Apollo 11

What brings out the best in a Nation? What is the outcome of difficulty to the people of the United States? “Kennedy acknowledged the difficulty of Apollo's quest but argued that a challenge brings out the best in the United States ” (Space.com). According to this quote, the reason for the “Moon Speech” given by John F. Kennedy at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas was memorable because of the fact that going to the moon would benefit the country. On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy gave a…

Olsen is using his prior experience and knowledge in order to make judgements. Later, a dangerous incident occurred aboard and officials reported “that it had been a fairly serious situation. Fortunately, disaster was avoided because the Expedition 11’s astronauts all kept their cool and monitored the glitch very closely during re‐entry,” (Sands 8). This method is also displayed in “Mission to Mars,” but is only presented once. When Roy goes out of the spaceship, “Ciara [sees] what happened and…

In the late 1800’s, Julius Chambers checked herself into a mental asylum undercover as a mental patient and began composing one of the first forms of muckraker journalism, which exposed the abuse inmates were subjected to within these asylums. After Julius Chambers infamous account of the asylums, muckraker journalism spread like wildfire, leading to exposed political corruption and social scandals. Since the muckraker movement, news has become exceedingly relevant in people’s lives to get…

“5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Liftoff!” The message came over the intercom, it was time. I engaged the thrusters and aimed for the NARSS(North American Recreational Space Station). This will be my home for 15 years. You are probably wondering how I got here. Ever since I was five years old, I wanted to travel to space. Due to my good grades in math and science, I was able to enter into a competition to be the first to go to a space station resort and school orbiting earth. The station was constructed in 2050…

Imagine living among the stars and other planets. The view of stars and planets would be amazing civilians should travel in space because we could find way more about other planets, stars, and galaxies than from down Here on Earth looking through satellites. NASA has said that we know that there is other life out there we just don't know where.We have found that there is a lot of planets out there with water, that means there could be plankton, which means there could be fish and other aquatic…

EASSY Harry Bittering and his family live on Mars at the moment because Earth has an on going war with atomic bombs which could kill many people. Harry must go through the struggle on Mars because the moment he steps off the rocket he wants to go home because the new environment make him feel out of place. After being on Mars for some times Harry starts to physically and mentally change about being on Mars. Harry Bittering and his family go to mars after a war had started on Earth but shortly…

In john F. Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, Florida, the President will give a speech on about space exploration in the 21st century. In this speech the President is talking to NASA Administrator, congress, and to the audience about the future of space exploration, NASA’s future plans and the importance of space exploration for the U.S. Obama effectively convinces his audience that space exploration should continue to grow, also how important space exploration is through pathos appeals and…

Many people believe in conspiracies and theories that can be true but most likely are not. The face on Mars is one of those conspiracies. Many people believe the face on Mars is a sign of alien life. It is a natural landform and there are many reasons why. There are no actual markings of life, it is similar to a Martian mesa, and our images can never be 100% accurate so illusions or other things are possible. Once the first image was revealed many people said there were no markings due to it…

“Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.”- Montel, and as two tragedies struck on a great morning with high hopes. We can only reflect on the who, what, how, where, and why(s) of yesterday. The Three Mile catastrophe and The Challenger Space Shuttle Launch has forever stained the picture we possess about mistakes in lack of cautionary actions. In addition, two men wrote memos to prevent these tragic outcomes; Dr. Hallman a manager at the TMI power plant in Ohio, about the Three Mile…

At the beginning of the twenty-first episode of CBS’s television series Men into Space, Colonel Edward McCauley, played by actor William Lundigan, presented a powerful but human side to space exploration: "No matter where he travels, one thing will always be the same: man himself. Human nature will not change in the strange outposts of space. There will always be love and hate, courage and fear” (Neufeld 10). Yet, in 1960 when the program first aired, the astronauts were not the ones who…