... The carelessness of the inspectors forced NASA to be put on hold for a year and a ½ to let an investigation take place. 1, 2 From Space Shuttles Satellites, telecommunications have advanced our society greatly. Communication satellites have helped increase the clarity of phones and video conferencing; both playing a very large part ... satellite telecommunications. This is a major step in the way that people interact and live with eachother in the future. A part of the Space Program dedicated keeping people safe is the division of government satellites. Back in the Reagan Administratio...

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... none made a bigger impact then LaserMotive did. Their research behind laser energy elevators closed a crucial gap setting the standard for the future of space elevator technology. LaserMotive has pioneered the first laser propelled lift to climb and meet standards set by NASA and in doing so won a nine ... hundred thousand dollar award. LaserMotive's work made the idea of space elevators a plausible and future means of travel to and from space. Right now LaserMotive's elevators are capable of propelling themselves up a cable with nothing but laser energy from a beam ... cable. 9 mph, t...

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... at 11:40 AM ("The Crew"1986). All seven crew members tragically died in the explosion of their spacecraft during the launch from Kennedy Space Center. The explosion occurred 73 seconds into the flight due to a leak in one of the two solid rocket boosters that ignited the main ... , which made this flight one of the most unforgettable tragedies of the 1980's. Furthermore, McAuliffe was the first to participate in the teacher in space program which created much media attention. Therefore, the excitement generated by McAuliffe's presence made the shock of the accident more horrific. The hype...

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... near future, if human beings will be able to colonize other planets? For centuries, people have dreamed of leaving the Earth and traveling through space to visit other planets and stars. During the past thirty years, some of these dreams have become a reality. Spacecrafts have orbited the Earth ... per second. Even at this speed, that does not mean that a spacecraft has completely freed itself from the Earth's gravity, which extends far out into space. As the spacecraft continues to move away from the Earth the gravitational force weakens until it no longer has a significant effect on th...

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... will be developed and tested by 2008 and used in an actual mission no later than 2014. The final step to this process is the actual space exploration. America will return to the moon as early as 2015 and no later than 2020. These moon missions will serve as stepping stones for future ... preparation for possible lunar communities. So far there have been several proponents of Bush's new plan. These proponents have several key argument points as to why space exploration would benefit America. One of the arguments is that the United States is a country based on exploration and new discoverie...

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... of money, it will be worth the cost because it will help our future generation in the creation and development in a more reliable, faster space shuttle which will be able to arrive on Mars with no failures and frustrations. NASA's developing technology will help our economy in the future. When ... an end and we will not be able to hold all the people that live on earth, so the space shuttle to mars will help the economy because it will give more space for civilization. Minerals on earth are running out so we must explore Mars because it contains minerals to develop ... fuel for our vehi...

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... When human life is at stake, one cannot help but question the logic behind a program that produces few immediate results. However, the space program must continue on. Space exploration has the possibility to expand the human mind, as well as protect lives in case of catastrophe. Overcoming adversity is a crucial step ... to eventual success. The name of the space shuttle Columbia is symbolic. The word Columbia is derived from the last name of Christopher Columbus. The Spanish explorer ignored the critics who believed the ... before then. Horrible misfortunes like a great flood or extrem...

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... a lot of progress made in this direction in the past ten years. Just a little over a decade ago researchers have been discussing a "cornucopia of possibilities" space exploration offers strictly for scientific disciplines, such as Earth sciences, solar system space physics, astronomy and astrophysics, fundamental physics and chemistry, etc. (Waldrop 162-163). Today we are talking about the benefits ... space exploration spin-offs bring to our everyday lives on Earth. "Spin-offs" is a general term used for "the application of space technologies in commercial or industrial process" (Harde...

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... a lot of progress made in this direction in the past ten years. Just a little over a decade ago researchers have been discussing a "cornucopia of possibilities" space exploration offers strictly for scientific disciplines, such as Earth sciences, solar system space physics, astronomy and astrophysics, fundamental physics and chemistry, etc. (Waldrop 162-163). Today we are talking about the benefits ... space exploration spin-offs bring to our everyday lives on Earth. "Spin-offs" is a general term used for "the application of space technologies in commercial or industrial process" (Harde...

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... them 10 extra days to fix the problem. The first crew was sent up on May 25, 1973. They stayed 28 days aboard the Skylab space station; their first task was to repair the damage. By June 4, 10 days after launch the workshop was fully operational. The conducted several experiments, ... The third crew was sent up for 84 days, they completed 1214 earth orbits. On July 1979 the empty Skylab Space Stations orbit became unstable and the unmanned craft came crashing to earth scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The Goal The Skylab ... space station was America's fi...

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... in wonder. Only in the past few decades has he been able to experience first hand the wonder of space and space travel. As interesting as analyzing "space dust" is, however the fact that the government spends hundreds of billions of dollars a year on space travel would cause a sane person to become sick to their stomach. With million of under privileged families in this ... "great country", one would find it only logical to transfer the bountiful funds of the space program to a much more logical cause. The greatest money grubbing agency of all time is NASA, although they have been given...

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... launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race." (Garber Steve) For many years after this, the United States and Soviet Union were deadlocked in a race to put a man on ... the moon. January 31, 1958, the United States successfully launched Explorer I, which put the U.S. in the lead in this "space race". The Soviet Union spent many years creating and planning for the Sputnik satellite to land on the moon. "This satellite carried a small ...

