When Americans think of the term “space exploration” they typically associate it with “the race for space” and recall a time when the nation was consumed by the thought of rockets and beating the Soviet Union to the final frontier. While the period of time‚ coined as “The Space Race‚” has since passed‚ space exploration continues to impact people around the world. Many Americans fail to understand that the benefits of space exploration extend far beyond the people involved with counting down the
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Space Shuttles: | The Life of Them | | Kionna Jones | | 7th period | 11/29/2010 | | Space Shuttles The Space Shuttle is an American spacecraft operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for orbital human spaceflight missions. The Space Shuttle is part of the Space Transportation System (STS). Space Shuttles are one of the most talked about aircrafts. The Shuttle is a reusable launch and reentry vehicle that saves on the costs that were once required
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lightweight space shuttle in the 1970’s‚ but they needed a test vehicle in those times‚ computer technology was not as good‚ and advanced like now so they had no way to see how the shuttle would react to heat‚ and stress according to Nasa’s website.The Challenger broke apart 73 seconds while in liftoff on January 28‚ 1986 which killed the 7 astronauts on board‚ and the reason for the incident was because of a booster failure.On April 4th‚ 1983‚ and saw the first spacewalk of the space shuttles program
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seen as an exceptional technologically savvy country through his superior to any other‚ achievements of being the first of many situations as a Canadian in space. Firstly‚ Chris Hadfield became the first Canadian in to walk in space‚ thus portraying Canada’s eagerness to participate in larger affairs further developing the Canadian identity. Space exploration was once heavily dominated by the larger powers of the world‚ Canada was merely seen as a helper in the bigger picture. The nation was ignored
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The Final Frontier: The benefits of space exploration to provide a better life on Earth. Man once dreamt of flying‚ of touching the night sky and trampling the dirt on the surface of the moon. And for a long time we kept thinking it was only a dream. But on the 4th October 1957‚ Russia launched Sputnik 1‚ the first satellite into the depth of space‚ officially starting off the space age for us. And then on the 20th of July 1963‚ Neil Armstrong steps off onto the moon’s surface with the now famous
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Public Transportation to Reduce Traffic Jam Traffic jam. I’m sure that all of us have gotten tired already with this classic problem of our country. How many time in our life have we wasted already only for traffic jam? This may seem trivial‚ but truly‚ this has been severe enough to cost us a lot. Not only is that it physically damage us‚ but also mentally and materially. What can be done over this problem? What actually went wrong? A lot of factors cause traffic jam actually‚ but the one thing
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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE Lachlan Milligan Part 1: Research of an Optical Instrument or Device The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)‚ named after James Webb who played a pivotal role in the Apollo program‚ is renowned for replacing the Hubble space telescope due its uncontested visibility (HubbleSite‚ 2015)‚ created by modern technology. The JWST cost $8.7 billion US (NASA JWST‚ 2016) and is scheduled to be launched in October 2018 and will offer unparalleled resolution from long-wavelength
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solar system and in space exploration in general‚ and others arguing that it is unnecessary and a largely prominent section of these people believing that it is a waste of money and time. Both of these views are supported by strong pieces of proof and evidence and it is imperative to grasp each belief to reach and informed conclusion. Many people believe that exploration of our solar system is vital and there is a lot of information to be gained from the exploration of outer space‚ there is a lot of
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Russell Howell Mrs. Grandolfo English 12‚ Period 3 February 7‚ 2012 Reaping the Benefits of Space Exploration Curiosity has been the driving force behind the human race ever since the first Homo sapiens have started walking. Our very survival and dominance of Planet Earth has only resulted from our ability to solve problems and innovate to accomplish our goals. This uncanny problem solving ability of the Human race doesn’t even restrict us terrestrially‚ as it has propelled us into the “heavens”
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The Space Race and American-Russian Relations The Cold War was an influential time period for Americans in the later half of the 20th century. This war did not involve physical warfare; no fighting on the battlefield ever took place. Rather‚ it was a war based on intimidation and fear; it was an arms race between the two global superpowers of the democratic United States of America and the communist Soviet Union. This struggle to be the biggest and best ’ was one that lasted from the few
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