The company I chose was NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. They create the newest of technology to educate and explore the questions of what is outside of the earth, and even further. Their inventions include telescopes, rovers, and high quality cameras to capture what humans cannot. Going all the way back to the cold war, Russia’s Sputnik caused
televisions to watch the NASA Challenger flight 51-L launch into space. Everyone sat with anticipation as the launch time was getting closer. Finally when it was time, The Challenger was launched and within 73 seconds into the mission, The Challenger exploded. Americans were horrified as they sat and watched the space ship be engulfed with flames and not one person knew how to react. They later figured out that what caused the explosion was “two rubber O-rings, which
Odyssey of Space Since the beginning of human history, man has been fascinated by the havens. From the Caveman and the Sumerians depictions of our stars to the missions to the Moon and Mars in modern History. What can we achieve by exploring space? It’s a dream that we as human can only dream in fiction. Or is something that we can take out of fiction and make it a reality. Also what kind of exploration are we going to do? What are the benefits for the governments and the financials of humanity
aeronautics and space administration or NASA was founded on October 1, 1958. In NASA’s fifty-seven years around it has done many amazing things including landing probes on Mars, sending men to the moon, and groundbreaking research in aerodynamics,
crew, they never practiced for an oxygen malfunction, because NASA thought that if a tank exploded they would be dead in a couple hours. It's like a driver's test you don't practice going off a cliff because you would probably die anyways (Lovell). NASA has now improved on their safety by putting more than one oxygen tank, supplying the astronauts with more food and water and preparing them better. Since we now have better technology NASA is able to watch every movement the astronauts make in the spacecraft
be like to go out into space? Well, you might have the chance. NASA is working on sending private companies out into space. By space privatization, or space travel being privatized, it means that some companies may be able to go out into space all by themselves to do certain things, such as leave or bring things on the ISS (International Space Station). It’s important that these companies accomplish these tasks, since it can help future space exploration. This would benefit others, since more jobs
The Challenger space shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, causing the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft exploded off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:38am. This disaster shocked the nation because we thought that NASA was past the days of failed launches and deaths of American astronauts. President Ronald Reagan issued an investigation on the Challenger failure, known as the Rogers Commission
During a speech about space exploration at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the president of the United States declared, “Fifty years after the creation of NASA, . . . Our goal is . . . to live safely beyond the Earth for extended periods of time, ultimately in ways that are more sustainable and even indefinite” (Chenes 14). Along with many other American citizens, the president himself believes in exploring and conquering the space frontier. Many citizens and people across the world
Von Braun was an outspoken advocate of NASA and continued funding to maintain the space program for the long haul and not just for immediate exploration of the moon. Von Braun was faced with a disconnect amongst the American people dealing with their support of NASA when the Vietnam War occurred. Many Americans began to feel that the space program was a waste of funding and the money could be used more
topics such as: abortion, prostitution, etc. Explorations into space coextensive with other types of exploration tend to experience more failures than they do successes, but one success blurs out the many failures that came before. DeGroot says, ”NASA is still stuck in the 60’s, and the time has come to end these