Joshua E. Shiver Dr. Wayne Partridge ENGL 1101 26 September 2012 America’s Next Frontier is Out of This World On July 20, 1969, at 10:56 p.m., with more than half a billion people watching on television, Neil Armstrong became the first human to ever set foot on another world. He climbed down the Eagle's ladder onto the moon and proclaimed, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” (Nasa.gov). This was a very exciting time in American history. Americans are known for their adventuresome spirit, always wanting to explore further and discover more. In 1893, Frederick Jackson Turner gave a speech to the American Historical Association.
Each accomplishment recognized represented an upgrade in score for those who were keeping tabs (everyone really). Yet even though the outcome was favorable for a certain organization in points the real “winner” was determined by the transporting a human to the moon, first. The beginning was marked on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union (USSR) launched a satellite into orbit (The USA hadn’t done anything close to this at this point) around the Earth. Sputnick 1 (as it was named) was then followed by Sputnick 2 making an even bigger impact on the USSR’s standing considering it now became the first satellite to carry life (a dog named Lika) from Earth to space. And, in an attempt to catch up (as they probably
This began the history of the Space Race. In order to prove that they are Superior to Soviet Union, the United States worked to gain technology supremacy. To do so, the congress passed the National Defense Education Act, which heavily funded children who were seeking a higher education. However, Soviet Union kept launching successful space missions such as the Sputnik 2 mission and the launchings of the first man in space. The United States tried to out-do Soviet Union’s space missions by landing the very first man on the moon.
The Soviet Union dominated much of the early aspects of the space race. However, the United Stated used a methodical building approach that was achieved due to the earlier stages of the space race, Project Gemini and Mercury achievements, and the manned mission to the moon. The Space Race was a milestone in human history, its beginning will always be remembered as a race between two battling super powers of the time. Astronaut Neil Armstrong fulfilled as dream as old as humanity as he took the first human steps onto a planetary body, “That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind."
Owning Property in Outer Space Imagine you bought property in space. Imagine living there for the rest of your life and not being able to see earth ever again. Does that sound like a good thing? There is debate about whether or not people should be allowed to colonize outer space. People should not be allowed to own property in space because it can be expensive, it would cause conflict, and space colonization is not yet possible.
He finds it astonishing that we postponed going back. We still retreat from space even though it is possible. Krauthammer discusses that we’ll never fix the problems on earth so we shouldn’t wait. The author says we need to visit the moon for its explorations but instead we turned a “magnificent bird” into a truck for hauling goods. Krauthammer says the moon shouldn’t be a mystery to us but a nightly rebuke.
He built his own telescopes and was the first to use to view the heavens in 1610. After doing so, he made many discoveries. He saw that Jupiter has moon orbiting around it, like the Earth. He made the discoveries of the four moons on January 7, 1610 and they are now called the Galilean moons. These are the largest of Jupiters moons.
Space Race On October 4th 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first man-made object into orbit. The satellite known as “Sputnik” Russian for “companion” successfully departed on first attempt. Sputnik was a silver 183 lbs. sphere with four 22in. long antennas.
They claim since that the photos and videos of the Apollo voyage are only available through NASA, there is no other independent verification, thus the moon landings were a hoax. The competition for superior technology was fierce and theorists claim that it would have been cheaper to fake the moon landings, and prove to Russia that the U.S. had greater technology. The evidence provided by these theorists include many anomalies such as: 1. the waving flag theory. Conspiracy theorists point out that when the landing was televised viewers could see the American flag fluttering as Armstrong and Aldrin planted it on the moon. Being that they were in space there is no air in the moon’s atmosphere thus a flag waving is impossible.
The Mars One Project (MOP) is a global non-profit organization that plans to send four individuals to land and live on Mars in 2023. However, the mission will not be easy and executing it successfully will require much mental, physical, and technological training. With that being said, many questions and explanations are needed about the plan's mission, finance, feasibility, reasoning, preparation, and technology. The Mar's One Project's reason to go to Mars is fairly straightforward. Sending people to live on Mars is another giant leap for mankind's history and progression.