Manned mission to Mars

seemed eventually reachable. Each new mission challenged the parameters of the last launch, in speed, distance, payload, and passengers. More recently, the possibility of travel to other planets within our solar system has approached feasibility. In 2003, the Mars robotic rovers exceeded all expectations, both mechanically and for information returned. By 2025, NASA plans to send humans to an asteroid and by the 2030’s, to Mars. A manned mission to Mars would last from one to three years…

The capsules used in the manned flights had barely enough room to fit one person in it (42). The first American astronaut in space was Commander Alan B. Shepard of the United States Navy, and he rode the Mercury-Redstone 3 into sub orbit on May 5, 1961 (Spangeburg and Moser 52). Alan Shepard was the first Human being ever to have complete control over his own space shuttle (Spangeburg and Moser 68). Allen Shepard’s mission took him 116 miles above…

now only possible in Earth orbit” (Morring). In essence, the prolongation of improving and advancing these machinery characteristics, “the recycling of human waste, used resources and utilization of planetary resources are crucial to long-duration missions”…

investor, inventor and CEO Elon Musk. Elon is the CEO of several different companies. The company I would like to focus on is his revolutionary space transport company, Spacex. In 2001, Elon came up with an idea called mars oasis. This project consisted of landing a small greenhouse on mars to observe if crops would grow. To do this Elon journeyed to Moscow in 2002 for his second time, after being criticized the first time in 2001 for being remarked as inexperienced, to purchase a Dnepr…

the Luna 1, 2 and 3 of the former Soviet Union, in 1959. Of these, the Luna 3 orbited the Moon, took photographs of the dark side, which is not visible from Earth, and then scanned and transmitted those images. In the decade that followed, 19 other missions had as its goal the Moon. In 1970 a Soviet lunar vehicle landed and was able to return with a sample of rock. Later that same year another vehicle, the "Lunokhod”, landed and explored the Moon through remote control, for almost a year. It was…

Imagine you’re in a car crash. You’re disoriented, you see lights everywhere, and you’re bleeding intensely. You see your phone on the seat next to you and you pick it up and try to call 911 so that they can send someone to help you, except when you do call them, they cannot understand what you’re saying. You try again and this time, no one answers. Sadly, this is a very possible reality that can happen to anyone of us. The 911 system is paramount to the security and well being of the United…

NASA’s greatest success is most usually attributed to the moon landings, however the accomplishments of the government space program go far beyond just that. Created by President Eisenhower in 1958, NASA’s mission was to provide America with research into outer space flight, and was created during the Space race and Cold War with the Soviet Union, which was a power struggle and race for arms and was caused by the distrust between America and the USSR, and the tension that was caused by the…

hazards of human exploration. Soon after President John F. Kennedy assumed office in January of 1961, the space race was undoubtedly underway, and the United State’s primary focus was landing a man on the moon--hence, the Apollo Program. These Apollo Missions are significant in that America received technical credibility and hasted the end of the Cold War in our favor. Also, Carole Stott, a long-time astronomer…

experiments on the Red Planet and lay the groundwork for landing humans there by 2025.” Another Article called “78.000 People Sign Up to Move to Mars FOR LIFE” explains how people are already planning to change their lifestyles for the new Red Planet (over 78,000 of them to be exact). Astronomy.com has explained that they are also planning on sending people to Mars, their personal deadline is 2030. Nasa has already found ways to cover food and water, but the only question that is out of the…

Fernando Eizaguirre Dr. Erika Harnett ESS 102 18 April 2018 My sci-fi paper will consist of the possible future scenario where a rogue black hole comes into our solar system swallowing our sun and brings darkness to all of human kind. It will follow a group of survivors that were able to get off the planet in an attempt to get to the nearest star. Leaving behind a slowly dying planet. They are met with a number of challenges. The most pressing being the increasing emission in solar weather…