Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster

SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH, CHALLENGER National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reviewed the first reusable space shuttle in 1976. One of these shuttles was scheduled to launch in 1986, Jan 28. The weather conditions on that day were not conducive for the event as it was too cold to launch the Challenger. As a result the launch was delayed as they were people who were not sure if it would normally launch without any problem given the fact that weather conditions were not conducive. At…

taken to learn what is found in space is quite remarkable, we started out just looking with our naked eye wondering what we were even looking at, to now-a-days where we are trying to answer the question of should we live in space. Scientist, Head NASA officials, and so many more have expressed their personal opinions on what is going to happen next, and one bit of common ground that they can all come to is that money is going to be a main issue. With the International Space Station costing…

The documentary, MAKERS: Women in Space, discusses and addresses the journey and struggles of female astronauts, before being allowed to go into space by NASA. The documentary discusses the history of the U.S. space program and specifically focuses on women in space. Women’s involvement in getting to space started with the Lovelace: Women in Space Program, which explored the idea of women going to space that tested their physical and medical fitness, however this program was shut down in 1962.…

The Ariane 5 Programming Failure In 1996, a European rocket ship called the Ariane 5 was into space from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, Guyane, a small French territory on the northeast coast of South America, only to swerve off course and then explode a mere 40 seconds later. An investigation by independent committee was launched (hehe) approximately one week later, to determine the cause and assess the appropriateness of testing, as well as to make recommendations to fix the problem and…

1. What are the risks the federal government runs when it depends so heavily on a contractor such as Lockheed Martin for a wide variety of its functions? What are the advantages in such relations? Given how large some of these contractors are like Lockheed Martin, it could be a potential concern for who has control. Some issues may arise in budget concerns, project completion dates, and ownership of projects. As the book points out Lockheed Martin had total control of the NASA program and…

two very special movies about space and space adventures. “The Martian” and “Apollo 13” are one of the best movies about the world beyond the earth. They both express precisely the emotions of the astronauts travelling in the space and of the rest of the world, relatives, friends and crew members of each mission into the space. These two movies are quite different but still have a lot in common. “Apollo 13” is about seventh manned mission in American Apollo space program and the third one…

those quotes. That is why he United States of America should be involved with major exploration of space and deep sea ocean. The first thing I am going to talk about is how other countries will get ahead of us in many different ways. The other countries will get ahead of us with items we cannot get due to lack of exploration if we do not explore, but I do not know when. We must explore the seas and space, so other countries do not get ahead, and how we must do this is by taking action now…

NASA (National Astronautics and Space Administration) isn’t just about exploring space anymore. Now, their technology helps advance our quality of life here on Earth, not just in space. Their knowledge and success is key to help us to continue to strive. However, their studies could be in danger with a lower budget. NASA needs a higher budget in order to continue advancing our quality of life. NASA has what are called spinoffs. A spinoff is a commercialized product that display NASA’s…

of the difficulties that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration encountered leading up to the failed 2009 audit which was conducted by independent auditors, Ernest & Young. The auditors encountered two major discrepancies in NASA’s financial data when evaluating and calculating the value of their largest assets based on estimates. Essentially, there are numerous external and internal factors that affect the accuracy of the U.S. Space Agency’s financial data. Ernest & Young pointed…

journey there were five major problems to be tackled before the starship would be able to start its voyage. The first problem that had to be tackled was propulsion for the ship. Since the majority of the ship would be assembled in outer space it did not need large rockets. They decided to utilize…