day in the history of India’s space programme. This was the day when first rocket from India was launched. It was also the day when Thumba Equatorial Launching station came into operation. The rocket was assembled in a nearby church which had been acquired for building the said station. The first India made rocket lifted from Thumba in 1969. This 10 kg pencil rocket had propellants made in India and it was assembled in church building which is now a museum of space memorabilia. But it was the VSSC
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In India‚ the space program was formerly launched in 1972 with the setting up of the Space Commission and the Department of Space. Advancement in areas of communication‚ meteorology‚ resources survey & management‚ develop satellites‚ launch vehicles & associated ground systems were the initial objectives. Since then‚ India has made impressive progress in this field. Space technology has not only enhanced India’s communication capabilities‚ but has also contributed in meteorological forecasting
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ending the funds towards space research‚ and yes‚ there are issues that do plague us as a race. There is poverty and injustice in the world. While these issues exist and should certainly not be ignored‚ the funds put forth to space exploration have a major impact and are no less of a
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The space shuttle Columbia broke down over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of Cape Canaveral in the attempt to put a satellite payload into orbit. All seven crew members died which included five NASA astronauts and two other payload specialists. The NASAs managers were anxious for several reasons‚ including economic‚ political pressures and schedule timings for the launch. This event also involved the competition between European space agency and the Russians. The purpose of the mission was to
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presentation are assumed by the audience to come from this body‚ even if they are off-screen voices. The acceptance of this off-screen voice by the audience is dependent on an understanding of space within the cinema itself. It relies on an understanding that the frame of the visual image does not limit the aural space. Even the physical confines of the theater itself are not the limit of the diegesis or aural telling of the story. Though the visual story is limited‚ the audience accepts auditory input
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Space Shuttle Columbia Courtney K. Nagel Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract On February 1‚ 2003‚ the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry resulting in the loss of the seven crewmembers and the shuttle. For the next several months an extensive investigation of the accident was performed by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). The board published their final report in August‚ 2003 and concluded that the cause of the loss of Columbia and its crew was a breach
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Shaylen Pfister Q4 EA1 Is space exploration the cause of poverty? Or is it other government issues ? Yes‚ the government has taken money from taxes to send people into space. It takes $10‚000 per pound just to put somebody on the moon. It would be twice that much to send someone to Mars as it says in Source-B The Cost Of Space Exploration. That is a crazy amount of money to send just 1 pound of something into outer space! That’s why taxes are so high in America. They use the money that we
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Space Exploration Persuasive Paper Imagine you are homeless‚ sleeping different places every night. You rarely have two meals a day. One day you are walking down the street and the ground starts to shake. You look up and see a fiery trail pushing a rocket into the great unknown of space. And then you continue to walk down the street wondering if you will get another meal that day. Space exploration funding should be decreased because too much money is spend already‚ we need to fully develop 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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