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    Acceptance Never Ends Even in a Nursing Home: The Purpose of Popularity Amongst Residents at Montgomery Care Center Coffee and News Activity Group Setting I walk through the doors of the Montgomery Care Center. Inside there is a small living room to the right with typically one resident watching television and to the right, a window into an office. I wave at the woman at the desk and then sign in at the visitor’s book. I then head right at the end of the hallway and make my way down the…

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    Sally Ride Research Paper

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    flew to space. Sally was born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles California. She went Stanford University and got a degree in physics. In 1977 NASA was looking for women astronauts. During that time Sally was still a student still she applied for the job and she was picked. Sally was one of the girls picked out of a thousand other appliers. On June 18, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Her job was to work on the robotic arm. The arm helped put satellites into space.…

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    Mae Jomson Research Paper

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    Jemison Mae Jemison was a physician, a teacher, and founder and president of two technology companies. She was born on October 17th in the year 1956. Mae Jemison contributed to space exploration by being the first African American woman into space, her technical assignments launch support activities at the Kennedy space center in Florida, and she was a mission specialist. Currently she is an advocate for science. Jemison did well in high school, and attended Stanford University on…

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    My person is Mae c. Jemison. I chose her because she is so inspiring to other african american female women. She shows them that females can do more than what the society labels them to do. I bet it was her for her because she was the only African american female in NASA at the time. Lets see how her life went. Mae c.Jemison born october 17,1956 in decatur alabama. But considered chicago illinois to be her hometown.Her parents are Charlie and Dorothy Jemison born and raised in chicago. Her…

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    Yes, I believe the Challenger disaster was a result of groupthink. There were many things presented in the brief reading above that leads me to think this. One sign of groupthink is that members are pressured to go along with the go along with the group. A prime example of this is that Morton Thiokol management advised against the launch, but reversed their decision at the behest of their engineers. Another sing of groupthink is that the members are very concerned with reinforcing the…

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    addition to being informative, he allows the reader to get to know his charming personality by sharing humorous anecdotes about his life and those he was closest to. Comprised of various anecdotes and an account of his role in investigating the Challenger, this memoir has a unifying theme. Although the memoir contains scattered stories with little relation to each other, they all contribute to the theme, which is to not let people’s personal opinions hinder you from doing what brings you joy.…

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    Ellen Ochoa Essay

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    Ellen Ochoa once said, “Don’t be afraid to reach for the stars,” and she has certainly lived up to the saying. Because of her outer space discoveries and missions as an astronaut, she has not only helped shape Florida history, and that of the continental U.S. as well. She has played a huge role in how hispanic americans have influenced Florida because she defied the odds to become the first female hispanic astronaut, and paved the way for future women and latinos to achieve their goals. `To…

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    known as “The Speech on the Challenger Disaster.” He gave this speech in a presidential, hopeful, and very American way. He acknowledges The Challenger Disaster in such a way to address the families of the lost and the school children whose teacher was involved in this terrible disaster. He also creates a positive opinion towards the United States Space Program. He continues to honor the astronauts and tries to help everyone move forward from this terrible disaster. Through Reagan’s use of…

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    literature review was to study about quality could mean the difference between excellence and disaster on a real life project. Therefore, the literature review discussed a space shuttle project the Challenger shuttle disaster. The first part of the literature review discussed the Vaughan’s (1996) analysis, which found the human errors are one of the main reasons of resulting the Challenger shuttle disaster. Also, by outlining Perrow’s (1999) Normal Accident Theory, it argues that complex…

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    The Shuttle Challenger Disaster of 1986 The Disaster of the Space Challenger not only affected the way NASA checked their space shuttle and produced them but it also changed the way that they were viewed. Despite the disaster, NASA has gone through positive changes still to this day. These positive changes such as the way they are viewed by Americans as a whole and also being able to make technological advances to improve space missions. The Challenger was expected to explore into space on…

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