Chapter 11

When Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin successfully accomplished their mission of not just landing on the moon, but actually taking a step on the lunar surface, this changed the world in ways people would have never have imagined. The historical impact of this event is incredible, but the feelings felt by individuals all across the world that day are even more incredible. However, the feelings shared by individuals across the world were not mutual. While many rejoiced in the extravagant…

Mcquaid says NASA was created to develop the United States’ non-military space effort (Mcquaid). On May 25, 1961 President John F. Kennedy set a goal for the program: “perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth” (Loff). On July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launched and 4 days later millions watched as Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz’ Aldrin became the first men to step foot on the moon. But was this…

We have sent a man to the moon, we can get to somewhere miles away in minutes, and we can communicate with someone from across the globe almost instantaneously. These are just a few examples of the fantastic technology that we have developed that allows us to do things that our ancestors could never have even dreamed of. Surely, civilization as we know it is far superior to the pre-neolithic people. Well, according to John Lanchester’s article, “A Case Against Civilization,” our perceived…

Usman Hameed Ullah Mr. Ko, Paul Social and Cultural Anthropology HSP3U7 October 19th, 2017 Culture Shock: A personal account My first encounter with culture shock occurred when I immigrated to Canada. This was back in August of 2014 and I was just under thirteen years of age. When my plane finally landed in Toronto, I was completely over the moon with everything. This concept of a ‘whole new world’ had revolved in my mind for at least seven months now. Full of adrenaline, I took in the fact…

What Keeps A Man Sane - The Martian Blog Post Humanities 10 Isolation could contribute to stress, loneliness, a decline in health and mental breakdown. In the book The Martian, written by Andy Weir, astronaut Mark Watney was stranded on Mars after failing to escape a disastrous sandstorm. This brave botanist was isolated from the entire mankind; he was separated from his crew, and lost the ability to contact them or the Hermes. Mark miraculously survived the sandstorm and made it to safety.…

A main idea in the first part of the novel is the desire for “a book”. The boys, especially Homer and Quentin desperately wanted a book filled with information about how to improve their rockets. Their prayers were answered in Chapter 13, when Miss Riley provided them with a book called “Principles of Guided Missile Design”. That was only step one, though, because the boys still needed to know trigonometry, calculus, and other higher math skills to understand the concepts in the…

to be famous astronauts would make their marks in the history books. On July 16, 1969 , Apollo 11 was launched. The spacecraft carried Commander Neil A. Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin, Jr. Two of the three would soon go on to do something that no other human had ever done, they would walk on the moon. These American’s manning Apollo 11 impacted people everywhere by, teaching more about science, inspiring future space exploration…

On the 20th of July 1969, millions of people across the world watched eagerly as the Apollo 11 landed successfully on the moon and Neil Armstrong officially became the first man ever to step onto the celestial body. It was a moment of great victory for the U.S. It was a moment which would be remembered in scientific history for a long time: but is it remembered for the right reasons? There are many people that believe that the landing of 1969 was a hoax. They believe that it was filmed in a…

The Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 marked an entire generation of manmade success. The following texts focus on the Apollo 11 moon landing and contain different perspectives on the matter. The Times article is very analytical, the speech by Safire focuses mostly on the emotional half of the moon landing, Rand’s article portrays the launch as very positive and figurative, Hemlocks cartoon criticizes the negative attention the space launch gets. Each of the passages uses important rhetorical…

Gattaca is a film by Andrew Niccol that depicts a futuristic society where eugenics, or the use of selective breeding and genetic manipulation, has become dominant as a way to perfect humanity. The film centers on Vincent Freeman, a naturally-conceived young man whose genetically inferior status as an In-Valid precludes him from achieving his dream of joining the space program Gattaca. Determined to pursue space travel, he assumes the genetic identity of Jerome Morrow, a genetically superior…