provides solarpower systems to some 33‚000 buildings. Will serve as the company chair. 2008 NASA selects the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle and the reusable Dragon spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station after the space shuttles retire. 2010 Makes a cameo appearance in Iron Man 2. Director Jon Favreau cites Musk as an inspiration for Tony Stark. 2012 SpaceX’s Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to berth with the ISS . Inventions Elon Musk is best
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Introduction During the Apollo 13 mission‚ the crew was faced with odds that were not in their favor. They were faced with many uncertainties that would possibly be fatal if they went wrong. It all started when a crew member stirred the o2 tanks‚ and the tanks burst. With this predicament‚ they could not possibly land on the moon. Mission Control or "Houston" had to come up with a flawless plan to get the U.S spacemen back to the Earth. How is free-fall associated in the re-entry of a spacecraft
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Many people say that going to space is too costly‚ and doesn’t help people on earth‚ or we have better things to do‚ like purging our national debt‚ or at least that’s what I’ve heard. But in fact‚ that’s entirely wrong except for the expensive part‚ but space exploration has brought so many useful items and gadgets that may be taken for granted from L.E.Ds to artificial limbs (NASA Spinoff). Although there is other private space companies like SpaceX and Boeing and some people say we should just
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Apollo 13 “Houston We ’ve Got A Problem” 12/1/11 Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third mission by NASA to land a space shuttle onto the moon. The crew aboard the ship consisted of James A. Lovell‚ Jr.‚ John L. Swigert‚ Jr.‚ and Fred W. Haise‚ Jr. (KSC). The launch date for Apollo 13 was set for April 11‚ 1970 at 13:13 Houston time (James A. Lovell). The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum summarizes the events of the Apollo 13 incident as “An explosion in one of the oxygen tanks crippled
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payment system known as Pay Pal. After selling Pay Pal to EBay for $1.5 billion‚ he set his eyes on space in hopes of taking over NASA’s space missions (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation‚ 2008). NASA will be shutting down their space shuttle operations in 2010 because of funding issues. SpaceX is one of the two winners of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contracts that NASA awarded in August 2006. The other contract winner is
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Dr. Laurel Clark‚ who was lost aboard the space shuttle Columbia on February 1‚ 2003 said‚ “to me‚ there’s a lot of different things that we do during life that could potentially harm us‚ and I choose not to stop doing these things.” In all of human endeavor there are challenges and difficulties. How people respond to those challenges varies. Some run or try to hide from difficulties‚ and others rise to meet the challenge and in doing‚ reveal their true selves. In the film 127 Hours‚ Aaron Ralston
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coauthored/authored lots of reports. She did the calculations that helped the synch Project Apollo’s Lunar Lander. And she did this remarkably being the only black woman in an almost all-male and white work force. Her critical success started the Space Shuttle program‚ and lead her to becoming a memorable NASA member. (Britannica.com‚ web) Image result for katherine johnson presidential medal
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ISP: An Internet service provider (ISP‚ also called Internet access provider) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. Many but not all ISPs are telephone companies or other telecommunication providers. WWW: WWW abbreviated as The World Wide Web commonly known as the web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. With a web browser‚ one can view web pages that may contain text‚ images‚ videos‚ and other multimedia
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Brett Mulligan 10-2-12 Space Command Year 4096: "I remember when I was just about your age all I ever wanted to do was go to space‚” Said the old man sitting in his rocking chair. "Well did you go to space grandpa‚” the little boy said who was just about to turn five years old. “Yes I did Timmy‚ I went to the deepest reaches of space explored places no one has ever even heard of‚ I even captained my very own ship for twenty-five years"‚ he leaned back in his chair to get more comfortable
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where they got the technology for that electric appendage? None other than the scientists working in zero gravity up in the ISS‚ (International Space Station). It’s design was based on a robotic arm called the Canadarm‚ used to do repairs on space shuttles and routine maintenance on the ISS. It’s technology was used to design a smaller‚ more gentle arm. That arm‚ made from technology provided by NASA has saved thirty five people that would have died otherwise. And then there’s bone loss. In zero gravity
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