Flinders Street Station

Ever since the beginning of the space race the United States has been one of the premier space agencies in the world. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, is a government run program that started in 1958 to better understand what lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere. One of their biggest feats was putting a man on the moon. This virtually won us the space race and put us at the forefront of space technology and research. Many thing have changed since Neil Armstrong first stepped…

the same place. Geostationary orbit is located at an altitude of ~36,000 km. Communications satellites Сommunication satellites are artificial satellites which typically rotate at geostationary orbit. They receive and send signals to Earth’s stations. Use of…

Barnett’s and probably differs from everyone’s. Many would say that is it out of this world, literally. My ideal classroom with be based off of a space station. First off I would want my doors to be circular cut doors where everyone would have to crawl into the classroom. I would also like circular windows, allowing a lot of natural light. Next seating, for desks I want two big tables across from each other…

In Packing for Mars, Mary Roach communicates that the most interesting part of space travel is humanity and the complicated obstacles that come with it. Roach’s purpose is to argue that although they present difficult challenges, much can be learned about humanity through space travel. To support this argument, the author compares humanity to machinery and the opinions of scientists to her own, provides anecdotes concerning the humanity of astronauts, and describes the struggles and morality of…

In chapters 18-22 of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the author informs us of what Henrietta’s HeLa cells have done and some history of her family. In chapter 18, HeLa cells have gone to space in the Discoverer XVIII satellite to help determine what happens to human cells in space. Scientist were also creating hybrids with the HeLa cells to help further their understanding of gene regulation. The media didn’t understand what was being accomplished by doing this and…

or breath-taking. People are curious to understand the space and what lies beyond the universal. This can be accomplished by sending astronauts to space to explore the changes in Earth and operate advanced technology such as Satellites and space stations. Nevertheless, most astronauts are not ready to withstand primitive conditions such as prolonged absences and stress environment. Even though they train themselves to be prepare, they are not professional enough to handle unexpected moments…

NASA and the entirety of the space industry was not always a welcome place for women. From the beginning of the program until recent years, women were shunned or disadvantaged in the male dominated field. The American space program began after the launch of Sputnik from Russia during the Cold War period. This struck fear into Americans and resulted in the interest of launching not only satellites, but also humans, into space. However, no one had any way of knowing what conditions…

Dr. Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? is considered a guide on how to face change. The best-seller tells the story of two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little people, Hem and Haw, and how they each responded to running out of cheese. Cheese was portrayed as something they all highly desired and loved. The two mice were able to follow the right path to change, and were successful at finding new cheese. The two little people, on the other hand, resisted change and were left with no…

Modern spaceflight is something that is wondrous to many people. It is an important topic mainly because advancements made in this field could determine the future of the planet and the human race. The main question on this topic is who should be leading the effort to explore the cosmos, private persons and companies or governmental institutions? Although the modern day space initiative is being mostly spearheaded by private persons and industries, in my opinion, government funded space programs…

During the last 2000 years, human beings have gradually conquered nearly the whole earth after a plenty of explorations and out of the curiosity inside, they began to pay more and more attention on the outer space. From the Wan Hu who flied to the sky by using a rocket with several rough fireworks on and finally killed himself in the Ming Dynasty to the Armstrong who represented human beings to made the first step on a another planet. Human have the tendency to create more devices and equipment…