Chapter 11

Even though many people of the world may think it is a splendid idea to put time and money into building a space station on the moon or mars, it is not the brightest idea. It is not such a magnificent idea to put time and money into building a space station on the moon or mars because not many people fly to space, the space station could mess up, and asteroids could damage the space station. First and foremost, time and money put into building a space station on the moon or mars is not a…

After reading, United Way: Damage Control for a Nonprofit’s Image, there are some question that still need to be answered. One question is “what is Elaine Chao doing now?” The biggest question of all is “What is the situation with United Way today?” Other smaller questions are: “Are all local agencies contributing to the national?”, “Has Brian Gallagher Brought more transparency to the organization?”, “How would you judge the public image of united Way Worldwide today?” All of these questions…

they put a rooster, duck, and sheep into it. The flight began and astronomers reported it got up to 1600 feet off the ground. The balloon landed about two and a half miles from the launch pad and the animals scurried away, unharmed by the flight (Marko 11-14). Animals led the initiative to test the hot air balloon before people dared to fly up into the sky.…

When cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space giving the red a huge victory against the United States. But Alan Shepard actually could have beaten the soviet had they decided not to test the launch missile more. Just like how the United States could have launched a missile before the Soviet Union whose October 1957 launch shocked America and set the race in motion. But the two losses didn’t stop America who put the first man on the moon in1969. Shortly after Gagarins success,…

Kent Rominger is a former American astronaut and a former captain in the Navy. He was born and raised in Del Norte, Colorado. Kent Rominger, has been on 5 space missions, some of which include, STS-100, STS-80, and STS-73. His first spaceflight, was as the pilot of STS-73 which launched on October 20, 1995. The STS-73 was the second United States Microgravity Laboratory mission which focused on biotechnology, materials science, combustion science, and many other scientific experiments. He…

One small step for man , and one giant leap for mankind. -Neil Armstrong , the first man to walk on the moon said.John F. Kennedy was the man who encouraged people to fly to the moon and he was passionate about space exploration. But does that mean that space exploration is worth the cost? Yes Space exploration is worth the cost but also for many other reasons for example; It will expand our knowledge , it could find cures to certain disabilities in the world , there would be thousands of job…

Wernher von Braun’s Journey to Space This world had a great awakening when Wernher von Braun came forth into it. He has broughten very many accomplishments to the United States of America. Though he was a secret Nazi, he created the V-2 rocket, started a family in America, and made many creations throughout his life time. He also helped send the first man to the moon with one of his great creations. War does not define who is right, war simply defines who is left. Yet in this case, Wernher…

Area 51 is the holy grail of conspiracy theorists, with possibilities like the Pentagon studying flying saucers and keeping alien beings stored in water tanks. legend says that Area 51 connects by tunnel under the soil and possibly locomotives to other classified facilities in the country. Katie Couric spoke on the Today Show in 2001, that a mere 7 percent of Americans don’t believe the moon landing occurred. it’s believed that the whole event was staged somewhere in the desert terrain of Nevada…

I decided to study about the Apollo Missions. This just seemed very interesting, and so I thought, why not learn more about them? I learned that when the Apollo Missions started it really was about a race between American scientists and officials and the Soviet Union. Russia was on the brink of sending people into space. As far as I understand it, American officials didn’t want America to seem weak and helpless in the face of new technology and discovery. So they formulated NASA and the Apollo…

The NASA Authorization Act, passed on October 11, 2010, confirmed funds for NASA for years 2011–2013, and added many of his stated space policy goals to help space exploration. Nearly $60 in funding is approved to be spent, which this will be used across three years. The 2011 budget law, which was…