The first moon landing(Apollo 11) was in 1969 6 years after president Kennedy’s death. He promised that we would make it to the moon‚but the question is was he telling the truth. The tests before (Apollo-10) a few of them made it into earth’s orbit‚ but the rest did not even make it out of the atmosphere. Some people say that the Apollo mission was faked‚but some people think that they were real this is what I think. I think that the moon landings were real.It has been 46 years and people are
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Tod Reitmeier September 4‚ 2012 What My Country Means to Me There is nothing better in the world than waking up on a beautiful Saturday morning freed of a schedule‚ no worries‚ laying in the bed thinking‚ “ What you would like to do today? Maybe go on a hike? Or what about a pickup football game with family and friends while cookingout?” Sun shining through the trees…smell of sizzling burgers and hotdogs on the grill‚ your closest friends waiting anxiously for you to call their name to be on
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On April 11‚ 1970 Apollo 13 took flight to the moon. Fred Haise‚ Jack Swigert‚ and Jim Lovell were the three men who had the privilege to be the three astronauts that would man this flight to the moon. Days before the mission‚ the original main pilot‚ Ken Mattingly was exposed to the measles and was believed to have fallen ill‚ so back up pilot Jim Lovell was called in to replace him. Now that the crew had been assembled it was time for launch. Before the three men had taken on the challenge of
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“Tradition is a guide not a jailer.” (W. Somerset Morgan) This quote shows how people take pride in being part of a tradition and ritual. Similarly‚ in the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ a human is sacrificed every year to follow and honor an old custom that was stamped ever since the town was established. This year out of a village of 300 people‚ Bill Hutchinson’s family won the lottery‚ and in the second round of the raffle‚ out of all five members of the family‚ Tessie Hutchinson
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Does art imitate life or life imitate art? Since life and art are in a permanent interaction‚ it is not a surprise when something that was created as a work of art at first‚ became a reality after a while. Revolutionary inventions or dramatic events had been work of art before they became reality. Sometimes‚ a futuristic movie presented unbelievable events that happened in a certain place‚ and people could not even imagine that all of those events one day could become reality. However‚ the movie
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Do green aliens that fly to Earth on a UFO exist or is it an imaginary image put in people’s mind? There have been many conspiracies over the years about Area 51 that many cannot seem to analyze or accept. The topic can be looked at countless ways depending on the mindset of the person. Some believe UFOs roam the skies leaving behind remains of their activity. Others believe these are hoaxes and there is more of a factual reasoning behind the occurrence. However‚ even though citizens say the unidentified
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UFO hunters do not go down easy. They are revisiting one of the most interesting mysteries in space history. A NASA photograph taken some years ago shows a straight line formation of what appear to be some kind of aircraft. The space agency quietly deleted the image from its website but it has since emerged. UFO HUNTERS OUTRAGED AFTER CONSPIRACY Once this image was removed by NASA‚ the UFO community responded with stark accusations towards the agency. Eventually‚ the image reappeared on the website
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Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is an African-American mathematician and physicist who is known for calculating the trajectories for many NASA missions. She was born on the 26th of August‚ 1918 in the town of White Sulphur Springs‚ West Virginia. Katherine was a very brilliant child and by the age of 13 she was attending the black West Virginia State College’s high school. At 18‚ she enrolled in the actual college graduating in 1937 with the most advanced honors. In 1939‚ Katherine was handpicked
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Discovery – Creative Writing Write an original narrative which deals with the idea that the best discoveries are unintended. You must include a birthday party. The lingering light was immersed by the rapidly falling night. The once salmon‚ purple sky transformed into a vast expanse of jet-black that engulfed the whole town. Yet at the corner of the street‚ the house remained unchanged. Supported only by stilts‚ its shabby character inconsistent to the grace and elegance of its neighbours. Its door
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The Journey of Crazy HorseThe first seven chapters begin by talking about the early years of Crazy Horse. These years are significant because it shows how he began his life before he went off to fight mighty battles and became known as an excellent warrior. There are many main points in his early years that lead up to him becoming a warrior. Starting off with his birth and childhood‚ how he learned different virtues‚ to finally becoming interested in being a warrior. Each time he was involved with
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