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    What could have been the purpose of a Ronald W. Reagan’s speech after a catastrophic incident? On January 28, 1986, a space shuttle launched from NASA suffered a casualty when the shuttle named The Challenger was on the air, as it broke apart. This launching was showcased on national television, causing the crew’s children witness their parents’ death, and most children in the U.S. being traumatized by it. As a way of unifying the nation after a tragedy of that essence, President Ronald W.…

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    Space Shuttle Program

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    February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas and Louisiana upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The loss of the shuttle and its crew was from a piece of insulation foam that detached from the shuttle’s external tank. Fuel had nothing to do with the explosion, they burned the remaining fuel before re-entry. Space exploration takes a lot of money, the budget increased 3.1 percent from 2003 to 2004. The Columbia incident was the second of two tragedies of space shuttle…

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    The National Tragedy The Challenger was a horrible tragedy the american public had to witness, but we as a country will not let it get in the way of our future accomplishments. The Challenger was a spacecraft that exploded on January 28, 1986 while its departure to space along with 7 crew members inside. The president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, then delivered the “Address To The Challenger Disaster” to the nation and the crew members families. Reagan crafted the speech to let everyone…

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    January 28th, 1986, is one of those days in the history of the United States that will never be forgotten. That is the day that the space shuttle Challenger explode 73 seconds after it lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, killing the seven people on board, including a civilian school teacher. After an intensive investigation into the cause of the disaster, it was determined to have been the result of a faulty O-ring that allowed fuel to escape during the “burn” which resulted in the…

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    Space Shuttle Case Study

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    of the space shuttle for NASA, they prioritized on maximizing cost effectiveness due to the budget cuts they received during the 1970s (“Challenger…”). They figured it will be more cost effective to have a reusable space shuttle instead of a disposable one. Therefore, they prioritized in designing a reusable space shuttle.…

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    After thinking about it a little I scribbled down the website on some paper and I remembered having a dream from that night. Two of my friends and I traveled to space and landed on Mars. I remember us getting on the shuttle and the trip must have taken a whole…

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    Avro Arrow Research Paper

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    The Blueprints for The avro arrow Disappear and Models Destroyed Nov. 20, 2017 Fanny Schmitt Aylmer - Roughly forty years ago Canadian engineers finally had a breakthrough in technology. After these accomplishments, the plans and models were destroyed and stolen for selfish gain. From the stolen blueprints, they were able to create a better aircraft that was able to fly 1,060 mph and reach roughly 15,500 feet in altitude. Astonishingly, out of the Avro Arrows 120 built, only one survives,…

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    The surface of Venus was mapped in 1991 by the Magellan expedition, which revealed evidence of extensive volcanic activity on the planet--yet the timing of this volcanic activity remains a mystery. About 80 percent of Venus' surface is covered in volcanic material. Most of the volcanoes are believed to be inactive, yet there is some evidence to suggest more "recently" activity ("recent" in this context meaning within the last 500 million years). There are no lava nor caldera (craters created…

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    The Challenger was the first space craft in America that fatally exploded, and it was one of the most tragic days for many in America. The takeoff of the Challenger was viewed by many, including schoolchildren, who tuned in to watch. Many people were watching the Challenger take off into space, but as it was launched, on January 28, 1986, the Challenger broke apart only seventy-three seconds into its flight. This lead to the deaths of its seven crew members, which were five NASA astronauts and…

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    Imagine traveling to an unknown realm and exploring infinite areas, with the help of space explo-ration the possibilities are endless, a period full of discovery and technological advancements, space exploration starting from 1961 to present day has had a major impact on the human race. Whether be success on the first spacewalk and landing on the moon, or to the untimely destruc-tion of the challenger launch, space exploration has contributed to the history our society has to-day. Though the…

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