Apollo 17

moon accomplished bringing in scientific treasure, political leverage, but possibly the most important aspect of it was the fact that it united the nation. William J Cook described this as follows: “A moon landing was to be attempted on the fifth Apollo flight. In an otherwise awful year, it would be a singular event that brought Americans together, however briefly” (Cook 2). It was clear that John F. Kennedy’s speech was powerful, because he not only accomplished the original goal of sending a…

Surprisingly, before the 1960s, women didn’t have equal rights. It may seem like a long time ago, but it’s only been 50 years since sexism and racism were outlawed in the workplace. The ‘60s were also a time of great technological advancement, creating a multitude of new jobs. The ‘60s were undoubtedly an instrumental time period in American history, paving the way for modern careers and workplace customs. Multiple historical and important events took place in the ‘60s. One major thing was…

People on earth should not colonize Mars! Scientist should not Mars because you can not come back to earth, you have to live in colonize a tiny area with three other people, and no food. People should not be allowed to colonize mars! Mars should not be colonized because then people will want to go to mars and it's only a way trip. If you take a rocketship to mars and then after 9 months when you get there you want to go back and see you family you can not. Mars maybe interesting to some people…

Apollo 13 was a research mission to the moon. Halfway through the mission, the space ship blew up. America thought the astronauts were doomed, but the people at mission control thought otherwise. They brought astronauts back home alive. They never did make it to the moon. Apollo 13 mission was a success for many reasons. The first reason is that they came back alive. After having half of there oxygen supply blown out into space and there being depleted fast, they pulled through. The reason for…

A Window for Opportunity: The Renaissance and Apollo The Harlem Renaissance was a time for blacks to show their skills and improve their personal situation and as well as the racial setting in America. The Harlem Renaissance was a gateway for any type of talent such as writing, acting, singing, playing an instrument, playing sports, or painting. Big names in the literature corresponded with W. E. B. Dubois, George S. Schuyler, and Langston Hughes. They would write stories, essays, and novels on…

During the 1960’s the United States was in the midst of scientific discoveries that were increasing exponentially. Of these scientific discoveries was the augmentation of the knowledge of the mysterious concept known as space. United States was not the only country to embark on the acquisition of this knowledge; the Soviet Union was also seeking to gain information on space before the United States could. In fact, the repeated cycle of subduing each other in this endeavor during the decade…

“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” -Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida piloted by crew members, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins. Their destination: Earth's moon, to collect samples and bring them back to Earth for testing. Apollo 11, the first moon landing, caused a technological revolution affecting the United States military, schools, and inventions. John F Kennedy initiated the United States…

Samuel R Delany’s High Weir, is a story published in 1967. The story describes an expedition group that is stationed on Mars and how one of the memebers goes through a mental breakdown and experiences delusions. The story is narrated by the man himself and throughout the story, he himself starts questioning his sanity. High Weir takes the reader on a wild SF rollercoaster. Confusing the reader with the thoughts of the narrator and with the actual events taking place outside the narrators mind.…

For my Essay #3, The Juror’s Reflection, I have chosen to discuss the case of Moon Microsystems, Inc. v. John Zucchini. I have chosen this case as I found John Zucchini sounded very innocent during my first read through of the trial description, but on each successive read through I found he sounded more and more guilty. I believe that Zucchini would have had a hard time justifying any benefits of his chosen domain name outside of the gained popularity through Moon’s customer’s confusion. In…

Jobs give us the money we need to support our families. Pay bills. Keep your house. Pay taxes. Space explorations have been also a big part of our society. For instance, we were the first to send a man to the moon. We have found things that haven't been explored yet. The jobs and space explorations have changed us. There's three documents I want to show you. Some of them convey the same claim. Take a look as to why this is so. Document 2 contributes to the claim as to why space exploration is…