Yalta Conference 1945 meeting between Big Three to determine post-war status of Germany and rest of world‚ but mostly Germany‚ resulted in division of Germany among them. Creation of UN to replace League of Nations. USSR promises to join war in pacific after Germany falls Harry S. Truman. President 45-53. Decisions made during his administration: Truman Doctrine‚ Marshall Plan‚ World Bank‚ Berlin Airlift‚ NATO‚ Point Four‚ Korean War‚ decision to drop atom bombs. Favored strong resistance to communism
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1957 to 1975 space race between the Soviet Union and United States and soon began changing society with the world’s first moon landing. A crisis emerged in America after “the successful launch of the 183-pound Sputnik I satellite into orbit by the Soviet Union‚ followed by the half-ton Sputnik II on November 3‚ which carried a live dog into orbit” (Spradley). By sending a dog into orbit‚ the Soviet Union’s intentions of sending humans into orbit became apparent. Not only were Americans concerned about
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SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS - AN OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION The outer space has always fascinated people on the earth and communication through space evolved as an offshoot of ideas for space travel. The earliest idea of using artificial satellites for communications is found in a science fiction Brick Moon by Edward Evert Hale‚ published in 1869-70. While the early fictional accounts of satellite and space communications bear little resemblance to the technology as it exists
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pulled away‚ my eyes were so clouded by tears I couldn’t look back."” Jacob * “"My real stories are all out of date. So what if I can speak firsthand about the Spanish flu‚ the advent of the automobile‚ world wars‚ cold wars‚ guerrilla wars‚ and Sputnik-that’s all ancient history now. But what else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That’s the reality of getting old‚ and I guess that’s really the crux of the matter. I’m not ready to be old yet."” Jacob * “"Forever might be next
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In the movie “October Sky” by Joe Johnston‚ which is based on a true story written by Homer Hickam Jr. there was a boy with a dream to reach the stars. Homer Hickam watched the first artificial satellite Sputnik launch into space. The launch made Homer realize that he wanted to build a rocket of his own. Homer had faced many obstacles‚ people‚ and he even had to sacrifice his dreams. I think the theme should be - Dream’s are worth fighting for‚ but sometimes sacrifices are needed. One reason I
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“October Sky” is a movie about a boy which lives in a town called Coalwood which is in West Virginia. The future of people living there is to become a coal miner‚ or if lucky you receive a football scholarship. Homer is inspired by the Soviet Satellite “Sputnik” and wants to build professional rockets and enter the science fair. His final goal is to receive a scholarship and leave Coalwood and enter a college where he can study and become a scientist. Out of the many who don’t believe in him‚ his mother
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within them that increasingly prolonged the event itself. The Cold War events affected people all over the world. This lasted 45 years from 1950 until 1975. There were major events like North Korea’s invasion of South Korea‚ the Soviets launching Sputnik I‚ the Bay of Pigs invasion‚ the Berlin Wall was erected‚ and JFK was assassinated. These events caused fear among people. There were so many technological advances and threats among nations where people could have been blown up
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prided itself to the world and used propaganda to depict the union as a “worker’s paradise”‚ superior to the capitalist West in every way. This was helped by the recent advances in technology including the launch of the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ in 1959 quickly followed up by the first man in space‚ Yuri Gagarin‚ in 1960‚ making Western technology seem left behind and outdated. As a result‚ the migration seemed to contradict the happy nature which the Soviets claimed existed‚ undermining
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communism‚ any matter that could sway people away from communism was to the U.S. benefit. The United States did not only want to make the soviets look inferior‚ but the U.S. wanted security from any soviet intervention in space (“Kennedy”). After Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957‚ the public was shocked‚ scared‚ and angry; many even thought that the U.S. was losing the war against
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navigation for seamanship and making of maps. In contrast‚ the design of GPS is based partly on the similar ground-based radio navigation systems. It was developed in the early twentieth century‚ and used during World War II when the Russia sent the Sputnik into the space in 1957 (A brief history‚ 2004). GPS was originally used as a military positioning‚ navigation‚ and weapons aiming system to replace not only Transit‚ but other navigation systems as well. The first satellite navigation system‚ used
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