NASA

nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.” NASA has been sending satellites, space shuttles, people, and many other things into space ever since they were first created, but sending all those things into space isn’t the only thing that NASA has done, they have also done as much as they can to help the people. Even though many people believe that NASA’s inventions are only beneficial…

possible that they could be even more effective. NASA has a history of working with aerospace companies. Private companies, such as Lockheed Martin, already build NASA’s space vehicles (“Human Space Flight”). It would make sense to remove the government from the process and to allow these companies to launch the vehicles themselves and manage their own space program. Several private companies have already started working on their own space programs, and NASA offered a contract for a private…

I. Political and Economic Situations surrounding the Space Race in America “The good news for space exploration in general is that public opinion favors it – but only when not taking economic costs and budgetary spending into consideration.” (Hsu) Setting up the backdrop for the rise of the space program simultaneously builds the opposing argument for its continuation past 1969 as well. As culturally beneficial as it eventually resulted to be, it can be widely agreed that the initialization…

requirement that women were physically capable of meeting so that they may be considered for the position. However, their attempts were to no avail; that is, until the feminist movement took off. Because of political pressure and fear of lawsuits, NASA finally reached out to hire women as astronauts and issued their first call for astronauts in a decade, urging both women and people of color to…

Judith Resnik was an Engineer and a NASA Astronaut. She was born April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio. She graduated from Firestone High School. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1970, as well as a doctorate’s degree and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland in 1977. In 1984 she received a NASA Space Medal. She was apart of two major NASA Space missions onboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-41-D which took place in…

seen it done before. There is a first for everything. Robert Goddard was the man that began bringing us the moon, Mars, and out of our galaxy. Because Robert Goddard made a liquid-fueled rocket, imagination sprang up all through America. Soon NASA came with ideas no one had ever thought to be an option. One of these ideas was Neil Armstrong going to the moon. Leaving our planet was one thing but landing on another was something completely different. Just like no one…

Women had to wait so long to become astronauts because they have to overcome and challenge the public’s opinions. There is a pressure on women to be successful, to show that they are as capable as men. Women who were part of the space programs with NASA paved the way for women today. There is still many barriers to overcome as there are more men in STEM fields and women are often mistreated and underappreciated. Even so, women prevailed and are now an active part of the exploration of…

NASA and the space program collectively represent American strength and scientific achievement. A little over half a century ago, we as Americans decided to venture into space for ourselves. NASA, however, didn’t always paint a picturesque image inclusion. For years, their “qualifications” were designed to bar women from joining the program as astronauts. However, this did not stop women, they continued to work behind the scenes and fought for the chance to be included at the forefront of these…

failure, enemies, and profitability. The equipment failure that the SpaceX projects have encountered has been devastating. The largest, most impactful equipment failure that SpaceX has had to deal with is the crash of Falcon 9. SpaceX has a contract with NASA to do 12 cargo missions to the space station and resupply the space station. SpaceX’s…

Doom without Space Exploration The world without NASA, also known as National Aeronautics and Space Administration, innovation would be a bleak world indeed. Think of all the modern technologies that you use every day without thinking twice about it. Now, imagine them gone! What would our modern society look like? Technologies like power tools, cell phones, modern computer processors, and microwaves are just some of the many contributions that NASA brought to us. Still, there are those among our…