The Space Race between The USSR and The United States of America during the Cold War allowed the two countries to assert their dominance over one another. However, The US has not always had the goal of defeating the Soviets/Russians in outer space. The United States Space Program has changed in size, budget, and goals since the beginning of space exploration. Rockets as we know them today began in the mid-1930s in Great Britain as a means of anti-aircraft protection. However, Germany made great developments in guidance systems and propellants both leading up to and during World War Two. In testing, Fritz Stamer, who was a German pilot flying a glider used rockets to propel himself forward and went much faster than any other aircraft.
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In 1975, NASA and the Soviet Union partnered for the first international human spaceflight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). It successfully tested joint rendezvous and docking procedures for their respective country’s spacecraft over two days. The US, Soviet Union, and other major space players all signed a treaty in 1967 over what could and could not be conducted in space. Article IV of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies states that, “States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner. . . . The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.” These nations working together to move forward in peaceful space exploration signifies the team effort that space exploration involves rather than competition and …show more content…
What began as a disorganized group of organizations vying for space turned into a unified NASA. Now, space exploration is a multi-billion dollar industry. Private companies such as SpaceX (Elon Musk, Tesla) and Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos, Amazon) are both conducting research and building rockets. Both companies spend a portion of their funding on exploring ways to have mankind travel outside of our atmosphere. This is known as space tourism. Space tourism began in the 1950s when Thomas Cook from Great Britain offered a “Moon Register.” After the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968, Pan American (Pan Am) and Trans World Airline (TWA) took reservations for flights to the moon for five dollars. Millions of people would travel to space if they could both physically and financially. Space tourism is gaining popularity and perhaps in this generation will come to be more
In 1975, NASA and the Soviet Union partnered for the first international human spaceflight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). It successfully tested joint rendezvous and docking procedures for their respective country’s spacecraft over two days. The US, Soviet Union, and other major space players all signed a treaty in 1967 over what could and could not be conducted in space. Article IV of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies states that, “States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner. . . . The use of any equipment or facility necessary for peaceful exploration of the moon and other celestial bodies shall also not be prohibited.” These nations working together to move forward in peaceful space exploration signifies the team effort that space exploration involves rather than competition and …show more content…
What began as a disorganized group of organizations vying for space turned into a unified NASA. Now, space exploration is a multi-billion dollar industry. Private companies such as SpaceX (Elon Musk, Tesla) and Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos, Amazon) are both conducting research and building rockets. Both companies spend a portion of their funding on exploring ways to have mankind travel outside of our atmosphere. This is known as space tourism. Space tourism began in the 1950s when Thomas Cook from Great Britain offered a “Moon Register.” After the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in 1968, Pan American (Pan Am) and Trans World Airline (TWA) took reservations for flights to the moon for five dollars. Millions of people would travel to space if they could both physically and financially. Space tourism is gaining popularity and perhaps in this generation will come to be more