Sun Myung Moon

could never tell his wife why he was late. That would never do. No. She would have to remain in the dark. The man started to walk to his car when his phone rang. He stopped and dropped his head back to stare at the sky. No stars were visible and the moon had gone into hiding. Nature itself attempted to hide his evil deed. But it could not stop the inquisition of a wife. He reached into his pocket and without looking at the caller-id, he answered.…

In 1982, National Security Decision Directive wanted NASA to 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…

On June 4, 1974 was the beginning of the construction on the Challenger space craft. NASA tried many different materials to build it and each time they came up with a new idea they tested the space craft to see if it was a good idea. They finally decided to use and O-ring. An O-ring is a packing or a toric joint that is in the shape of a circle. It is met to fit tightly between two pieces of metal. An O-ring is not designed to fly in unusually cold conditions. The Challenger was built to serve…

Explorer 1 was the first unmanned satellite that the U.S. launched into space on January 31st, 1958 ultimately making the U.S. the second nation to make it to space. This was a very important moment for the country considering the one of many unsuccessful attempts at launching anything into space, this was a big confidence booster during the Space Race “(Space.com).” After the success of the launch, It was thought we were finally prepared to explore space. After the successful launch of Sputnik,…

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…

person could live in space. They took baby steps by starting with a few days and moving up to two weeks. After this was proven to be true, then scientists developed the Apollo program. This entailed proving that people could work in space and on the moon. These missions were successful. Even though Apollo 13 experienced troubles, this also helped scientists deal with and learn from these errors. Ultimately, scientists wanted…

NASA Space Shuttle is the first reusable space shuttle in the world and used to deliver astronauts and cargos into space and return to the Earth. The success of the space shuttle getting through the catastrophic forces when travelling into space and back again in serviceable form was credited to the ingenious engineers. First, the rocket engineers faced the problem that without any protection, the engines would self-destruct under extreme temperatures when travelling huge distances. In fact, at…

People are not always responsible for what happens to them. Andy Weir’s award-winning book The Martian states “Then one of those long thin antennae slammed into me end first. It tore through my suit like a bullet through butter and I felt the worst pain of my life as it ripped open my side… The last thing I remember was seeing Johanssen hopelessly reaching out toward me.” (p. 5) Mark Watney had no control over whether or not the antenna would hit him. The colossal dust storm that attacked the…

motion, the path of an object curving in the air. Her calculations made the Shepard 1961 mission a success and John Glenn was able to circle the Earth unharmed. One of Johnson's greatest successes was the Apollo 11, which was able to travel to the moon and back. She was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in…

between the US and the USSR for space dominance. Also, the ultimate goal of both countries was to put a man on the moon. Two months later, the successful launch of Sputnik, the first man-made…