Neil deGrasse Tyson

Kyse Dahdal “Men on the Moon: How it All Started” "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Those were the famous words from Neil Armstrong when he became the first man to ever step foot on the moon. The moon landing had many important factors, which made it such an extraordinary moment in time. For this whole event to occur, a well-equipped space shuttle was needed. That shuttle was Apollo 11. The service module contained oxygen, water, and electric power for the…

In sumary, there were lots of questions to be answered before they could achieve that goal. The article I read spend several pages talking about these questions and their solutions. The mission Apollo 11 put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon soil on July 20, 1969. And this was one of the most importante days for the Human Race. As stated on the article, “NASA eventually spent $24.5 billion on the apollo programo f 16 unmaned missions and 12 manned…

UFO Sighting: Blood sucking alien spotted in Britain British Ufologist John Mooner captures the photograph of ‘blood sucking’ alien on camera that left him terrified in the closest encounter yet. Mooner described the extraterrestrial being as sporting 'classic looking' black eyes and an indefinite shape. According to Mirror, paranormal expert was left terrified after capturing the image of what he believes was a blood-sucking alien that landed in Britain. As per the reports, during the encounter…

Now is the time where I make the distinction between ancient times and modern times. This distinction is marked by two events which took place in the year of 1609. On July 26 of the year Thomas Harriot, a British astronomer and mathematician, among other things, was the first man to look through a "Dutch truncke", or telescope, at the moon and record what he saw. On July 26, 1609 he recorded his first sketch of the moon. Over the next year and a half he drew another seven sketches and two of…

I believe that the landing of the moon was fake because of some very good reason. First, why I think the moon landing was fake because in EVERY video or clip of Neil Armstrong walking on “The Moon” the background or in this case Space it appears to be nothing just a black surface. From a site that supplies facts that are factual it states “You will see the difference. The stars are very faint and get washed out by the bright light of the moon. The reason why no or very little stars can be seen…

Central Connecticut State University may not be the most prestigious college in the world, but it doesn’t matter what the name of the school is, it matters what you do with your education. I attended Central Connecticut State University out of high school. This university had a good engineering program and was very affordable for my family. Money was never an issue with my family, I have just always been very cost efficient. After attending that university and several after to receive my PhD, I…

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World,” village women and men care for a drowned man who washed up from the sea. The drowned man later becomes a symbol of greatness for men, women, and children of the village. The effect the drowned man has on the village relates to a theme of the short story: namely, that people have an inherent need to believe in something greater than themselves. Marquez conveys this theme by utilizing tactics such as setting,…

Whenever tragedy strikes, no matter the significance, a reassuring voice is something that helps immensely to those who lost something irreplaceable. The head of the land of liberty has a responsibility to calm the nation, especially for an event an entire country lacked the ability to ignore. Nixon needed a speech that would assure the public that the two traveler’s trip to the moon was not for loss in the worst case scenario. The speech’s effectiveness mostly comes from the emphasis that…

decade. During the newfound Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union were committed to a demanding competition to see who made it to the moon first; this was later proclaimed the “space race”. To America’s excitement, on July 20, 1969, American Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. Although, recent polls in the Engineering & Technology British magazine, approximately 25% say they don’t believe anyone has ever landed on the moon. Within the documentary The Truth…

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. It continues by commending the bravery of the two men and how they know there’s no possibility for them to be recovered, but that their sacrifice will bring…