background knowledge of the history of the space shuttle. In September 1969‚ two months after the first manned lunar landing‚ a Space Task Group appointed by the President of the United States to study the future course of U.S. space research and exploration made the recommendation that "…the United States accept the basic goal of a balanced manned and unmanned space program. To achieve this goal‚ the United States should …develop new systems of technology for space operation…through a program directed
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Disaster Strikes Hindenburg No More The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday‚ May 6‚ 1937‚ as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed. The source of how the fire started is till today being debated. The occupancy of the aircraft was 36 passengers and an additional 61 crew members . The fatalities of this disaster was totaled at 36 people‚ which included 13 passengers and 23 crewmen. This unpredictable tragedy sparked fear in people and in turn ending
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Mae C. Jemison Her Birth Mae C. Jamison was born in on October 17‚ 1956 in Decatur‚ Alabama. She was the youngest child to Charlie Jemison and Dorothy Green. Her father was a maintenance supervisor for a charity and her mother was a elementary teacher. When Mae Jemison was three years old when her parents moved to Chicago‚ Illinois so there kids can get a better education. At a very young age Mae Jemison expressed an interest in science and astronomy. In elementary she was asked what she wanted
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U.S. and Russia in their space programs. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended America’s space shuttle program until the year 2015. So‚ American astronomers need to travel to Star City in Russia to get to the International Space Station. The living conditions in Star City were horrible in the past years‚ but Russia has taken great measures to improve the living conditions for the Americans. The U.S. and Russia working together on their space programs is amazing considering
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Decision Making Analysis Report Mengjie Chen Instructor‚ Peter G. Dominick Columbia and Tenerife Case study The Tenerife crash‚ recently referred as the biggest air disaster in history‚ seems to have little connection with the tragedy of Space Shuttle Columbia. However‚ there are similarities‚ especially some decisions made by two people from the two cases respectively. When they made certain decisions‚ they did fall into similar cognitive traps which‚ if identified in time‚ would prevent the
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FLYING SHUTTLE ` Many of us will have studied the Industrial Revolution at schools and heard of the ‘Flying Shuttle’. Well what is it and why was it such an important invention? * A single person operating a loom from home‚ could only produce a piece of cloth that was as wide as their outstretched arms because they had to be able to throw the shuttle‚ carrying the weft‚ the horizontal yarn‚ through the waft‚ the vertical yarn and catch it. * If wider cloth was needed it took two or
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Case Analysis 1. Which strategy- cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ or focus- is Shuttle America following? Explain. We think Shuttle America maintained its focus. Even though they had lots of competitors in the United States‚ they never took their eye of the prize. They remained focused even though looking for their startup capital was hard to produce in the first place. And in order to care for their patronizing customers‚ they kept their mechanics internally‚ meaning‚ they never hired outside
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2. ASSESSMENT OF THE CALAMITY The crash stunned the people in Mackay‚ particularly the military. There were few eyewitnesses to the calamity and much confusion. Captain Samuel Cutler‚ the executive officer of the U.S. Army Rest Area at Mackay‚ recorded some details of the incident in his personal wartime dairy.16 The day before the crash‚ he wrote: Sunday‚ June 13th‚ 1943 Saw CBA Flying Fortress test hopping over us. Our Major Diller was aboard with Lt. Gidcumb as pilot. The B-17 was in good
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Before baseline 11-10 launches‚ the distance rocket traveled 6.73m and weighed 1.12 grams and the seconds rocket went .92 seconds and weighed .95 grams. By adding some cardstock for fins and taking off my clay and replacing it with tape it went quite a bit further and it went quite a bit faster‚ the weight was .93 grams. With the weight taken off‚ the rocket went 1.796 m farther. For the baseline launches‚ the distance average was 7.465m and .91 seconds and for the height the average was 2
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EMPLOYEE SHUTTLE SERVICE CrossIron Mills provides a private shuttle service for exclusive use of transporting current employees to and from their place of work. This is a private service that requires current proof of employment to be produced in order to purchase fare. CrossIron Mills does not provide intercity/regional transportation to members of the public. If you have questions or concerns regarding public transportation in your municipality‚ we encourage you to contact your local city or county
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