Space: is something that has always fascinated humanity, from astronomers in ancient Greece to trillion dollar corporations today. Humanity has made incredible advancements in the space program since its conception. From putting men on the moon to having a space station the size of a football field which regularly houses astronauts from all around the world. Now there is talk of in the future having people living on Mars. Space exploration has been rapidly growing ever since it was started in 1957 when the Soviets and United States created their own missile programs (A Brief History of Space Exploration, n.d). Russia started the space race when they launched the first satellite ever into space, Sputnik. The technological advancements that Sputnik 1 made was to be able to transmit data and fly at such a low orbit. Sputnik paved the way for many new techniques that are common today such as meteor detection and radio transmissions (Sputnik 1, n.d). Sputnik not only spurred space technologies, it also directly caused the United States to
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The current plan is to send astronauts away from earth using the Orion Capsule. Orion’s goal is to host four astronauts for 21 days into deep space. Orion is still in development and is likely it will not see action until 2023; they are still facing several issues with the actual design and logistics of the program (Clark, 2015). NASA still has to figure out a fuel-efficient propulsion system so they can travel far without running out of fuel. In order to accomplish this NASA has reached out to 12 different companies in a search for help on this new and unknown technology. If these companies can develop the technology, NASA is willing to pay them 400,000 to 1 million dollars per year of work (Wall, 2015). Once completed NASA’s plan is to send astronauts to areas where only probes and satellites have been sent to gather even more information (Clark,
The current plan is to send astronauts away from earth using the Orion Capsule. Orion’s goal is to host four astronauts for 21 days into deep space. Orion is still in development and is likely it will not see action until 2023; they are still facing several issues with the actual design and logistics of the program (Clark, 2015). NASA still has to figure out a fuel-efficient propulsion system so they can travel far without running out of fuel. In order to accomplish this NASA has reached out to 12 different companies in a search for help on this new and unknown technology. If these companies can develop the technology, NASA is willing to pay them 400,000 to 1 million dollars per year of work (Wall, 2015). Once completed NASA’s plan is to send astronauts to areas where only probes and satellites have been sent to gather even more information (Clark,