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... Fahrenheit. The launch was originally scheduled for January 22 and had been re-scheduled several times for many different reasons, one of which was "unacceptable weather." The launch of the space shuttle went as planned. However, 0.678 seconds after lift off, a strong puff of gray smoke was seen spurting from the area of the right solid rocket booster. Beginning at about ... well as the lives of the seven crew members. This accident began several investigations centered around the cause of the explosion. In the Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accide...

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... , to the study of depleting calcium in bones. Just recently Nasa decided to research the mental and physical stresses faced in space and on land in different work environments. The experiment is conducted by having the space crews on the International Space Station fill out a survey expressing their emotions. The survey has two parts, a mood section and a group and work environment section, both ... and analyzers where they can evaluate the crew's emotional being. The work environment section of the survey lists a series of questions about the group activities that took place within the ...

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... make-up of our solar system. The questions would remain unanswered until technology increased to a level which would help them explore their curiosities. In the mid 1950's, The Pioneer Space Program began revealing many answers to scientists. Over time this consisted of thirteen satellite's which all possessed objectives in which some were related, and others entirely different. The Pioneer ... were to accomplish the global mapping of Venus including clouds, atmosphere and ionosphere, and solar wind-ionosphere interaction; and mapping of the planet's surface by radar (1). Of the thirteen...

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... McCool, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, and David Brown - were part of the crew that was going on a sixteen-day mission into space aboard the Columbia. They launched on January 16 to begin their mission. Everyday in space they checked the hundred knobs and switches to make sure everything was going as plan. Unfortunately, they didn't realized that when they launch ... Louisiana. This disaster resulted in the deaths of all seven crewmembers. This tragic downfall of seven people made many question if there should be future missions of sending people in space. This explosion le...

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... ship was at its hottest (3,000 F) immediately raised the possibility that the tiles were somehow responsible. Handfuls of tiles often flake away during lift-off, leaving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with nothing to do but wait out the flight and hope that the skin had not been exposed in a critically hot spot. In a worst-case scenario, just a few missing ... . Now the film that already got an once-over is going to be looked at a lot more closely. Other less likely scenarios will be examined too: a meteor or space debris could have struck the space craft. Age or metal...

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... in Florida. During the 1970's, many people thought that Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon was a hoax, only to become one step ahead of the Russians in the "space race." I believe that there is evidence that exists to back up the journey that took place. As NASA reported, it took 4 days for Apollo to reach the moon. There are ... ...

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... alone is more money wasted in one launch then some states spend on education. And now, NASA is requesting an additional 6.6 billion dollars to finish the space station which NASA administrator Sean O"Keefe said, "is within sight of being finished." All of this money that is spent for NASA each year could be ... feeding the homeless. Another negative effect against NASA is the human life that is put at risk each time a shuttle goes up into space. Since the start of space exploration America has lost twenty-one lives. When a shuttle is on the flight deck waiting to be launched the astronau...

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... is far from fiction. Searching for, as well as developing, life outside planet earth could possibly lead us to improve our population problems and diminishing resources. Growing more resources in space would be a significant step for a longer human existence. Along with the opportunity of extending life on earth, the business industries have many prospective ideas. With the existence of water on ... explore the life on Mars it seems ignorant not to take the opportunity. Once this opportunity is embraced it will motivate other possibilities such as humans actually living in outer space. ...

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... be inventions. During the 1950's, computers could be the size of a supermarket. They used vacuum tubes to work. But to travel to space, computers needed to be small enough to fit aboard a shuttle. The result was the microprocessor. These tiny computer chips are found in PCs ... revolutionized telecommunications, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) helps navigators locate their position anywhere on Earth. Studies show that for every dollar spent on the space program, seven dollars are put back into the economy in the form of a new service of product. How can critics say that NASA's pr...

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... some life form redolent of ours, was once beyond reach, an object of mythical attraction. This red planet has arisen at the head of space exploration as man's grand journey. The proposition to travel to other worlds is believed to be human destiny, just like Manifest Destiny was meant to ... there is also great uncertainty that the U.S. can afford it ("3,2,1,0"). As we continue our journey for a better tomorrow we prepare into a race for future space exploration. To many, this journey opens the beginning of fresh and exhilarating scientific discoveries, which are certain to be made and o...

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... carried 184 pounds of scientific equipment into earth orbit. A month later, Sputnik 2 was launched with a living passenger, Laika the dog. Spurred by its newfound rival, the United States accelerated its space program. Within 11 years, the Americans had successfully completed a moon launch. In 1961, NASA was still a massively military operation. Astronauts were not even considered civilians, carrying military IDs and all ... the moon landing attempts during the time period, and later was followed by his presidential counterpart, John F. Kennedy. By 1965, the United States was far ahead ...

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... we are aiming higher and learning more. Many humans are testing the limits of the humans in space (like what are the reactions if you stay out in space for a long period of time). NASA is an organization that ships space shuttles up to space and is the base for going to space. The Mission Control Center (MCC) Commands and control all of NASA's human ... space flights operations. Many mission haved been passed to go to space and there are many to come. When time to launch the space shuttle generates about 7.5 million pounds of thrust. In space the shuttle has to refuel and that's where t...

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... knowing the risks involved could mean they never come home again. These people have been honored on the Astronaut's wall of remembrance located at Kennedy space visitors center in Florida. Some of these people and their tragic accidents are etched in our minds forever, while some we may not know about ... design, manufacturing, test, and checkout procedures of the vehicles and the management of the entire Apollo program. During the early stages of the space program and throughout it NASA used different test planes to find the best designs and to test different equipment for the program. ...

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