Every incredible moment in history has been certainly on the internet, which has then been followed by many conspiracy theories, the Apollo moon landings are doubtlessly one of those moments. On July 21, 1969, two astronauts set foot on the lunar surface, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Since then, NASA has been accused of staging the landing at a soundstage in Hollywood despite all of the compelling evidence to the contrary. The iconic photograph of Buzz Aldrin going down the ladder of the lunar
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The Lunar Prospector In 1992, a science group from NASA addressed some of the many unsolved scientific riddles facing the lunar science community. These riddles includes questions about evolution of the moon, its atmospheric constituents and earth moon system. The Lunar Prospector mission was launched in 1998 from Cape Canaveral using a Lockheed Martin LMLV2 launch vehicle. The Lunar Prospector mission designers selected the following objectives as their primary science requirements for the mission
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At first, the government tried to hide to hide it, but pretty quickly everyone caught on that something colossal was happening. Eventually NASA released the information that an enormous asteroid was on a collision course to Earth, one large enough to wipe out all life. In the limited time the government had, they built a spaceship that could hold 1 million people. To determine who got to go on the spaceship and depart on a 13 year journey to another planet, the world leaders made a test. I
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The spitzer space telescope was launched in 2003 and it was originally supposed to be a 2.5 year long mission but it is still orbiting in space now! Being made up of three low temperature science instruments. The spitzer telescope is an copper telescope that studies the early universe, young galaxies and forming stars, and is used to detect dust disks around stars, considered an important directory of planetary information. This mission was the fourth and final observatory under NASA’s Great Observatory
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At exactly 7:50 am on the chilling day of December 21, 1968; the first successful spacecraft of Apollo 8 was launched in the depths of the unknown. The first manmade mission that successfully managed to orbit the the small astronomical body that already orbits us. Within the Apollo 8 space mission included the three crewmen of Frank Borman, William A. Anders, and James A. Lovell. These three brave men were taking the bigger step to complete a task that to everyone else was nearly impossible. These
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Apollo 13 Essay Apollo 13 was one of the most terrifying and suspenseful events that happened in history. Directors and authors try their best to create an environment where the reader or viewer can feel they were there when it happened. The author or director creates suspense in many ways. In text the author may use descriptions, vivid verbs, phrases that cause fear, and frightening facts. In movies, directors can create suspense by using music, different angles with camera shots, lighting, and
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INDUSTRY Tyre industry consumes over 60% of the total rubber production with respect to Indian economy. But in actuality only just around 52% of the tyre is natural rubber. Remaining 48% consist of synthetic rubber, carbon, chemicals, etc. The origin of tyre industry in India dated back to 1926 when Dunlop Rubber Limited set up the first tyre factory in West Bengal. MRF followed the suit in 1946. Since then the Indian tyre industry has grown rapidly. Transportation industry and tyre industry go
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A REPORT ON THE INDIAN TYRE INDUSTRY By Harsha Verma 09BSHYD0310 Nehal Basedia 09BSHYD0509 Prabani Phukan 09BSHYD1064 Jitendu Kumar Dixit 09BSHYD0336 Sandeep Kumar Gupta 09BSHYD0733 Date of Submission: September 03, 2010 The Indian Tyre Industry 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ...................................................................
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Management-1 Project Stage I & 2 Report On MRF Tyres Submitted to: Prof. Dr. D K Batra Submitted by: Group 2 Section A, PGDM 15-17 Abstract This report focuses on MRF tyres and seeks to provide a detailed analysis of the company, their competitors and their customers. It aims to give insights on the various strengths that have catapulted MRF tyres to be regarded as the numero uno in the tyre industry. The report also highlights some weaknesses
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portfolio of brands and products will be amongst the most comprehensive in the industry. Funding the Cooper Deal In a deal that will make Apollo Tyres the world's seventh-largest tyre maker by revenue, the Onkar S Kanwar-promoted company will acquire a 100% stake in US-based tyre manufacturer Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for $2.5 billion, or around R14,500 crore. Apollo would fund the acquisition fully by raising fresh debt. The deal would be largest acquisition by an Indian company from the automotive
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