today’s society‚ and the stakes are just as high as before (Gebelhoff 3). With the idea of leaving Earth looms overhead‚ scientists and engineers are busy at work coming up with theories
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was first created by the United States government in 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower. NASA was building all of their own rockets and engineering all of the equipment for them to go into space. The US government soon then found out that the expenses that it would take to fund intergalactic space missions. “In 2013‚ U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress for $17.7 billion for NASA
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UFO or NASA weather balloon? There is a wealth of UFO sightings around the world. There is also always someone around to see it. These videos are full of shaky footage and interesting commentary. It could be a UFO? And the video is put to the test through peer evaluation‚ usually on YouTube. Rational folk always have an answer. A drone. Trump flying around with bat wings. Or a more simpler explanation‚ a NASA weather balloon. It would be difficult to dismiss the chance that a real UFO has been caught
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dollars of the taxpayers money to fund NASA every year. We shouldn’t be funding NASA that money when our economy is the worst it’s been since the Great Depression; we need to focus and spend our money on the problems here on Earth. NASA hasn’t done anything significant in space in years. And it’s incredibly risky and dangerous going up there. Arguments: 1) Our economy is the worst it’s been since the Great Depression‚ why are we even considering funding NASA 17.6 billion dollars when we have big
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3 March 2017 Period 1 NASA NASA sent a spacecraft to Mars. Early in the morning they started to receive a series of beeps which means it has made it to Mars. This spacecraft was called Juno . It took a totle of 5 years for this craft to make it to Mars when it left in 2011 out of Florida. This aircraft has traveled so many miles it‚ it traveled around 1.8 billion miles. Juno is now doing a orbit around Mars. This is the closest an aircraft has ever been to Mars. Nasa now is working on getting
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)‚ do they have too much or not enough money? NASA has been around for 58 years‚ each year after the space race the budget gets cut every year. Supporters are saying that NASA needs more money in order to make better advancements along with discoveries. Critics say that NASA has too much money and isn’t spending it wisely. Either way‚ NASA has made many discoveries along with advancements‚ helping the people on earth‚ exploring space‚ along with making
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NASA When you think of NASA you might think of bright lit hangers‚ laboratories‚ and the worlds brightest scientist‚ but over the better part of the last 30 years NASA has struggled to struggled to maintain certain obligations. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‚ better known as NASA was started as a scientific program for the United States government. For the last 52 years NASA has been the leader in innovation and exploration in not only astrological areas but making many
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