Chapter 11

Alan B. Shepard Jr. had a very accomplished life. Shepard was born on November 18, 1923, and passed away on July 21, 1998. He excelled in school, and was the first person in space. He also led the Apollo 14 mission to the moon. Along with his great accomplishments, Shepard also had to deal with a fair amount of problems. Shepard was born and raised in East Derry, New Hampshire, where he was very successful in school. He also did odd jobs at the local airfield to learn more about airplanes.…

Why is Apollo 13 a successful failure? The Apollo 13 crew was going to die but they survived and return home. Apollo 13 was called a successful failure because it was a mission to the moon, the astronauts overcame challenges, and return home. It’s important to first note that it was a mission to the moon. The launched was at Cape Canaveral, Florida.”Apollo 13” The mission was to collect soil samples.”Apollo 13” “They were a day away from the moon when disaster struck.””page 8” Faulty wiring…

In John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to go to the Moon”, there are multiple examples of rhetorical devices throughout the speech. These devices include anaphora, metonymy, and parallelism. When Kennedy says, “no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space”, he is used parallelism to emphasize that space is just as dangerous as anything else, but it is our choice to go. Almost everyone supported this risk taking idea, but the way in how he delivered his words was what gained his support…

Was the moon landing real or fake? On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 supposedly blasted off and landed two men on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins were the astronauts on Apollo 11. The first theory was that the moon landing was real. According to expert, Tom Kemnitz, Armstrong reported that they landed on the moon from the rocket ship sent into space. Armstrong says, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed” from the moon to NASA this supports that the…

Cold War Propaganda Happening concurrently with the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States was the Cold War. As relations were deteriorating with each new conflict, both governments started creating and distributing propaganda in order to maintain public support and a unified home front. Propaganda materials, such as posters and art, were abundant in both the US and the USSR. In the Soviet Union, there are various posters that utilized many socialist symbols as well as the…

The cost of human life during the Space Race between the United States and Russia was the most important in getting a man to the moon. In 1967, a fire exploded in the cabin, killing Lieut. Colonel Virgil Grissom, Lieut. Colonel Edward White, and Lieut. Commander Roger Chaffee, it raised a new question. Is the conquest of space really worth the cost? Even though the vehicle was built to reach the moon 239,000 miles away, it exploded 218 ft. above the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. This was a…

Would if technology never came about in the world? We had people coming up with their own ideas to make products we use every day in our lives. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Just as Robert Goddard and Neil Armstrong show, there is a first for everything, and we need leaders to show us the way through the impossible. Robert Goddard was an engineer who came up with the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket.…

Ever wonder how much Hvac has changed society ? Throughout history to what type of systems hvac has and how hvac can affect society is crazy to think there is so many things that involve hvac. Society lives through Hvac and does not even realize it . The start of Hvac can go all the way to the 1800’s. In those years , ice was being experimented in 1820 as a way to keep cool, then 14 years later Jacob Perkins invented the ice machine ("History Of Air Conditioner"). In 1902 a 25 year old man name…

A top secret Air force base, also known as Area 51, is located 100 miles north of Las Vegas. Some might say it gives off a strange or mysterious feeling.Many people claim to have seen UFO’s flying over the base. Area 51 is known for it’s really strange activity, and conspiracy theories, that the public is so interested in. There has been evidence shown of Aliens and UFO’s at Area 51, and it is a wide know idea. The Area 51 base has been shrouded in mystery, for many years. Aliens and alien…

The Truth is Out There Decades ago the first extraterrestrial life form came to Earth. The first humans these beings made contact with decided that the best course of action would be to conceal their existence until a more appropriate time. Throughout the years these men have used various strategies to seize and discredit evidence that could verify the presence of aliens on Earth. These men are known as the men in black. Thanks to the similarly titled comedy blockbuster, Men in Black that was…