earned a degree in chemical engineering and African studies. After college, she studied medicine for four years, and became a medical doctor. In 1987, Mae was accepted into NASA's astronaut program. She trained in Texas, learning about space exploration. She worked for NASA, and waited for a shuttle assignment. When the space shuttle Endeavour launched into orbit
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Astronomy SPACE EXPLORATION: FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE Ever since the beginning of time, mankind has been fascinated with wonders of space. Before the mid-1900s, all mankind could do was gaze at the stars from Earth and wonder what it would be like to go into space. Man would look through telescopes and make theories on how the universe worked. During the mid-1900s, mankind finally was able to send a man into space and explore the wonders of space first hand. So why do humans explore space
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direction of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, and it was called Explorer I. That same year, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a public order creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a federal agency dedicated to space exploration. Eisenhower also created two national security oriented space programs that
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into this particular branch of material science we can see that on the atomic scale this matter can be manipulated. This branch deals with engineering in general but the three I chose to discuss are the fields of: medicine, agriculture, and space exploration. In these three fields we will expand them and discuss on how these current and future applications are applied and examples of them in detail. These fields are used every day through the process of nanotechnology at its very basis. Nanotechnology
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Risk Quantification 7. How did NASA decide what is or is not an acceptable risk? NASA identified and evaluated hazards through a formalized hazard reduction process as described in the NASA Handbook, NHB5300.4. The process required that hazards be determined for probability and credibility. In order to ensure that the standards within NHB5300.4 were adhered to, a Senior Safety Review Board was established for overseeing the risk assessment process. The process allowed for a certain amount
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are near it with the distance. We have to wait for the planet to orbit that star and create a black shadow in order to see it. We wouldn’t know things like this unless we have the funds for it. There are so many reasons to spend money on space exploration. We get to see how a human body can with stand the space environment like the astronauts that are in space now. We also get to investigate other planets and this could lead to so much more discoveries. We could find out about new materials, maybe
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Gattaca is a great science fiction film, and it was quite realistic. Gattaca deals with a future where parents tell the genetic traits of their child. Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior "in-valid." He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow, a laboratory-engineered "valid." He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene. An
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argued by certain groups of people with supporting or opposing view. The trip to the Mars planet had facing a lot of problems or issues which need to overcome in order to continue this mission. Some of the supporting parties may argue that the exploration of Mars gives us a better understanding to our homeland, the Earth. They are also in the view where a manned mission to Mars may retain the leadership of United State of America in international space technologies. However, by gaining great reputation
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General Lunar Background The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. Understanding how it evolved is a very important step in understanding lunar exploration and the specific features of the moon. The moon formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago. About 0.2 billion years later, the South Pole- Aitken Basin was formed by a large impact. Between 4.1 and 3.8 billion years ago, was a period known as the heavy bombardment period (Evolution of the Moon. 2012). During this period, the moon was hit with numerous
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SPACE X – QUEST TO THE FUTURE OF SURVIVAL OF HUMAN RACE Research Report Lambton College In Toronto “We flew the first Apollo mission in 1967, it’s 2017. We should have a lunar base by now. What the hell’s going on?” said Elon Musk, Founder, CEO and CTO SpaceX. MAKING HISTORY SpaceX has increased overall consideration for a progression of noteworthy turning points. It is the main privately-owned business to restore a rocket from low-Earth circle, which it initially refined in December
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