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    reality. I want to be a part of America’s Space Program. My interest in space and the space program began when I was a small child. Initially I was focused primarily on aircraft and space vehicles‚ especially the Saturn V rocket. My grandfather worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from the day it was founded on October 1‚ 1958‚ until the space shuttle program. He retired as Chief of the Shuttle Simulation Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston‚ Texas in 1983. So

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    Space travel has always been an exciting adventure for people. For centuries people have looked at the stars and wondered what else was out there. Then we started studying it and as technology and human knowledge advanced people started getting more curious. Now in the 21st century people wonder if it is really worth it to fund a mission to space that is hugely expensive‚ time consuming and difficult to generate public support for. The United States does not have a space exploration program anymore

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    Star Visitor Race

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    A number of Star Visitor races evolved to intelligent life forms on their respective planets across the universe. Some of these civilizations are millions of years old. Other intelligent races "out there" developed not solely from evolution‚ but from other races’ "missionary" sowing of intelligent life on planets they discovered whose indigenous biota had evolved to the point where one or more animal species could provide a suitable anatomy and physique for engineering in high intelligence and

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    Race Class Gender

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    influence over others Prestige (RESPECT) Social Inequality is structured by: Race‚ Class‚ and Gender a. Individual experience and action (we think of social inequality as a personal experience) b. Built into society through social institutions‚ which permeate society Prejudice- is negative thoughts against others(non-whites the out-group) Discrimination- taking action on prejudice that harms others RACE-is not scientifically valid or useful way to think about human diversity (most ppl

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    US spends only 3.41 billion on the space program as of 2011 and is getting smaller every year‚ while china spend 5.51 billion on their space program. On July 20th‚ 1969 2 million Americans watched Neil Armstong walk on the moon. As he walked on the surface‚ he said “that’s one step for man‚ and one giant leap for mankind”. As of 1972 the moon mission were stopped and the farthest we go now is the ISS (International Space Station). Now that we don’t explore space‚ we might never have a leap for mankind

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    In this case‚ Carter Racing has to make a decision under pressure about whether or not to race given they have experienced engine failure at a rate of 29%. Based on the opinion of the engine mechanic‚ temperature is a key driver in the cause of engine failure and Carter Racing has never raced in such a cold temperature (40 deg F). The data (only 7 data points) gathered by a more senior mechanic‚ who designed the turbo-charging system‚ does not demonstrate a correlation between temperature and gasket

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    Reconstruction and Race Relations Reconstruction and Race Relations The time period during the Reconstruction Era saw a lot of change to the lives of every American‚ from white southern power struggles to post-Reconstruction political and social climate change. Newly freed slaves sought to start a new life freed from the bonds of slavery‚ while Southern White hierarchy tried everything that they could to keep them chained to the local laws. Former slaves tried to move to

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    Race Definition Essay

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    Race is an ideology that was created by people of power in order to create social classes. The main objective is to claim that there is no exact definition of race‚ it is a fictional word that was created by social groups in order to have power and a hierarchical system. The concepts of race that have been discussed represent assumptions of what race would look like if it was real. Society has different social groups in which everyone is categorized differently due to their languages‚ culture‚ beliefs

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    Social Dichotomy Of Race

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    to define race‚ two common theories tend to develop. One theory is that race is biological. The second theory is that race is only a social construct. Both theories are correct. I believe that race is both. I also believe that race is such a complex concept that it can’t be explained in this simple dichotomy. Scientists argue continually about whether race is biological or not. I see both sides of this argument‚ which is possibly because I believe that those on the side that deny race as being

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    The Cross-Race Effect

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    The cross-race bias‚ also called as own-race bias or cross-race effect‚ in recognizing faces is the idea that people can better recognize faces from their own race‚ relative to those of other races. In brief‚ the theory explains how it is easier to focus on individualistic features to differentiate individuals within their own face‚ but not in other-race faces due to lack of familiarity. This is particularly important in evaluating how accurate eyewitness identification is: cross-race effect plays

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