The causes and effects of the Challenger and Columbia disasters It was the day in the history of America wherein the people had a great expectation of a mission that would take a civilian for the first time into the space by launched the Challenger‚ in 1986‚ but something unexpected happened when the shuttle explored shortly after liftoff and claiming the lives of all crew members onboard. That was not the only exploration of the American history‚ another similar disaster was the exploration
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The Hubble Space Telescope was launched after a two-year delay on April 24th‚ 1990 from the space shuttle Discovery. This telescope has a length of 13.2 meters and a weight at launch that was 11‚110 kg. It is a space-based optical reflective telescope that observes distant and faint objects. (NASA) One of the most important discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope has to be that it has revealed the age of the universe to be 13 to 14 billion years old‚ this was a huge improvement from the earth based
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Inc. (QDI) teamed with WCSAR (Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics)‚ a NASA center for the commercial development of space‚ developed High Emissivity Aluminiferous Light-emitting Substrate technology to provide high-intensity‚ solid-state LED lighting systems for NASA Space Shuttle plant growth experiments. Their goal was to be able to grow plants in space so humans could have longer stays in space shuttles or the International Space Station (ISS). They discovered that specific LED
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Space exploration is not worth the cost. Space exploration is not worth the cost because it is not losing the lives of astronauts. It is also not worth the money that is being spent to make the rocket ship. Also there would not be a lot of income. First of all space exploration is not worth the cost because it is not worth losing the lives astronauts lives. Even though there are people willing to go to space they can lose their lives while leaving the atmosphere. An example is the 1986 challenger
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you think of NASA you might think of bright lit hangers‚ laboratories‚ and the worlds brightest scientist‚ but over the better part of the last 30 years NASA has struggled to struggled to maintain certain obligations. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‚ better known as NASA was started as a scientific program for the United States government. For the last 52 years NASA has been the leader in innovation and exploration in not only astrological areas but making many scientific discoveries
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On January 28th of 1986 tragedy struck the United States. It was devastating to all of those that witnessed and had a loved one involved. This catastrophe was known as the space shuttle Challenger explosion. The event was all over the news and the launch was broadcasted live for millions to watch. That same day President Ronald Reagan spoke on the issue. As the speech was directed to the families of the crew and the United States in general‚ he addressed the nation and showed his point of view on
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The Real Reasons We Explore Space "When you ask people what we do‚ beyond thr broad category of "space"‚ they aren’t quite sure. And if you ask them what we’re planning to do‚ they’re even less sure. But they know that they love NASA. So NASA has what in the marketing dicipline would be called very strong brand loyalty‚ even though people are not familiar in detail with what we do or why they like it‚" says Michael Griffin. From 2005 to 2009 Michael Griffin served as the administrator of
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Space Privatization With NASA landing their last space mission‚ the idea of making space exploration private comes into consideration. In my opinion‚ I believe that space travel should not become privatized. If it does become private‚ NASA’s efforts might fail repetitively‚ there’s too much people requesting to go into space along with too much money and effort to build these space crafts‚ and it is very dangerous for unprepared people to go into space. First of all‚ the efforts put into private
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Space traveler now Dead?! Space traveler Zach Granger had a tragic death leaving behind his 4 daughters and 2 sons Serenity‚ Allison‚ Harry‚ Jeff‚ and Chloe. His children range from ages 4 months-7 years. Authorities claim he died from the launch of Starship 4.Alonzo and his men: Berry Jones‚ Paul Snider‚ and Benjamin Bender used counterfeit identities to trick Zach. Video tapes revealed that Granger had trusted Alonzo Aznar more than he should have and let him pack his lunch while he got ready
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Space is for NASA not for Google! Private companies are trying their luck at space travel. One day you could possibly go up into space on a shuttle made by the same brand that makes your cellphone. There are lots of flaws to space privatization including it being unsafe‚ not going to work out long term‚ and the fact that America already has a space program. There have been several failed attempts at space travel by private companies before‚ and most of them looked promising. And most private companies
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