Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster

The idea of the space elevator dates back to 1895, when Konstanin Tsiolkovsky a Russian phycicist, proposed the idea. The idea was then rediscovered several times by numerous engineers such as, Yuri Artsutanov, Jerome Pearson, Arthur Clarke, and Charles Sheffield. In this paper, we will discuss how the elevator works, the advantages and disadvantages, and the obstacles during the process of forming the elevator. The space elevator is a tower that you can ride into outer space. NASA created…

overestimate the portion of their tax dollar that go to NASA – estimates often come in around 10%, when in reality, only ½ of 1% of the federal budget is allocated towards NASA. In other words, only half of a penny from each dollar in taxes goes to space exploration and research. Now imagine if the funding were doubled. We could maintain a presence on the Moon while simultaneously put a man on Mars. We could explore the oceans of Europa or the surface of Venus. For still only a single penny on…

ready to go to. The website Mars-one.com states that the mission is lacking a return mission. That means that there will be no way no see or speak to anyone. The only contact that you would get, is with those on mars with you, and the people in the space station. When humans are kept together for…

decision was also fairly popular inside of the United States, but it was definitely a complicated situation. During the Cold War, America was gripped by the fear that the Soviet Union would land on the moon first, thereby defeating America in the space race. "When you divorce it from the numbers and you ask people if they like NASA and spaceflight, people say yes, ... 75 to 80 percent are in favor." However, this was only the case in some circumstances. Not all Americans - and usually not even…

there because we have only explored less than .5 percent of space. This is truly why space is truly the last frontier and will because of NASA’s mediocre funding. The Space Race didn't just prove that the United states can do anything we put our minds too. It also proved that NASA’s job goes way beyond just sending astronauts to the moon. Although NASA’s funding is expensive it should be a priority for the federal budget. The space race was during the cold war, the peak of the cold war to be…

Space Exploration is the imagination of many coming to life. It is exploring our many surroundings and increasing our knowledge of the universe. Its helps us better understand how our universe works, which in turn helps us better understand earth! Why do we spend so much money on finding out what is surrounding us, when earth isn’t safe nor completely explored. This is what I don’t understand. In source A, David Livingston states that “the manned space exploration is absolutely worth the cost.”…

the author, Austin Carr, is writing about the rivalries between the businesses of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the aerospace firm Blue Origin. Carr discusses their contributions to spaceflight, competition between the companies to recruit best engineers and to make history, and the construction of reusable rockets. Carr concludes his article by telling his readers who he thinks is winning the modern space race. Carr does an excellent job writing about the rivalries between the two…

Effects of Long-term Space Flight Hanna and Shannon are sisters who rely on each other growing up as young children. One day, as an adult, Hanna and her fiancé took a trip to the moon to celebrate their engagement. There, something mysterious happened, causing the spacecraft carrying Hanna and her fiancé lose contact with earth controlling station. Shannon decided to be an astronaut for NASA to find her sister. After a long-time exploration, Shannon found her sister’s spacecraft in Jupiter’s…

focus on making a fully operational space shuttle program. The program was to be cost efficient and have at twenty-four flights per year. By 1985 though, NASA had only managed nine flights for a given year. The shuttle they were using was nine-billion dollars, and wasn’t cost efficient as desired. Then, in 1986, NASA planned its largest number of flights yet. They had fifteen scheduled flights, one that would involve a teacher in the debut of the Teacher-in-Space program. The day before the…

The goal of this project was to build a rocket with three fins, that can launch 100 M into the air and fall down to the earth without the egg breaking. It had to be done by November 2. Some constraints that we had to follow that limited our design was that we could only use recyclable materials, and we couldn’t use heavy materials such as metal or wood. We also didn’t have any instructions to follow, every idea came from our brains or the internet. My group decided on a design based on the…