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Defeating the odds of my upbringing and creating legacies for African American males is one of those aspects. I lived in homeless shelters, cars, and trailer parks. It was a privilege to be the first African American at my high school to be accepted into the United States Air Force Academy. Outstanding leaders at the Academy have taught me discipline, leadership, and the importance of servitude to others. There are only 60 thousand AF officers in the US and less than 9% are African American. As…

Goals Out of Orbit Since my childhood, I have been passionate about the sky and stars. I’ve seen the manned exploration of distant planets as something attainable. This motivated me to pursue a career in science and engineering related to space and aviation. Although being born and raised in a rural area in Mexico has made my path to an American college tougher, I never lost sight of my dreams throughout my journey. Lupita Nyong’o once said: “No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.”…

Uranus. The theory is that earth-sized planet may have collided with Uranus which forced its axis to drastically shift. The wind speeds there can reach up to 900 km per hour. Uranus is about 14.5 times the mass than Earth. The Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have flown by Uranus. This happened in 1986 and it flew past the planet at a distance of around 81,500 km. This mission returned the very first close-up images of the planet, its ring system and its orbiting moons, that how we know that…

What Aerospace Engineers do (504 words) Aerospace engineers are individuals who use technology to create, model and test mechanisms such as aircraft, and spacecraft. This type of Engineer works to improve the technology of space exploration, defense systems and so on. In the aeronautical field you could be working on a project to send people into outer space or working on projects that could be working with the latest ground and sea transportation. When working in aeronautics this type of…

Road Back of the film takes place as Luke and the rebel group are looking to defeat the Death Star as this is his attempt to get back to what he knows as “normal”. In the final battle of the movie, Luke hears Obi-Wan’s voice as he is manning the spacecraft and destroys the Death Star, saving the rebels and the galaxy from the wrath of the Empire. With this, Luke takes his first step in becoming a true Jedi and believing in the Force internally. The Return of the Elixir is shown after the Empire…

restaurant makes this eatery truly one-of-a-kind. UFO Welcome Center No one is going to accuse South Carolina’s residents of being inhospitable to aliens — yes, aliens from outer space. Back in 1994, Jody Pendarvis set out to build a giant alien spacecraft, so visitors from afar would have a nice place to get to know the locals. The structure is 46 feet across, and a smaller saucer sits on top. You can take a tour of the welcome center to learn how to properly welcome the next intergalactic…

developed to prepare for the future missions of Apollo. The first U.S. space walk was done from the Gemini 4 mission to equip astronauts for walking on the moon ("What Was the Gemini Program?"). Additionally, NASA astronauts practiced docking 2 spacecrafts together, which was essential for the potential success of achieving a lunar landing. Both the Mercury and Gemini programs proved to NASA that a manned lunar mission was in fact possible. Finally, in 1969, the time had come for Apollo 11 to…

Physics is everywhere. Especially in NASCAR which stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a racing sport which the racing cars have motion. “NASCAR is motorsport's preeminent stock-car racing organization. The three largest racing-series sanctioned by this company are the Sprint Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series.”(Mukul Bhatia.What is NASCAR?.www.quora.com.) On the rough racetrack nascar cars are made to be driven in extreme conditions. In…

I watched the 1997 film, Gattaca, which had a running time of 1 hour 46 minutes. The film is set in the not too distant future when parents have moved from having “God -children”, that is babies born naturally with no interference from science, to having babies that are genetically engineered for specific traits, or for lower or zero probability for genetic diseases or dispositions. The protagonist of the film, Vincent, was a God-child and thus genetically inferior. A blood test taken at birth…

In “SpaceX VS. Blue Origin” the author, Austin Carr, is writing about the rivalries between the businesses of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the aerospace firm Blue Origin. Carr discusses their contributions to spaceflight, competition between the companies to recruit best engineers and to make history, and the construction of reusable rockets. Carr concludes his article by telling his readers who he thinks is winning the modern space race. Carr does an excellent job writing about…