The USSR started the race by launching the first artificial Earth satellite‚ Sputnik‚ on October 4‚ 1957‚ On November 3‚ 1957‚ the USSR launched Sputnik 2 carrying a dog‚ Laika‚ who was the first animal to orbit Earth. The USA countered by launching its first satellite‚ Explorer I‚ on January 31‚ 1958. By 1962‚ many Americans believed that the USSR was winning the
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During the time period of 1948-1961‚ many new fears‚ such as terror of communists within the country‚ spread of communism abroad‚ and the development of nuclear weapons along with the space race‚ arose in the American people. Through their determination to remain the dominant power in the world and to ensure chaos would not take place in the United States‚ Eisenhower and his administration made sure they successfully addressed and handled these fears properly. With the Korean War coming to a close
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dropout rate rapidly declining toward zero; schools still based on the teacher/manager model in individual teacher-controlled classrooms; the cold war continues with technology playing an important role and is intensified when Russia sends up their Sputnik space vehicle to demonstrate their lead in technology. 1958 - As cold war continues‚ National Defense Education Act brings some new money and some new technology into schools‚ but primarily in vocational education. Mainframe host computers are
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Airpower has forever fundamentally impacted the character of war however; it may have influenced‚ but probably not fundamentally‚ changed the nature of warfare. Clausewitz defined the nature of warfare as violent‚ full of chance‚ conducted with reason‚ and always plagued with fog and friction. Therefore‚ it is theorized or assumed that the fundamental nature of war will not change and when war is waged‚ it will adhere to Clausewitzian tenants. From the earliest balloon uses in the US Civil War
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Nikita Khrushchev was born on April 15‚ 1894 in the small Russian town of Kalinovka. As a young man he worked as a metalworker‚ before he joined the Bolsheviks in 1998. He moved up the party ranks rather quickly and became one of Stalin’s trusted advisors. In 1938‚ Khrushchev was sent to govern Ukraine and he served as a commissar during World War II. After Stalin’s death in 1953‚ there was a struggle for power and in 1956 Khrushchev’s "Secret Speech" was published. In the speech Khrushchev
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orbiting around the earth‚ moon‚ or another planet transmitting to earth scientific information or used for communication‚ navigation etc. The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1‚ launched by the Soviet Union on October 4‚ 1957‚ and initiating the Soviet Sputnik program‚ with Sergei Korolev as chief designer. Sputnik 1 helped to identify the density of high atmospheric layers through measurement of its orbital change and provided data on radio-signal distribution in the ionosphere. Satellites
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Twelve Angry Men Research Task 1. Reginald Rose Biography (1920-2002) Reginald Rose was an American man born on the 10th December 1920 in New York. He is the son of William Rose‚ who was a lawyer‚ and Alice Rose‚ who was an Obendorfer. On September 5th of 1943‚ Rose married Barbara Langbart‚ and they had 4 children: Jonathan‚ Richard‚ and twins Andrew and Steven. But this marriage did not last and on July 6th of 1963‚ Rose married Ellen McLaughlin‚ with whom he had another 2 kids: Thomas and
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Poverty is a reality in Canada today. Despite having one of the highest standards of living among all the developed nations‚ and despite being voted numerous times in recent years by the United Nations as the best country in the world in which to live‚ experts agree that poverty is prevalent in Canada today. Unfortunately‚ that is more or less where the agreement ends. Exactly how prevalent and how serious a problem poverty is in Canada is an open question that has been hotly debated for the last
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Apollo 13 Assignment 1. • Sputnik-1 - USSR - (1957)- First artificial satellite. • Pioneer 0 - USA Lunar Orbiter - (August 17‚ 1958) -First stage exploded. • Luna 3 - USSR Lunar Far Side Flyby - (October 4‚ 1959) - First image of the Moon’s hidden side • Apollo 11 - USA Lunar Manned Lander -Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing‚ which took place on July 20‚ 1969 2. The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module
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Model rocketry is a hobby similar to building model airplanes‚ where rocket-shaped models are flown vertically and recovered by a variety of means. The rockets may vary greatly in size and complexity.According to the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) safety code‚ model rockets are constructed of paper‚ wood‚ plastic and other lightweight materials. The code also provides guidelines for motor use‚ launch site selection‚ launch methods‚ launcher placement‚ recovery system design and deployment
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