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    Fuel Cell Cars

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    cars are a major part of the fleet of Zero-Emission Vehicles. The fuel cells are fueled with pure hydrogen and hence they are considered to be zero emission vehicles. Fuel cells have been used on spacecraft for many years to power electric equipment. These are fueled with liquid hydrogen from the spacecraft ’s rocket fuel tanks. Basic Mechanics Fuel cell vehicles turn hydrogen fuel and oxygen into electricity. The electricity then powers an electric motor‚ just like electricity from batteries powers

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    Alec Powers February 24‚ 2013 Mrs. Sims English 9 Rough Draft On November 13‚ 1986‚ America saw the one of the most disappointing allegations since the Watergate scandal was released. Two secret government operations‚ which broke U.S. law‚ were revealed to the public. These two operations were being run by the NSC (National Security Council). In one of the operations‚ the NSC broke the policy of not trading arms with Iran. The NSC sold arms to Iran for U.S. hostages in return. Iran had

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    similar program because they’ll be interested in space and want to discover more about it. The argument “The Real Reasons We Explore Space” made by Michael Griffin quotes‚ “Burt Rutan and his backer‚ Paul Allen‚ certainly didn’t develop a private spacecraft to win the Ansari X-Prize for the $10 million in prize money. They spent twice as much as they made.”(lines 23-26). This quote shows that people do explorations‚ not because of prizes and glory‚ but because they get the opportunity to explore something

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    in-depth evidence that I have talked about shows that the Wright brothers first flight was progress. The reason why this relates to progress is because its advancement from a simple airplane to better ones to more developed airplanes to eventually spacecraft and for me that’s all good so it relates to progress because it is

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    Reaction Paper

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    Most of the people think that science is boring and hard. I admit that before‚ I also thought that science is a something that I would not love because of what I hear from other people. But then‚ I realized that science is very important in different fields of life. Now‚ I can’t even imagine life without science. August 31‚ 2013 is a day that I would really remember. That day‚ we had a science activity held at our school‚ City of Mandaluyong Science High School which is called Skymobile. Me and

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    experiment would focus on the functionality in the daily lives of the astronauts as well as other opportunities to implement the device in conjunction with the LEMUR‚ the Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robot to operate in reparations to the spacecraft. Additional equipment would be needed to support the LEMUR‚ but no further equipment would be needed as the gecko grippers would arrive fully functional and reusable. The addition of the gecko gripper‚ although different at first‚ should not majorly

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    worldwide. Soviet dissident and author Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for literature. U.S. forces in Vietnam reduced to below 400‚000 troops. The Apollo 13 space mission was launched from Cape Kennedy and the Russian unmanned spacecrafts Luna 16 and Luna 17 land on the Moon. Salvatore Allende‚ the first elected Marxist leader in the Americas‚ is voted in President of Chile. 1971 U.S. planes bomb Vietcong Supply routes in Cambodia‚ spreading the war beyond Vietnam. Dictator

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    with the launch of Luna 2. Luna was the first probe to it the moon and in April of 1961 the soviets became the first to send a human to orbit Earth when they sent Yuri Gagarin into space. Yuri orbited the Earth while traveling in a capsule-like spacecraft named Vostro 1.After this was done President John F. Kennedy got cocky and publicly claimed that the United states of America would be the first nation to land on the moon within ten years. Just about a year later‚ in February 1962‚ John Glenn became

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    Science Fiction

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    Cebu Institute of Technology – University Cebu City‚ Philippines Science Fiction: Space Technology By: Kendrick A. Mendiola A Research Paper in English presented to: Mrs. Raniza R. Romero February 7‚ 2008 Science Fiction: Space Technology Many ancient people‚ including the Aztecs‚ Egyptians‚ and the builders of Stonehenge‚ were interested in astronomy. Their writings and architecture indicate they studied the moon’s phases and movement. They related the position and the perceived

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    Space Travel

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    SPACE TRAVEL 1. Only three nations have successfully put people into space: the US‚ Russia and China. All have been government programmes‚ developed at great expense. Now‚ a new era is beginning in which private enterprise will take people 100km or more above the Earth. _________________ 2. In 2001‚ an American‚ Christ Tito‚ became the first space tourist. He travelled to the International Space Station by Rocket and stayed there for ten days. A year later South African Millionaire

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