Historical Landmarks – The 1969 Moon Landings The 1969 Moon Landings introduce controversial debate as to whether their significance adopted a landmark status. The culmination of expenditure, years of research and vast planning led to the successful mission in sending man to the moon in July 1969. The Moon Landings were a product of the notorious Cold War due to the commencement of the Space Race between the Soviet Union and America which was initiated with the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957 as well as Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space in 1961. The American space race success The leap for Aldrin and Armstrong into the eyes of the media and the public’s attention began with the estimated 600 million watching the Moon Landings live worldwide. The Moon Landings introduce landmark controversy through political, social, environmental, scientific and exploration factors.
Firstly the main goal of the American government was to land on the moon before Russia did. This was to do the with whole arms race that was going on throughout the “Cold War”. The American public strongly believed that once man had landed on the moon, they would start to build colonies up there. While the public were dreaming of dome houses and moon cities the U.S military had other ideas. Project Horizon was the plan to establish a military base on the moon, one with minimal personnel required to function.
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UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN ANDREWS UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS Physics Research Paper An Assignment Prepared in Partial Fulfillment For the Requirements of the Course Course Acronym: PHYS 142 General Physics 2 Class Day: T & R Class Time: 12:15pm- 1:30pm Instructor: Mr. Rodriguez By Afeisha Davidson Charissa Nabbie Monique George USC ID#: 2012070003 eMail: mogeorge9@gmail.com Submission Date: 13th April, 2015 Approval______________ Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Methodology 5 Summary and Discussion 5 Evidences that NASA Staged the Lunar Landing Mission. 6 Evidence 1: Van Allen Radiation Belt 6 Evidence 2: Flag waving on the moon 7 Evidence 3: Lack of stars in Moon Landing Photos 8 Evidence 4: No Crater Blast beneath Lunar lander 9 Evidence 5: lunar lander unstable too unstable to fly 9 Conclusion 11 References 12 Abstract On July 20th 1969 an historic event took place for the entire world. Neil Armstrong travelled to the moon on the Apollo 11 Spacecraft. There he became the first man to ever set foot on the moon. However, there were many concerns and questions about this ‘journey’ to the moon.
It will conclude by countering the assertion that there are more negative technologies, rather than positive technologies that resulted from the space race. On October 5th, 1957 Sputnik, a small two foot diameter Soviet satellite, was launched into space1. This event marked the beginning of an era that would last for the next eighteen years and would later be known as the space race. However, the origins of the space race can be traced back before the late 1950s, all the way to the beginnings of World War II (WWII). During WWII, Russia, Britain, and the United States of America (USA) were the three main forces known as the Allied Forces battling against the Axis Powers: Germany, Japan, and Italy6.
Soon, Aristarchus of Samos, and later in Nicolas Copernicus' heliocentric system that he published in 1543, the Earth came to be considered a planet revolving with the other planets around the Sun. By this time, the sun was also now known as the center of the world and no longer considered a planet. Galileo discovered Jupiter and their moons in 1610. While Saturn and its moons were discovered in the late 1600's by Cassini. In 1780, a man by the name of Herschel discovered our seventh planet; Uranus.
The Skylab Space Station was launched May 14, 1973, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center by the colossal Saturn V launch vehicle (the moon rocket of the Apollo Space Program). Sixty-three seconds after liftoff of the Space Station, the shield designed to protect it from meteoroids also to shade Skylab's workshop—moved without any intent. The shield was torn from the space station because of atmospheric drag. This event led to a ten-day period where Skylab has many problems that had to be taken care of before the space station would be safe for future missions. The Skylab Space Station was launched into orbit on May 14, 1973 as part of the Apollo program.
Moon Landing Hoax? Or Real? The quotes, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed,” and, “This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” have echoed throughout the world since the legendary landing of the spacecraft, Apollo 11, on the moon. This expedition alighted astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon on July 20th, 1969 which enabled them to collect the first samples from another planetary body (1).
Movies like, "Terminator 2", "Deep Impact", "2012" or one of my favorites, "Armageddon". In each movie, the world is going to, or is coming to an end in one way or another. In each movie as well, it seems like there is always an American hero waiting in the wings to save the day and or mankind. This is just another example of Americans supporting the "Chosen Nation" myth. In the movie "Armageddon", a huge asteroid was on its way to destroy the Earth and everyone that lived on it until an American telescope saw it in space and an American oil driller saved the day!
When the movie premiered forty years ago, living and working in space was definitely "science fiction". Today, the reality is that three resident crew members are aboard the International Space Station 365 days of the year - operating one of the most complicated engineering projects in our technological history. This reality sees us continually pushing the boundaries of 21st century scientific, technological and engineering prototypes. Science fiction becoming more of a reality...? Although we haven't yet colonized the moon, NASA has a plan in place to return to the moon by 2020 and maintain a permanent presence there.