Orbit of the Moon

is a government run program that started in 1958 to better understand what lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere. One of their biggest feats was putting a man on the moon. This virtually won us the space race and put us at the forefront of space technology and research. Many thing have changed since Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. NASA’s budget has been shrinking exponentially since the 60’s. In 1966 NASA’s budget peaked at 4.3 percent of the federal budget; however since then it has…

The most popular argument is that the price is way too high especially when economic issues in our own nation are taken into account. It costs approximately, “$10,000/lb. to launch a package into orbit,”(NASA chief Venneri in NASA predicts 50-year missions). It costs an estimated “$450 million to launch a single shuttle”(Pinchefsky). The other popular subject to be brought up in opposition of space exploration is the danger to human life. Shuttles…

The question I will investigate is, ‘How did John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s actions impact the space race during his presidency (January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963)?’. I first explain and evaluate two sources: JFK’s Last Hundred Days, by Thurston Clarke, is a book detailing the last fourteen weeks of John F. Kennedy’s life. Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership, by Roger D. Launius & Howard E. McCurdy, is a book about the impact of presidential leadership on the space race. Both books…

would come to fruition. The Earth’s moon(Luna) has always been an ideal candidate for colonization, its proximity key for a first base for experimenting with for future space colonization. To fully establish a colony on Luna is an enormous assignment, so for the purposes of this report, we will emit the financial requirements of such a mission. We interpreted the question of establishing a lunar colony as establishing a permanent, sustainable settlement on the moon. Our solution also assumes…

Many more will be contributing and competing in this new “Space Race” with a much different vision than who will be the first on the Moon. Now that we’ve got some serious investors, inventors, visionaries and thinkers at the table, what can be expected in the next 20 years? The famous phrase should now read “Build it, it will come.” Here’s an excerpt from a debate this month (The…

Soviets could send a satellite of around 200 pounds into orbit, sending an inter-continental ballistic missile to any terrestrial place was not far behind (The Cold War…

One of the pictures I chose is from the magazine, Time. There are two people wearing spacesuit, and they are racing for the moon by running. At the front side, we can see the American astronaut, and there is the Soviet counterpart behind him. The cover of this magazine shows these two astronauts who is racing for the moon is because of the Space race between the U.S and the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1972. This event happened during the cold war for the supermacy in space-flight capability.…

The yearning for knowledge and understanding of the world reignited during the Renaissance. The time period set the perfect environment for a rebirth in learning and the acceptance/challenging of ancient authorities in the scientific field. This also led scholars to deny any progress in the past and deemed the middle ages as the Dark Ages Leonardo Da Vinci was a jack of all trades in the Renaissance and serves as a prime example of a rekindling in learning and understanding. Leonardo did not…

the more people die in wars waged by the divided human race. In “2001: A Space Odyssey” the fear of war destroying the Earth and killing everyone on it with the use of advanced weaponry is addressed when, “a slumbering cargo of death” awakens and orbits the Earth. All would have been lost, “history as men knew it would be drawing to a close” (Clarke). The human race would have used the very weapons that led them to greatness to destroy everything they had. If Bowman, now a Starchild hadn’t…

Al-Ghazzali: Mathematics and Religion Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali is known as one of the most influential thinkers in Muslim history. He lived from 1058-1111 and spent his life as a jurist, theologian, philosopher, and logician. Al-Ghazzali grew up and studies in a time of major change and innovation within Islamic culture. As the Islamic culture developed and spread to new areas, the cultures of many foreign areas began interacting and influencing the Islamic growth. While al-Ghazzali focused…