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1. Overview: Although flight history is full of unfortunate deadly incidents, planes are statistically the safest mean of transport. Saving money and time and safe trips are the main reasons why airplanes are the first choice when it comes to travelling especially for long distances. With the explosion of client demands and the mass production of aircrafts, managing the air traffic becomes harder and eventually the current managing system will fail against the enormous number of airplanes…

Analyzing the Benefits and Drawbacks of the NASA Program On July 16, 1969, NASA launched a spaceflight to the moon called Apollo 11. A couple days later Neil Armstrong would be the first man to step on the moon. It was a big milestone for man’s journey of exploring space as millions watched on the television. But as millions watched on the television, the rise of a new question became to spring up. People began discussing if the NASA program was worth it. They began to talk about the…

Fission was used in the original atomic bombs, and fusion is most commonly used today. This is due to the fact that the amount of energy that can be released from fission is limited, whereas fusion can theoretically release an unlimited amount of energy. Fusion is the same type of reaction that occurs on stars, thus obviously very powerful. Fusion occurs when two atoms are “fused” together and release a stray neutron. Thermonuclear bombs are much more powerful, and produce significantly greater…

type of computer data storage, “Random access memory (RAM) is the best known form of computer memory. RAM is considered "random access" because you can access any memory cell directly if you know the row and column that intersect at that cell. “(HowStuffWorks) and this type of data storage needs to be supplied by a power source to operate. CD ROM A CD ROM is a drive that accesses memory from a Compact Disc. Compact Discs are a disc that contains data accessible by a computer. Compact Discs…

American Dream Plays Hard to Get “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’,” John Lennon. Happiness is what everyone wants; it is the genuine American Dream. However, the various definitions of happiness make it unclear as to how to pursue it. Some people see it as reaching the top and having the most sumptuous items, others as having more than enough money…

Drug Use Goes Up - Partnership for Drug-Free Kids). By the time they get to high school their views on drugs have changed and with them hearing about other kids doing them and having the time of their life. They do not have a reason not try them because they think oh well “I am only going to try this a couple of times but after high school is over I will stop.”. These kids do not realize that from abusing drugs just a couple of times their brain is rewired to what their happiness is and with the…

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will be treated – this shows the puppy that they will be rewarded every time they find the drugs, and will remember the smell to find drugs again in hopes of gaining a reward. The towel will be used to play with the dog afterwards as a reward, (HowStuffWorks). They use aggressive alert when they find the drugs – by digging and pawing. This would not work for dogs finding bombs, so instead passive alert is used. This method can involve the dog just sitting down to indicate a find which is often…

to aquatic environments as well as fragile ecosystems. Most precipitation that enters a lake, river, stream, or marsh must go through the soil first. Soils contain a buffering capacity, the ability to resist changes in acidity and alkalinity. (HowStuffWorks) If the buffering capacity is low, the soil cannot neutralize the increased acidity and the acid rain passes through and leaches into the water systems, where it will accumulate within the body of water and lower its pH. Normally, life…

Bouncy balls are made up of Polymers, which are made up of many small units of monomers, that go through the process of Polymerization to become Polymers. People can see such polymers all around them like rubber, wool, silk etc. Polymers have unique properties that allow chemist’s and scientists to mix different types of polymers with each other to form new ones. In the lab Polyvinyl Acetate (PVAc), Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA), and Sodium Borate were used to make and design the bouncy balls. The…