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named the space race. Since space exploration became a reality there has been a total of 18 fatalities. This supports the fact that space exploration is dangerous. Feb 1, 2003 was the launch of a space shuttle that failed to launch which resulted to an explosion ( latimes.com par. 1 ) . The launch was live broadcast throughout out The United States. The aftermath was 7 deaths one of the member was a public teacher who won a contest ever since then NASA has banned civilians to go on space…

billions of dollars on space exploration every year. New observations and information are vital to our society to understand life and possibility of life on other planets. Science is the true foundation for technology and the development of our economy. Most of the time, we rely on facts and knowledge, but sometimes, we must search outside the skyline and develop our understanding about the world surrounding us. Yes, we need to take risks and continue to move forward. Without space exploration,…

By now, you've probably read part one and part two in our series of 30 shocking facts about NASA, and today we're here with part three! You might think you know everything about one of the world's most advanced space research facilities, but you have no idea. Number Fifteen: Stanley Kubrick. Famed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick was filming Barry Lyndon when he decided to use special lenses commissioned by NASA. The special lenses were designed for the Apollo moon landings, but Kubrick used them to…

The Final Frontier Why is space called the final frontier? The reason why space should be called the final frontier is because past space there is nothing left to explore. I believe that space is the final frontier. Three main points that help with this are Galaxies what they are their shapes and what lies within them. Lifeforms off of earth what’s out there and are they friendly. Stars and planets what fate lies for our sun and other stars and the fate of planets in orbit around them. Galaxies…

The space race consisted of Russia and the United States of America, seeing who was more technologically advanced in weaponry and in the race to space. Although the Russians got a good start the U.S made the first man land on the moon which Russia still hate about us and is one of the most talked about things still in Russia. The cold war was where we would see who the top dog was and see who really was more advanced. The space race was nothing more than a thing for bragging rights, and to claim…

Throughout the exploration of space, there are many people who has contributed to space. Katherine Johnson is one of those people. At the age of 10 she was a freshman in high school. By the time she was 18 she has graduated from college. Katherine Johnson has contributed to space by being one of the first African Americans to been hired to work in the guidance and navigation department; help with the Apollo 11 mission; also find the flight paths. In space calculation are a very important…

NASA and many others believe that space exploration could help change our country and our world. There's many ways that space exploration could benefit us. It could help us improve safety and help us find out more about our earth and its resources, exploring space would give us many benefits. The United states and NASA should put more into space exploration. Something that we need to protect ourselves from the threat of getting hit by an asteroid. If we don’t want what happened to the dinosaurs…

launching of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik satellite on October 4, 1957 unofficially launched the space race, a battle of scientific might against the United States and the Soviet Union, and a continuation of the struggle of power between the two superpowers. Both nations would go on to fight a close battle to show the world which nation had the greatest technological ability, and the fight was close too. The space race would come to its climax on July 20, 1969, when the pilots of Apollo 11 landed…

NASA. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is the one who allowed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) to be possible though. Eisenhower does this by signing the NASA Act on July 29th, 1958. After World War II NASA’s first administrator, T. Keith Glennan had been appointed by Eisenhower. Now, space technology was improving and on the rise of competition with other countries to go into space. Although this was a great improvement for the United States there were challenges to…

Launching in Florida Florida as a state has a unique place in space history. This place is well suited due to itsphysical position to launch the space mission. It provides millions of visitors and the wholeworld, the amazing firings of missiles. This state has a lot of armed services installations. Eachlaunch either successful or not, provides very valuable data which leads to prone errors for thenext launch. Florida has been influenced by many things. The things that have influenced…