Space Jam

In 1957, the space race rushed the United States to find a way to send man to the moon. NASA had to determine who was eligible and qualified to be an astronaut. They didn’t know what space would be like and no one knew what would happen to the “human body in a microgravity environment” so multiple tests had to be run. Lovelace came up with the mercury test that would be the most accurate and closest thing to testing out the human body under all conditions. NASA picked potential astronauts from…

element that needs to be improved upon with crew safety lies within the area of bacteria of celestial bodies, but from space itself. Mankind has never been in contact with these bacteria that originate from other celestial bodies, and the consequences of encountering these forms of bacteria are unknown. The safest and most logical concept is to improve upon all the shielding from space, to create as little contact with the forms of bacteria as possible (Krishen 5). Another area of crew safety…

The cost of permits and citations are too high for the students to pay and cause a lot of expense problems for teachers as well as students. The distance and number of available parking spaces makes it hard for students to get to and from class in a smooth matter. The parking policies now are too costly, strict, and limited, for an easy commute on…

established occupation would have been asked- "why haven't you taken up law?" As Sherman Alexie in his essay "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" narrates that he learned to read with a superman comic book, I realized that I was interested in space when I was amused by flying objects. As a child, I was fortunate to find my interests at a tender age of about seven years and haven't given up since then to pursue my interests as that with Alexie's. This essay tries to explore my life…

Birth Order Did you know that there has never been a United States president that has been born an only child? Did you know that the first 21 of 23 astronauts in space have been firstborns in their families and the other 2 astronauts were only children? This occurs because of birth order. Birth order refers to the order one is born in their family. Although researchers at Ohio State University believe that birth order doesn’t influence people, I hold the belief that it does. Depending on the…

The Rosetta spacecraft is unmanned and is controlled from the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany and at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Madrid, Spain. Rosetta is operated from the ground and commands are sent to the craft to adjust its path towards the comet. Theses commands can take up to 50 minutes to reach Rosetta from Earth. Rosetta’s Science Ground Segment are responsible for the collection and distribution of the scientific data that Rosetta sends…

United States along with the help of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in what was a very dangerous mission sent a man to the moon for the very first time. NASA sent three men Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Since that very day, there have been countless debates on if the moon landing actually happened or it was just a hoax put on by the United States to beat the Soviet Union to the moon in the Space Race. After the men of the Apollo 11 mission returned…

Impact Hypothesis is that when the earth was still forming around 4.5 billion years ago the moon hit the earth, at least now it is called the moon before this mars sized planetoids was called Theia. This impact caused lots of debris to be thrown into space which started forming the moon. “The Giant Impact Hypothesis is very good in explaining most of the moon's features," said author Daniel Herwartz explaining how this is a reasonable theory. This theory is one of the most recognized and very…

Space race is one of the major top events during the Cold War era. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union hooked a competition to see who had the best technology in space. This is included such events as who could put the first spacecraft with man into orbit and who would be the first to walk on the Moon. The Space Race was considered important because it showed to the world about which country had the best science, technology, and economic system. The Space Race began after…

American space endeavors are under attack, but before you rush to your window to see UFO’s flying around, you should know that the enemy actually comes from this planet. The enemy picking apart at our modern space program is funding. In the two articles over the government’s financial space policy, there are two sides opposed as of how our nation should proceed to fund space endeavors, and whether it is a matter for the government to control or not. Greg Autry and Laura Huang, the writers of…