Voyager program

All of my life I have enjoyed using computers, it was until recently that I had wanted to be able to fix them, to build them. It is a major dream of mine now that I am older and more readily prepared for such complex thinking and analyzing skills that are required when being a computer repair technician. Computers, how they work, how to fix them, is all in a day's work for a computer repair technician. They jump to the rescue to fix and pull a computer back from the brink of death, whether it…

John W. Young Our country is filled with interesting people, one of these people is Astronaut John W. Young, also known as John Watts Young. John Young was selected by NASA to be an astronaut in the September of 1962, thus beginning his long career. Young has been on many flights including Gemini 3 on March Twenty-third, 1965 , this was the first Gemini mission to be manned. On July 18, 1966, launched Gemini 10 carrying Young and another astronaut named Michael Collins. The primary purpose of…

There are many famous people who you may not know that was a veteran. When you think of veterans you normally think of ordinary people like you and I. Many famous veterans that served for the United States are people who you know as doing something else extraordinary. Extraordinary things veterans have done and you and I know is Neil Armstrong. You probably know him as the first man to walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong was a veteran in the Korean War. The veteran the I will be telling you about…

Neil Armstrong was a famous astronaut that explored the moon. Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930. Neil loved to fly at a young age. His first plane ride was when he was six. Neil loved planes and wanted to give flying a try. His dad took him to an airshow when he was a kid. After the airshow Neil wanted to be pilot. When Neil was old enough he took flight lessons. What started the apollo 11 mission. The USA wanted to do experiments on moon rocks. The reason we wanted to go the moon was…

Have you ever cried over something because it’s over? Think about it, many people spend enormous amount of their time crying over things because they lost something or it's not there anymore, but do people ever think about smiling because it happened? Frequently, people you talk to nowadays will complain about relationships ending, TV shows ending, friendships denouement, but not one person will say I’m happy because it was once mine. As Dr. Seuss once said, “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile…

Grace and Frankie The story of Grace and Frankie begins as both of the women meet for lunch. On edge and acting as if they like one another, the two women wait for their husbands to arrive. Running a little late—the husbands arrive to announce ‘big news.’ Grace and Frankie expect “the next big step in their lives…” to be their husbands retirement. However, little to their surprise, the big news is Sol and Robert are gay and haven cheated for more than twenty years! The women become outraged and…

“Anime,” or japanese animation as it’s referred to, is a form of animation made in Japan that is broadcasted on television or streamed through dedicated streaming websites and services. Although highly popular throughout the world, it is gaining popularity throughout the U.S. While traditional American television is the staple among viewers in the U.S, it can be strongly argued that anime is better than traditional American TV. One particular reason why anime is better than traditional American…

As many may know consumerism is a leading role in the American economy now and many people are asking when these acts will be stop? The movie, Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood illustrate the marketing industry push towards children and the future childhood and consumerism. I realized how unaware I am when it comes to the marketing industry and how much children are being dissected by advertisers and marketers. After watching this documentary, I feel as I was being used by…

In the past few decades, television has become a part of life no matter how young or old the viewer is. Marie Winn enlightens us on how television affects young children in The Plug-in Drug, a book showing the effects of television on young children. Winn argues that watching any television is harmful to children by using logic to develop an argument and supporting in with evidence. The author’s first argument is found in the first paragraph. She states that one has a passive experience…

Situation comedies, better known as sitcoms, have been around for many years and are usually well liked by a broad spectrum of people. Sitcoms involve a group of characters for multiple episodes and/or series depending on the quality of the certain show. While they are not like reality television of today, they are different than shows that used to come on television such as Bonanza and the Dukes of Hazard. Sitcoms are extremely comedy based which is very different than the western actions that…