Armstrong noted that the landing had left a small crater on the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin took photos and soil samples as well as conducting training exercises. At 3.41 Armstrong and Aldrin planted the American flag on the moon and a plaque bearing President Nixon’s signature. Armstrong and Aldrin contacted President Nixon whilst on the moon, with Nixon replying ‘This certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made’. Michael Collins also told mission control in Houston that he had successfully orbited the moon on the mother ship Columbia and that take off was scheduled for 17.50 that evening.
After the boy realizes that he must change and respond to the situation, than the young boy decides to make a vow in his parents’ bedroom right after his father tells him about the divorce. The boy makes a commitment or vow to be a better man than his father is. The young boy must realize in order for him to become a better man, like in his personal vow he must forgive his father. In the story, it reveals that the boy visits his father as an adult which means that he had forgiven him and stayed committed to his vow. A vow is like a promise similar to the personal vow the boy made in, “My Father’s House,” everyone has made a vow in their life whether it’s a personal commitment, wedding vow, or a promise to stop smoking, partying, or etc.
During this course to wealth and respect, he does admit to making mistakes. Franklin describes these mistakes as his “errata” and uses these instances to highlight his ideal of self-improvement as a virtue. Franklin's story of his road to success from humble origins, work ethic, and virtues makes his life an allegory for the American dream. Benjamin Franklin was the youngest boy in his family and the fifteenth of seventeen children. His older brothers were prepped to be men of trade and begin apprenticing at an early age.
And how far are we willing to go in order to pursue our hopes of life on the red planet? A total amount of 598.169.000 Euros have been spent on launching all the rovers since the sixties into space in order to explore mars. That amount of money could have been used for supplying food to third world countries or to spend on cancer research. So what convinces scientists that this amount of money had to be invested into all these space projects? After all, we will never retrieve the shuttles once they blast through our atmosphere on a one-way trip.
He excelled in writing, and was top of his class, but he failed math. Ben didn’t like helping his father make candles and soap. When he was 12 he was hired by his brother James who was a printer. Section 2 – In 1720 Franklin’s brother James started the second newspaper in America. Benjamin worked as a delivery boy, and wrote in his free time, which he enjoyed immensely.
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!
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.
We learned a lot about the origin of the moon and also about the early history of the earth. Not to mention all the technological advances that were made such as the advancements in computers which were used to guide the Saturn V rocket into the earth's orbit (Howell). After all the benefits that we have reaped from going to the moon why would we stop. The problem is that with the advancement of technology a lot of space missions that used to require humans no longer do. That is why after George W. Bush announced the launch of a program designed to put men back on the moon many people, including astronomers came out against the idea (David).
On the 4th of October 1957, Sputnik 1 launched into orbit, the first man-made satellite. This satellite was controlled by the Soviets. Although this spread joy and pride throughout the Soviet Union, countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom became fearful of the device orbiting the Earth. This became a constant fear for political leaders during the Cold War. Before, the Space Race was nothing more than a competition to decide whether capitalism or communism was a more superior
Is space exploration worthwhile? | | | | |The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 26, 1986 and the subsequent disasters spread gloom across the world. | |There was the need to look into the future and consider if astronauts be sent up in future and what should be the goals. Is | |space exploration worthwhile? There are compelling reasons why we should continue to go into space and explore it.