The Challenger Disaster By: Kathy Neuner & Jeremy Rider Executive Summary Many factors must be examined to find the underlying reason for the horrible disaster of the space shuttle Challenger. We will cover both the technical causes to the disaster and the communication breakdown with NASA. We will also look at the outside pressure that NASA was receiving from the media‚ congress and the military. Recommendations for NASA and anyone in the communication field will be given. These recommendations
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India’s Steps into Space Exploration The more you resist the more it persist is the story of Indian space program. When US reluctantly refused to transfer the space technology and also coaxed our friendly nations not to transfer it into Indian hands‚ Indian elite band of scientists took charge and determinedly persuaded the path breaking success. During the nascent stage of Indian space program no one would have thought that the child would transform into a monster‚ breaking all the time and economy
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Owning land in space seems absolutely amazing‚ but is it really that helpful? Owning land in space may not be the best idea in the world. Owning property in space may take away from continuing to do research in space‚ we need room on the planets to do this research‚ and people may make the wrong decision by buying property‚ they may not have enough money to do anything after and that would result in more poor people. Buying and owning land in space may take away from being able to do research. NASA
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the Earth‚ we now look up. Man has only touched the surface on space travel. We are beginning to discover‚ what it has to offer us‚ from the discovery of distant galaxies to medical breakthroughs. Man need to be present for these accomplishments not a robot. Man has always looked to the stars since the dawn of time. Now that we have the means to break the bonds of gravity‚ we are beginning to explore the last frontier. Manned space travel is not a luxury but a necessity. We are just beginning to
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Through time‚ humans have dreamed of travelling across the stars to the exoplanets we’ve spotted far away‚ but such a trip would be very long. Even to travel at the current space speed record to the nearest known exoplanet would take 43‚000 years (4). All that aside; the main issue is sustaining a human population for that long‚ if it were based generation to generation it would take roughly 600 generations of humans before they arrived based on today’s current life expectancy (3). This issue isn’t
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Spectrographs‚ Radio Telescopes & Space Telescopes Astr100 Lecture 10 September 19‚ 2012 Keck 10-meter Telescopes Mauna Kea Observatory‚ HI Keck Telescope Details University of Arizona Mirror Furnace TMT = Thirty Meter Telescope Now in design phase. Cost $800M Thirty Meter Telescope details: 492 segments each 1-m across Active & Adaptive Optics • Active optics – to adjust a big mirror once every minute or so to maintain its mechanical shape • Adaptive optics – to adjust
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China ’s Space Weapons Program and U.S. Security Name: Astronomy: Course Instructor: Date China ’s Space Weapons Program and U.S. Security Space assets benefit not only the countries that have sent them but all the other military from other countries as well by sharing them. However there are times that these assets have to be destroyed after they have served their purpose and it is the responsibility of the country that sent it out there to destroy it before it overcrowds
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& Society Space Exploration A Global Addiction and Its Impact on Society and Social Power The obsession and curiosity of space and the unknown has become a major factor in today’s society that continues to influence and affect other imperative issues that need to be addressed. New technology‚ space‚ and the unknown are things that everyone desires to learn more about and cannot get enough of. It is a fact that cannot be ignored whether one wants to or not. However‚ new space technology needs
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Angel Vega Professor Szpila WRT 100 23 July 2013 The National Air and Space Museum Stimulating the Mind The history of the United States is one of the most important in the world. Some of the most popular sources of our nation’s history are our museums. The collection of museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C had a total of 21.8 million visits by individuals in 2013 alone. The National Air and Space Museum‚ in particular‚ was the biggest contributor to these statistics;
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In this information age‚ space exploration is playing an increasingly important role in the immense advances of technology. But in the meantime whether it is a blessing or a curse has sparked a heated debate. Some people argued that space exploration has opened up our world and added to our knowledge‚ while many others claimed that space research is a waste of money. Firstly‚ it is undeniable that the exploitation of space has directly changed our world. Space research has already resulted in a
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