Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster

A six-member crew of astronauts, under the leadership of Commander Melissa Lewis, decide to suddenly abort their assignment on Mars after they learn of an imminent storm. In the process of exiting the red planet, Mark Watney, one of the crew members, gets hit and disappears from his colleagues. An attempt to search for him by Commander Lewis proofs futile. The crew thinks Watney is dead and proceeds to leave Mars. As the head of the crew, Commander Lewis notifies Teddy Sanders, the NASA director…

No, the Space shuttle Columbia could not have made the necessary orbital maneuvers to dock with the ISS for safety. The shuttle Columbia launched to an orbital inclination of 39 degrees. (Gebhardt 2013) The International Space Station however is at an inclination of 51.6 degrees, a 12.6 degrees difference.(Cooney n.d.) After launch, the shuttle does not have enough fuel on board to be able to make an inclination change of this magnitude. Because of the extra weight shuttles are not loaded…

sensible. Only wealthy people may misuse that much money on something as useless as that… Land in space should not belong to anybody due to these important factors. The expensive price of owning land on Mars, violating the outer space treaty, and the disability to enforce land on Mars are just a few reasons not to own land in space. The cost of going to Mars, the Moon and just about anything in space is unthinkable. It’s mostly affordable for the wealthier people and/or organizations. This…

Humanity has progressed vastly during the course of time, from the ancient Roman Empire, to the Middle Ages, to the Renaissance, humanity has progressed both socially and intellectually. Humanity went from staking religiously ‘inferior’ women, to executing tyrannical monarchs, to creating masterful works of art; both musically and symbolically. Humanity was finally able to discover that the sun was the center of the universe; to sending a man to the moon. Despite all this progress and…

takes another leap into the future. It must first take a step back and evaluate the ramifications of space travel and exploration. These include economic, political, and scientific consequences. In regards to NASA, the United States’ space program, how much money should be allocated for contributions to space exploration? Many would argue that tax payer money should not be spent putting people into space (Source H), for both ethical and financial reasons. In Source D, the National Institutes of…

There have been some protests against spaceX development in Brownsville, suggesting it could affect wildlife refuge and tourism industry. However, the benefits in return seem incomparable. Aside from the direct profits of bringing about 600 direct jobs, as well as growth to the local university, SpaceX will also attract a new wave of tourists to the valley. The valley where Brownsville, Texas is located is one of the valleys with the highest rate of financial assisted family’s in the United…

flown to New Delhi on Tuesday for burial,” (“APJ Abdul Kalam, India's Former President, Dies” 2). This respect is acceptable with all the accomplishments the former president had achieved, “played a major role in the centre’s evolution to a key hub of space research in India … father of the Indian nuclear bomb” (“APJ Abdul Kalam, India's Former President, Dies” 3). The article begins by telling the reader how deeply impacted Indians were by Abdul’s death by describing their method of mourning…

message came over the intercom, it was time. I engaged the thrusters and aimed for the NARSS(North American Recreational Space Station). This will be my home for 15 years. You are probably wondering how I got here. Ever since I was five years old, I wanted to travel to space. Due to my good grades in math and science, I was able to enter into a competition to be the first to go to a space station resort and school orbiting earth. The station was constructed in 2050 and will be open to the public…

manned mission into space in 1973. The mission lasted a total of 28 days and provided us with more information about space that we had previously not known. This was known as the first Skylab launch, and consisted of a three man crew which included Charles C. Conrad Jr. (commander), Paul J. Weitz (pilot), and Joseph Kerwin (scientist). While up in space they were able to conduct experiments which in total they spent 392 hours on. They were able to accomplish a lot up in space in the short 28…

to paving the way for reusable and more responsive space launch vehicles. It currently has two different launch vehicles at its disposal the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy. The Falcon 9 space launch vehicle is designed to be reusable. The Falcon 9 itself is a simple two-stage rocket that uses 9 first stage and one Merlin vacuum engines to power attached payloads to their appropriate operating orbit or transfer orbit. The outside of the rockets first and second stage is made of…