NASA Essay

NASA has recently started to hire astronauts for their next space mission, “Mars 2030”. Is it wise to invest money and resources into deep space exploration? According to an online poll on debate.org, seventy-six percent Americans think that the government should invest in the new Mars exploration. With such a high positive response, there is greater optimism about the space race. We know that space flight is both expensive and risky. From an economical perspective, it is always beneficial to…

Base with the altitude of 705 km and revisit time of 16 days. The service time of Landsat 7 is 5 years from July 1999 to October 2014. The detailed characteristic of Landsat 7 as blow Figure 5 indicates. Figure 5 Basic Characteristics of Landsat 7 (NASA, 2016) Characteristics Launch Date April 15, 1999 Status operational despite Scan Line Corrector (SLC) failure May 31, 2003 Sensors ETM+ Altitude 705 km Inclination 98.2° Inclination 98.2° Orbit polar,…

always wanted to get involved in planetary science. Much like the academies, it matters less how I contribute to planetary exploration than that I contribute at all. My interests include working in Propulsion Systems Engineering at NASA JPL, working in Astrodynamics at NASA Johnson, to participating in the astronaut program myself. Regardless which one I pursue, the military and educational skills I learn at an Academy will no doubt be in need wherever my career takes…

The Martian- Summary In the novel, The Martian, written by Andy Weir, is based upon an astronaut and botanist called Mark Watney. The novel is about Mark doing everything he could to survive using his remarkable knowledge, meanwhile having to bear the worst-case scenarios going through his head, hard labor, problems after problems and the most painful, loneliness. This novel not only contains scientific facts and humor, but also being genuine or realistic, which brought many lessons to learn…

Metacognitive Journal Explanatory Synthesis Arthur C. Clarke proposes an innovative way to travel into outer space, by elevator. A unique method one foretold in his late 1970’s Sci fi novels. What started as an idea, captured the attention of NASA and U.S. Air force. The idea has many pros due to the design itself, time efficient space travel, enhanced satellite communications, and new space based industries. Opening a whole new world for people on earth, but like on earth, as well as in space…

Eugene Francis Kranz (aka Gene Kranz), a former Air Force fighter pilot, and a reputed Flight Director for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has supervised many Manned and Unmanned space missions launched by the United States of America(USA). He was involved with the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. He was the flight director for the Apollo 11 mission as well, that successfully landed the lunar module ‘Eagle’ on the surface of the moon July 20 1969. In his…

“There are two ways that technology is developed to benefit humanity: one is by war and the other is by space exploration (Coles 2016).” Since 1969, the United States has sent many astronauts and scientists into outer space. Almost half a century of exploration has helped in creating the abilities in medical and technology that are possessed today. Without the exploration of areas beyond our atmosphere, humanity would not have the luxuries and safe guards that it has today. Space exploration…

The United States was well aware of the dangers its astronauts faced in outer space, but made a decision to continue space exploration. “In event of Moon Disaster” was a speech written by William Safire, for President Nixon to give in case the Apollo 11 mission to the moon went wrong, but was never actually given. The speech starts off by claiming that fate has decided that the two astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, are to be stranded on the moon, and that this shall be their resting…

For Apollo’s moon mission,American Government had to make huge expenditures from it’s budget and this was the first time in American History.Duringit’s peak years, about 34,000 NASA workers and 375,000 outside temporary workers partook in the program. Abe Silverstein who is the Director of Space Flight Development, proposed the name "Apollo" the reason was actually “Apollo” is the name of a god in ancient Greek mythology with attractive connotations and actually in order to naming spaceflight…

Running head: NEIL ARMSTRONG 1 Neil Armstrong Michael Roembke EN144: English Composition Jayme Cook June 30th, 2016 Brookline College NEIL ARMSTRONG 2 Neil Armstrong Born August 5th, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Neil Armstrong to this day is one of our most known historical figures (Dunbar, n.d.). Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon; he took that step on July 20th, 1969 (history.com staff, 2010). On that day one of the most famous quotes were spoken, “That’s one small step for…