assassination attempt on the Pope and President Reagan in 1981. NASA had it’s share of excitement in the 80’s too‚ even though some events weren’t things to celebrate. NASA sent Sally Ride as the first woman to Space on June 18th‚ 1983‚ but in 1986 things took a bad turn around for NASA when the space shuttle “Challenger” exploded shortly after lift-off on January 28th (Jennifer Rosenberg). On top of all those events; between 1981 and 1983‚ 1‚450 people were infected with AIDS (most of them being gay/bisexual
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“Stop lying Jack.” Then there was a long pause. A pause so long any normal person would have suffocated in the tension. Jack coughed. “And then the house exploded. It was wild.” The next moment of silence was even more excruciating than the first. The blanket of silence no longer pressed down on the people in the room‚ but crushed them completely. It’s a miracle they were able to breath. “What do you get from this Jack‚ hmmm? Do you get off on this? Does lying make you happy‚ Jack? Does it?” Jack
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One theory of how emotion affects the cognitive process of memory is by a process known as a Flashbulb Memory. The theory is that these Flashbulb Memories will not only enhance the memory itself‚ but will make certain aspects of the memory more vivid and detailed. First‚ the Flashbulb Memory should be defined. Flashbulb memories are emotional memories that are remembered with great vivid detail and are almost photo like. For example‚ if someone were to experience a horrid natural disaster‚ they would
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were learning as far as the astronauts and space shuttles. There were mixtures of communication styles‚ but verbal was primary. There were many how used a lot of slang like ‘OMG!’‚ ‘LOL’‚ and other types of slang. Many were also making gestures to each other to symbolize a certain message to bring across. The majority of the topics discussed were about what information they would gather up as far as astronauts and what it would be like to be in a space shuttle. Obviously‚ family complications would occur
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1. The Earth is really a water planet; what percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water? a.71% 2. Who is considered to be the "father of physical oceanography" because of publication of information from ship’s logs in the book "The Physical Geography of the Seas"? b.Matthew Maury 3. Scientists know that the outer core of the Earth is liquid because S waves have not survived travel through the Earth’s interior. True 4. The Pacific Ring of Fire refers to the: a. circle of violent
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The Hubble Telescope The Hubble Telescope is an orbiting telescope that provides clear images from space. It is a reflecting telescope and gathers light with a mirror 94 inches in diameter. It is named after an American Astronomer‚ Edwin Hubble who made important astronomic discoveries in the 1920’s. Pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope include: stars surrounded by disks‚ galaxies‚ colliding galaxies‚ and evidence that most galaxies have black holes in their centre. The Hubble Telescope is
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to inhumane practices conducted by the NASA and the management bodies of companies associated with this project than natural reasons. The whistleblowing led to the loss of billions of dollars and more importantly loss of 7 innocent lives. The space shuttle was propelled by the two attached Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) and an external fuel tank. The SRBs were joined to the External Tank. aOnce the SRBs ignited‚ hot gases heated the rubber O rings and they eroded to seal the joints. SRB joint design
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Experiments in International Space Station The International space Station plays an important role in the space world. It has significant effect on scientific project such as life sciences‚ new materials‚ and crystals etc. It is the biggest international scientific program in the world. The International Space Station is not only one U.S country‚ but also Japan‚ Russia‚ Canada and other eleven countries. Those countries cooperate with each other. The International Space Station is a very huge satellite
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS‚ VOL. 25‚ NO. 6‚ JUNE 2010 Space Vectors Modulation for Nine-Switch Converters Seyed Mohammad Dehghan Dehnavi‚ Student Member‚ IEEE‚ Mustafa Mohamadian‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ Ali Yazdian‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ and Farhad Ashrafzadeh‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE Abstract—Recently‚ nine-switch inverter and nine-switch-zsource inverter have been proposed as dual output inverters. In this paper‚ the space vector modulation (SVM) of nine-switch inverter and nine-switch-z-source
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January 28‚ 1986‚ one of America’s greatest space shuttles‚ exploded in front of a live audience (Challenger disaster history.com pg.1). The Challenger launch was one of the most publicized launches because it was the first time a teacher was going into space. The launch was being broadcast across the nation live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Thousands of schoolchildren all over America were watching and anxiously waiting for the first ever teacher in space. 73 seconds after liftoff the Challenger
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