Almost Astronauts Analysis

One of the most patriotic moments in United States history was an American stepping foot on the Moon. It came at a time when the U.S. was involved in the Cold War, bringing joy to the entire country. It was a task that took years of failure and hard work to accomplish. The moon landing helped elevate the status of the United States as a country trying to catch up to the Soviet Union in the race of space advancement. However, this accomplishment has been diminished by many who have claimed it be staged. Two of them are Bill Kaysing, who published a book detailing the hoax in 1976, and Bart Sibrel, who published a documentary in 2001.

Adapting and creating will always be one of mankind’s greatest attributes. One of the main reasons why mankind may have the need to adapt and create would be the necessity of survival. Mankind has had to adapt to the environment over and over again in order to survive, whether it be creating a shelter to shield them from heavy rain or building transport vehicles to get from one place quicker than before. Through adaptation, mankind will create and build in order to assist in this progression. History has shown the different ways mankind has had to adapt and one the most important times in history that shows this is during the 20th century competition between two Cold War rivals.

“ This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, these are the words of Neil Armstrong (along with Edwin Aldrin) when becoming the first humans to ever step foot on the moon. The race to space started not long after World War II ended--which started a new era known as the Cold War. Two of the greatest powers on earth the United States and the Soviet Union began a new competition to prove to the world who was more superior. Afraid that one country had more military power than the other, space which had not yet been explored became the new battle ground. The space race was a turning point in history, it was a time where new technology was created, one of the biggest accomplishments in history was made, and was an era that helped

I was a curious boy. I was born and raised in Nashville TN alongside my older sister. Ever since I was seven, I’ve strived to be an astronaut and explore the expansions of space. After World War III, the United States rebooted their space program, with the funding and resources at an all time high. On the eve of my ninth birthday, I, along with the rest of the world, received the news that One of Jupiter’s moons was reached and prepared for colonization, marking the second space body fit to be home to humans after Mars. Graduating high school with a perfect record, I set my sights on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to jumpstart my career as a NASA Astronaut. Years past, Degrees were acquired, and preparations were made. Through the

“July 20, 1969 - Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first humans to land on the moon” (203). During World War II, the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory hired women, black and white, to act as computers and interpret data for major flight research projects. This was a big deal due to women’s past role in society which deemed them only capable of child bearing and being a good mother and wife. What made it an even bigger deal was that both African Americans and whites were working together to achieve the same goal. While these women have gone quite unnoticed, their work allowed the United States to send astronauts to the moon, along with contributing to prior successes such as breaking the sound barrier. It

Did you know that one flip of a switch almost cost the lives of three astronauts? On April 13, 1970 three astronauts were blasted into space to go on a mission to explore a section of the moon called Fra Mauro. Every thing was perfect until they were preparing to land on the moon. Faulty wiring caused an explosion in their spacecraft, which drained their oxygen and power. The three men then had to move back and forth between two different space crafts. There were many problems along the way, but they eventually made it home. Though they never completed their original mission, they did complete the mission took make it back to Earth alive. There are many reasons why this mission ended up being a success.

On April 10, 1975, Nasa discovered a long, spooky, undesirable creature looking at a spacecraft landed on Neptune. Nasa believes that the creature was unhappy and looked threatening. People from all over the world realized that Voyager (An Astronaut), is the one who travelled on that spacecraft but came back to Earth on a different spacecraft. Anyways, Voyager reports Nasa that the alien looked like a dangerous alien with red eyes and was bold. Voyager also states that the creature was wearing a black and red tuxedo which he couldn’t see that well because the creature wore a huge blue coat over it.

The Apollo 11 mission explored the moon’s physical features and surface, retrieving new, first-hand information. The three astronauts were able to encounter a whole new environment where temperature, physical features and gravity varied greatly from those we are accustomed to on Earth. Furthermore, they encountered several difficulties that could have cost them their lives. But ultimately exchanging footprints, flags and other evidence of their mission’s success, the crew returned with samples of other worldly materials, test results, a victory of the Cold War and a feeling of accomplishment for their entire country, the United States of America.

My thoughts on the book were that it was slow at first when Wolfe was explaining the rules of the pilot’s wives. It got much more interesting once the pilots volunteered to be astronauts. I feel that the book was about the men struggling to be the best and wanting the most money. They also seemed that they wanted to get the girls. They book portrayed the guys being conceited and all about the money and prestige rather than actually wanting to be America’s true heroes. It seems like they were doing it themselves and not for the country.

Computers utilized in house transportation, craft or satellite. For craft the wheel with cables connected to the pilot controls, which is found on the aero foil. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that “shuttle contains a completely fly-by-wire astronautics system”. Which suggests that each one the electrical association square measure a lot of autonomy, that mean everything is completed on the surface and conjointly it's monitored by the board. The most engines of the shuttle aren't aided by the most laptop and solely before the utilization of performance improved. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has used the astronautics technique since the Fifties and through that point of

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“Two mighty torches of flame like the wings of a yellow bird of fire flew over a field”(Mailer 305) as the ship slowly lifted up into the heavens. The ship, a true idiosyncrasy when it came to flying machines, lifted up, up as far as the eye could see. “Sainted Leviathan, ship of space, she was a planetary traveler,”(Mailer 251). This time, the ship, the Saturn V rocket, was carrying something special - the components and pilots of Apollo XI. Apollo XI is the kind of mission that goes down in the books as spectacular or enchanting. This mission, however, was going to go down in history for a different reason than most. It was going to be the first mission to ever put a man on the moon. It was going to land on the moon (Mailer 298).

NASA should reignite the space race for many reasons. NASA has too much money and does not spend it on helpful space research. American civilians want to know what is out there in the universe. Also, NASA needs to spend money on new space suits and equipment for multiple reasons. NASA should reignite the space race because, it gives them something to spend their money on, it's about time they up their space research, and the idea excites eager Americans.

The image I’ve chosen for the purpose of this essay comes from The Huffington Post, in an article called, “19 Photos Of Women Working 100 Years Ago.” It is presented entirely in grayscale, which is most probably because of the lack of color imaging systems in that time period rather than exuding an artistic effect. This image takes place in an aircraft factory in 1917, according to the article. The background and foreground are very clearly distinguishable. The woman who is clearly in focus is working on some sort of machine that builds parts for aircrafts. She is looking away from the camera and at her work. She seems to have some sort of strap on her forearm that the other women don’t have. There are other women who are present in the background, but they are out of focus. One of the women seems to be peeking at the camera sort of subtly. The women all seem to have a uniform that they must wear at the factory; although it is a black and white picture, to me, it feels like they are blueish and white. The women are positioned very close to each other in a confined environment. All the women also seem to be working on the same machines that all involve the same items.

Space aliens are real. If you really get to thinking about it, there is no other explanation for the world’s natural disasters. Studies show that around 75% of earthquakes, such as the famous one of San Francisco, would never have happened if it weren’t for literal ‘out of this world’ forces. You might ask, why would other worldly lifeforms want to do this to our planet and its inhabitants? The answer is clear. When North Carolina got hit by Hurricane Katrina, it was not clear out of the blue. Extraterrestrials felt betrayed when NASA planted a tracking robot during a mission to Mars. Feeling stabbed in the back for doubting their existence, aliens began methodically strategizing 3 out of 4 natural disasters on earth. If this doesn’t open your eyes, I don’t know what will.