What was the motivation that led to the discovery? The motivation that led to the discovery of the approval of the Apollo Mission was that NASA has the approval from the government to make available the first manned spacecraft in the United States. " Also‚ a Space Task Group (STG) New Projects Panel held its first meeting August 12 to dis- cuss NASA’s future manned space programs. The panel determined that the following projects would be required to accomplish the goal of lunar landing and return:
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The space expedition has become one of the hottest topics in the last few decades. Many space research programs are searching for lives on other planets such as Mars‚ Jupiter etc. They are searching billions of dollars every year on these researches. On the other hand‚ there are many people‚ who believe that these space expeditions are simply waste of resources. Both sides will be discussed below and my opinion to which holds the weight will be given. At the outset‚ there are numerous reasons why
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The US spends only 3.41 billion on the space program as of 2011 and is getting smaller every year‚ while china spend 5.51 billion on their space program. On July 20th‚ 1969 2 million Americans watched Neil Armstong walk on the moon. As he walked on the surface‚ he said “that’s one step for man‚ and one giant leap for mankind”. As of 1972 the moon mission were stopped and the farthest we go now is the ISS (International Space Station). Now that we don’t explore space‚ we might never have a leap for
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“In the 2000s images move around the globe with ease and an instantaneous speed of transmission that was unheard of before the 1980s.” Reading this made me realize that the new generations to come will truly deal with global issues and voice their opinions in many different ways in comparison to how things were done before technology got out of hand. As technological advances are rising faster than we can keep up with‚ it is incredible to think how this actually effects the art world and the culture
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=Astronauts want to colonize Mars even though they would have to leave Earth forever. Although colonizing Mars would be a huge scientific discovery and help us in many ways‚ it should not be colonized. Astronauts should not colonize Mars as they would be losing everything like Earth‚ food‚ and money. All four of the astronauts that could go and try to colonize Mars on the Mars One Mission cannot ever come back to Earth. The people would have to leave everyone and everywhere they have ever known
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Ray Bradbury once said "Its not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid." There are many people who would love to go to Mars. However‚ going to Mars may not be the best idea. NASA should not send a manned mission to Mars. There will be many astronauts who die on the trip to Mars. Also‚ the cost for the trip is very high. NASA should not send a manned mission to Mars because there is a chance that many of the astronauts will die. Mary Bowerman on the usatoday.com website said "An MIT
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Harry Bittering was a man in the 50’s who escaped Earth on a rocket with his family to find safety on Mars. Little did he know Mars would change him. He used to be a kind‚ caring‚ normal looking‚ English speaking human. Then he became a Dark skinned golden eyed Martian. Maybe it was something in the air‚ or who he hung out with‚ but whatever it was‚ after landing on Mars‚ things around him changed‚ not just his face‚ but his perspective too. When the story started he was the same human being‚ but
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Edwin Torres Professor Gill English 101 10/20/11 End of The Space Shuttle Program; Beginning of The Future We have made much progress on our knowledge about what is beyond our atmosphere. We have put a man on the moon and have educated our society about our universe. We have built an international space station that allows human beings to live outside our atmosphere for years‚ researching and studying so that we may understand Earth in a much better way. We have learned so much about our
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In addition to the technology needed to accomplish this monumental task‚ the other critical part to this program was the astronauts selected for the program. In order to get the right personnel for the job there needed to be a formal astronaut selection program. The astronaut selection process started when then President Eisenhower made the choice to use military test pilots so to streamline possible candidates. At this point‚ a NASA selection committee was formed‚ which consisted of a senior
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English 102 5 August 2010 Should NASA Continue to be Public Funded In the early morning of February 1st‚ 2003‚ the US watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over the blue Texas sky (Simberg). The wreckage of the ship and the remains of her seven crew members were strewn all across Texas and parts of Louisiana. Even the most staunch NASA believers contemplated their support for the agency as fire rained from the sky. It had been nearly 17 years since the last fatal disaster
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