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“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The famous words of the first man to take a step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, rocked the nation in 1969. Prior to the first human landing on the moon, the morale in the United States was depleted. In the early 1960’s, the people of the United States were coping with the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and civil rights for African Americans. Americans also felt uneasy about the ongoing Cold War with the Soviet Union and feared…

As of 2017, NASA’s budget was 19.1 billion dollars (NASA), which is only .1% of America’s GDP and 30 times less than the United States defense budget . NASA is very important but it does not get the money it needs. We need to fund NASA more so we can continue improving our aeronautics. We should fund NASA more because it is helpful to everyone. One reason why NASA is helpful is how NASA creates opportunities for many scientist in the united states. According to NASA, they have over 18,000…

Through the 21st century, technology has come so far with making our lives easier and faster. Devices have been specially designed to cater to our needs and help us get the job done in the fastest and most efficient ways. One of the many great inventions of this age is Robotics. This invention has been so diversely used in so many fields from aiding the sick to reinforcing the military forces. Further elaboration will be provided about Robotics in the field of space. What are Robots? Robots are…

were discovered in 1984. They were actually called arcs when they were first discovered. The rings happen to be very dark in color. This is probably from radiation. The Adams ring is built up of 5 distant arcs. They are named Fraternite, Egalite 1 and 2, Liberte, and Courage. It is believed that the stability of the 5 rings come from the interaction Adams has with its inner moon Galatea. As I have stated before, Neptune was originally discovered by Galileo. He actually thought the…

Maria Ambriz Mr. Daniel Albers English 3 9 October 2015 The Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803. It wasn’t an easy process as some people might have thought. It was an action that caused so much stress to Thomas Jefferson.The agreement for the Purchase was done between Jefferson and Napoleon. So many things happened while the Louisiana Purchase came to play. It caused a great impact on the United States. It was the biggest purchase they could have ever made.The Louisiana…

Lauren Wood American Literature Summer Reading Notes (Selection 1) Biography – Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer 1. It is very hard for biographies to be impartial because the author can never truly know what the person must have felt like at the time. Jon Krakuer though seemed to pull this off because he mainly just stated the facts of Alex/Chris McCandless’ journey and what other people thought of him. 2. Quotes a. “Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a very long time…

Kennedy also utilizes logical arguments to convince both the Congress and the public to support a lunar landing. President Kennedy justifies the expense on the research in developing new technologies required to reach the moon by pointing out the secondary benefits of such a mission. New technologies will allow the United States to have an advantage over enemies in areas of communication and national defense. In his speech, he cites such benefits as “a satellite system for world-wide weather…

horizons on this planet. Chris also valued not having materials and just being in nature, which is expressed when Alexander Supertramp states, “ Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimately freedom. An aesthetic voyager whose home…

Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate around the world in 1522. He was a Spanish explorer that sailed from 1519-1522. He enlisted under the Spanish King Manuel, and set forth his project for a trip around the world. The expedition set sail August 10, 1519. Magellan was killed in April 1521 in the Philippines, but they had already reached the eastern edge of the known world, and his men completed the voyage to Spain. The voyage proved that the earth is round. Sir Francis Drake was an…

Dating back to the late 1700 's, attempts for freedom from slavery were very frequent. Isaac T. Hopper is most notably one of the first abolitionists before the underground railroad even started. Skip 30 years into 1830 and you find him organizing the New York City Underground Railroad, which held over 6,000 runaway slaves. This in which, created safe grounds for escapees, providing food and water. But this was not all, by 1833, the Anti Slavery Society was founded in the North, which created…