Space

Space Missions Humans are expected to travel to Mars in 2030 for the first time, guided by NASA’s hand. In the article, “Do You Have What it Takes to Colonize Mars? NASA Might Need You” and “America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars” both authors write about NASA’s future plans of going to space. NASA also said the space mission would not be carried out though if there wasn 't proper safety measures. Space missions could be the turning point of history, but do the risks outweigh the benefits?…

Space exploration has been a goal among countries during the cold war. The two major powers of the time (1947-91), the United states and U.S.S.R competed among each other during a time, known as the Space race. However, as countries mobilized both technological and military power, they also joined the goal of space exploration. Several countries such as India, Japan and China, began to view space exploration as the next step to explore and to build wealth to their respective countries (Source A)…

With the equipment to put objects in space, you could launch missiles to the other side of Earth and take out any country in sight. Instead of destroying everything and everyone you…

The Space Race occurred after the Cold War, which brought up past rivalries between the Soviet Union and the United States. The improvements made during the race were not for science, but to show superiority between the United States and the Soviet Union. They tried to up-one another; this grows tensions between them just as the Cold War did. “On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik” (History). This was the beginning of it all. The United States and…

entire programs and corporations work to weigh the costs and benefits of space exploration, determining how and why space exploration should take place. The most important factors to weigh when considering space exploration are the earthy and interstellar effects, respecting the organisms of this planet and those of planets unknown. International concerns must be at the…

The cost of human life during the Space Race between the United States and Russia was the most important in getting a man to the moon. In 1967, a fire exploded in the cabin, killing Lieut. Colonel Virgil Grissom, Lieut. Colonel Edward White, and Lieut. Commander Roger Chaffee, it raised a new question. Is the conquest of space really worth the cost? Even though the vehicle was built to reach the moon 239,000 miles away, it exploded 218 ft. above the launch pad at Cape Kennedy. This was a…

up with the image promoted by Tulane admissions. In class we discussed Henri Lefebvre’s theory of the social production of space and I originally interpreted the concepts of social practice and representational space was extremely static. Initially I thought of institutions/people in power creating both the representations of space and the representational space as the space was created and civilians only really having an influence in the social practice however, while interviewing people, I…

America constantly seeks to be the global leader in every field on Earth, and following the Mercury and Apollo space programs it is was clear that America was at the forefront of that which was outside of Earth as well. Apart from more prestige and scientific knowledge through America’s triumph in the space race, a deeper connection between the individual and the grandeur of the cosmos become evident. Astronauts and spectators of the Mercury and Apollo missions gained a new perspective of their…

between America and the Soviet Union, huge advancements in outer space technology were made, including the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. In 1958, the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, put America ahead in the space race against the Soviet Union, and set a worldwide standard for space exploration. The Cold War consisted of many smaller competitions for dominance between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. The space race, however, was perhaps one of the most prominent…

win the space race, and its impact on Modern Technology? The years 1945 to 1975 are the main area of focus in this investigation, as these years caused the build up to the space race. This investigation will compare the attitude and implementation approch between the two players –USA and USSR. Sources : 1. “Atlas of Space Exploration” written by Roger D. Launius and Andrew K. Johnston. The origin of this source is valuable, since Roger D Launis is a senior curator in the division of Space…