Manned mission to Mars

with manned and unmanned flights, the US struggled tremendously. It was only with the kidnapping of Lunik where America was able to understand what type of rocket needed to be built whereas Russia had done it all on their own through their own trial and error. People will also argue that America was the first and only to land a man on the moon, while this is true Russia was the first to flyby, land, and return from the moon. Not only that, Russia was the first to land a probe on Venus and Mars…

United States was well aware of the dangers its astronauts faced in outer space, but made a decision to continue space exploration. “In event of Moon Disaster” was a speech written by William Safire, for President Nixon to give in case the Apollo 11 mission to the moon went wrong, but was never actually given. The speech starts off by claiming that fate has decided that the two astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, are to be stranded on the moon, and that this shall be their resting place.…

Harnett The Negative Effects of Long Term Space Travel and How to Address Them My science fiction story will take place on Mars. The Russians have successfully landed a ship on the surface of Mars and the Americans are not far behind. The mission is to establish an oxygen rich environment on the surface of mars in small scale to test the possibilities of large-scale migration to Mars. The Russians lose contact with their craft after one day on the planet and the Americans hear of the tragedy…

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong. The Space Race was a competition between the two rivals of the Cold War, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union. The goal was to be the first country to have a man land on the moon. However, for this to happen, there had to be major changes. Specifically, the technology of the time had to be more advanced for both countries to be able to get to the moon. Therefore, the U.S./Soviet Space Race led to amazing…

With the emergence of a new space race in recent years, the topic of space exploration has come under fierce scrutiny. Combustible claims are being thrown into the forges of debate from both the opposing side and those that fervently follow the exploits of the various space agencies. While both sides of this debate have various logical points, they both tend to follow the same well-traveled track. The opposing side of this argument tends to charge forth asking, why should we spend money on such…

Planetary Protection Rough Draft ESS 102 Jacob Berrigan For my Science fiction paper I will write about a routine mission to mars in the year 2040 to excavate mars because of the discovery of a vein of rare metals by an American mining company. In an effort to cut costs the company neglected to complete the abiotic protection procedures mandated by the government after returning to earth. The ship carries home a pathogen of which the human race has never seen. A sizeable percent of the…

agencies tend to over-promise a lot of the time. Mars One, a non-profit organization, is currently the leader in pursuing the long-awaited trip to the red planet, Mars. In their first press release about this project, Mars One stated that they hope to establish a human settlement on Mars by the year 2023, which later changed to 2025(Mars One Will Settle Men on Mars in 2023 1). Whereas, NASA states that they hope to develop the capabilities to send humans to Mars by the year 2030 (Daines 1).…

The Challenger Explosion and its Effect on the Twenty-first Century On January 28th, 1986, the world experienced one of its most horrific tragedies. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was prepared to launch a shuttle mission. The shuttle that NASA was sending to space was named the Challenger. The Challenger included seven crew members, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space. The teacher in space program was something that intrigued…

The US Government has done great things in the past with space travel, but recently with their decision making they have created a huge block for the advancement into space. One space mission may launch in 2017 after being pushed back from a 2015 launch may see even more delays as congress cuts more and more money from NASA (Davenport). Today’s time has seen the degradation of the NASA space program, and many devoted advocates in the private…

After going through multiple arguments its hard to find an answer. For starters, they believe that going to space will be more beneficial than doing it back on Earth. This all makes sense till you remember that we still cannot land on the Moon or Mars. Another example is Paul D. Lowman Jr., he says, “the last few decades of space exploration and astronomy have shown that the universe is violent and dangerous,” which is a true statement. I mean there are black holes, asteroids, solar flairs, and…