Geostationary orbit

Apollo’s voyage to the moon impacted the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget because the trip was so expensive. Scientists talked about their plans to further missions to the moon and eventually Mars. The reason for human exploration of the solar system was because of the Apollo missions. President John F. Kennedy once said, “land a man on the Moon by 1970 and return him safely to Earth”(Mendell, pg 24). Apollo indeed accomplished this goal, because of the desire for human…

Falcon Heavy. The Falcon 9 space launch vehicle is designed to be reusable. The Falcon 9 itself is a simple two-stage rocket that uses 9 first stage and one Merlin vacuum engines to power attached payloads to their appropriate operating orbit or transfer orbit. The outside of the rockets first and second stage is made of aluminum-lithium alloy to ensure durability so it can be used again. The Merlin engines use liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant for fuel and are…

\cite{old}. This accident, caused by a propulsion malfunction, put nearly three hundred debris into low-Earth orbit (LEO). The number of satellite fragmentations increased through the 1970s and…

able to undock from the command module. The command module would be equipped with a SEP system to get the crew to and from the Martian system. The lander/ habitation module would have a LOX-methane propulsion system capable of returning it to Martian orbit to rendezvous with the command module. Testing of the spacecraft design includes several phases. The first testing phase is the terrestrial phase. Each component of the spacecraft will undergo strenuous tests on the ground. After being…

they usually cause pollution problems. There needs to be large scale-in orbit construction and operations. For the solar power satellites to be able to gather large quantities of energy, they have to be large. One necessity is power transmission. There needs to be a way to transmit power from satellites to the earth’s surface with the least environmental…

radiometers, they are not camera’s but they scan the Earth to form images. They each have antennas to monitor the weathering systems. One of the orbits that it goes around the Earth are called Geostationary, they go around the Earth at a very high altitude and they orbit at the same speed as the Earth. The second orbit is called the sun-synchronous which orbits around the north pole and the south pole every 100 minutes.…

within the next ten years. Even though this seems overly ambitious for the country, it is not completely impossible. Using the data and lessons learned from past and future launches, a lunar mission would be easier than placing a satellite in geostationary orbit. There is an obvious advantage to launching rockets whether it is for space exploration or for missile testing. Launching rockets for space exploration gives the launching nation valuable experience. The launch also doubles for…

potentially be cut off from us forever if we are not careful with how we handle the already growing space debris problem today. Space debris, in this context, is all of the bits of destroyed man-made technology left in space, some of which fall into orbit. While in orbit, this space debris poses massive risks to active satellites or other spacecraft. Some efforts are being made to reduce the volume of debris but they may not be enough. It is entirely possible that a chain reaction has already…

Though, when Jose Cordeiro asked Clarke what he thought about religion in general, Clarke replied “Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses. I am afraid to be struck by lightning one day while saying this” (Cordeiro). The slight skepticism in this quote is manifested in Clarke’s short story The Nine Billion Names of God. In this story, the Dalai Lama calls a man to create a machine that will print out all of the names that describe God in a specific language that the monks had devised…

The modern form of Homo sapiens has been on Earth for roughly 100,000 years (Homo). Only within the last 55 years have humans, or modern Homo sapiens, traveled beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. Not only have humans escaped Earth’s atmosphere, but humans have also landed on other celestial bodies, such as the Moon. As humans continue to explore, there will become a need for further advancements in all fields of study, to not only reach distant planets but also to sustain life on them as well. There…