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    On the 25th of May 1961 in Cape Kennedy‚ Florida‚ John F Kennedy made a speech. He decided that an American was going to be the first to land on the moon. I‚ Neil Armstrong had the honour‚ to be one of the three astronauts chosen to go on the Apollo 11 mission. I was accompanied by‚ Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Michael Collins. On the 16th of July 1969 at 9:32am‚ Saturn V weighing 3million kilograms‚ launched from Cape Kennedy‚ Florida. Before we were beginning to start our launch I was very nervous

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    On July 20‚ 1969‚ at 20:17:40 UTC‚ US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to step onto the surface of the moon. Millions watch as Apollo 11 basted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:37 am on July 16. It entered orbit 12 minutes later. After one and a half orbits‚ the third-stage engine pushed the spacecraft onto its trajectory toward the Moon. Aboard were mission commander Neil Armstrong‚ lunar module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and command module pilot Michael Collins. On

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    the courage to fight the super power of the world and take charge of an unstable colony. Patriotism gave him courage. Patriotism is why America leads the world. Men and women have a deep will to work and succeed. This disease is why Neil Armstrong stepped onto uncertain ground. He wanted to show the world that his nation had accomplished something no other had. He took the leap onto the moon to prove his patriotism. In the Second World War‚ there was a shortage of

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    Samantha Vraa 3/2/09 English 1106 Coraline is a horrific children’s book that was produced into a movie in 2009. Written by Neil Gaiman‚ the book was published in 2003 as juvenile fiction. Gaiman’s twisted ingenious mind has even frightened adult readers. This creepy fairy tale clearly draws much of its inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. What started out as a children’s novel became a hit movie in theaters. What is so spectacular about Coraline may be the colorful

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    Research Notes Kauderer‚ Amiko. “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Human Space Flight” The Apollo Missions. 2 August 2009. Web. 22 January 2013 * The entire Apollo program‚ at its conclusion‚ costed 19‚408‚134‚000 dollars. This expense took up 34 percent of the NASA budget. * The Apollo program included a large number of uncrewed test missions and 11 crewed missions. The 11 crewed missions include two Earth orbiting missions‚ two lunar orbiting missions‚ a lunar swingby and

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    ‘Explain the ideas and policies which link the modern Labour Party to socialism’. (10 marks) Socialism is the economic system based on cooperation rather than competition of businesses which utilizes centralized planning and redistribution of wealth. Industry is state owned and therefore companies have government monopolies on them which results in no competition. Industries are redistributed though the state to achieve a fairer society. Traditional Labour values were indeed a form of socialism

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    8/16/13 Share 0 Bhutan Baby: Travelling to the Moon - An Essay for School More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Bhutan Baby Adventures of a foreign girl growing up in Bhutan SUNDAY‚ MAY 13‚ 2012 FOLLOWERS Join this site w ith Google Friend Connect Travelling to the Moon - An Essay for School Travelling to the moon was once considered science fiction‚ but now people can be sent to the moon by spaceships. Spacesuits help a lot in outer space‚ too: They have a pressurized atmosphere

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    the long fall back to the planet’s surface. The trip took four days and six hours to complete‚ not long at all after considering that they had to travel at least two thousand twenty-five miles to the moon. After which the two astronauts‚ Buzz‚ and Neil landed on the lunar surface while leaving Collins to orbit above the men. The two men spent a total of twenty-one hours on the moon‚ performing a variety of scientific‚ and instrumental achievements. After the long exhilarating time on the satellite

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    moon landing hoax fallacy

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    leaps and bounds and it was a time of endless opportunity. In spite of all the evidence to the contrary‚ theorists say the moon landing was stage The U.S. government‚ desperate to either beat the Soviets in the space race or distract from Vietnam‚ put Neil Armstrong under lights on a secret set somewhere in the desert. Despite theorists’ claims that man never landed on the moon‚ their supposed evidence contain black and white fallacy‚ circular reasoning‚ non sequitur fallacy‚ and straw man fallacies

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    Graphic Novel Deconstruction This essay will deconstruct Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel The Sandman Volume#1 Preludes and Nocturnes (1991)‚ in order to gain an understanding of narrative is presented through the use of image. It will also comment on the codes and conventions within the chosen text. Preludes and Nocturnes is the collection of eight comics in the Sandman series‚ with Neil Gaiman writing for a regular series for the first time. As such Preludes and Nocturnes is somewhat a work in progress

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