“WANTED: Astronauts for Flight to Callisto”, the sign that caught my eye as I walk passed the front desk at the NASA Ames Research Center hoping for an internship. This must be really expensive and it does not seem like there is a limit to how many astronauts they are looking for. It is also surprising that I only have to pay $1000 to sign up as long as I do not have a criminal record or any suspicious reason to leave the planet. The fine print warns applicants of possible risks during the mission. But with my knowledge of the Earth and Space Sciences, I will know most of the effects of space flight to astronauts during a mission and so I am positive that I can survive this flight no matter what happens.
Considering I have nothing to lose by going and it has always been my dream to go to space, I decided to sign up for the flight. Callisto would be really exciting to explore because ever since I saw its pictures in my first college astronomy class, it has always been my favorite out of all the satellites in the solar system. Having a diameter of 4,821 kilometers, Callisto is the third largest satellite in the solar system, after Ganymede and Titan. It orbits past Jupiter’s main radiation belts. The satellite’s surface looks very glittery to me because of all the craters on it since Callisto is the most heavily cratered object in the solar system. The sparkle on this satellite was my inspiration until I graduated with a degree in astronomy. It will now be my inspiration
As the fiery pillar of smoke climbed ever faster towards the night sky, I stood mouth agape at age five as I watched the launch of the Discovery Space Shuttle in Cape Canaveral, birthing my fascination with the depths of space. At age eighteen, my sense of purpose was clearer than ever in a high school classroom while watching footage of the spacewalk mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, an inspiration for me to pursue higher education in engineering with aspirations of becoming an astronaut. By age twenty three, I had been working at my first full time job as an engineer for the Department of Defense for nearly a year when I unexpectedly failed a flight physical due to minor, yet untreatable, health conditions. Now, realizing that my chances of becoming an astronaut are beyond my control, my reasoning for undertaking graduate work is to enable myself to contribute to a field that ultimately helps others do the things their bodies keep them from doing. I want to help put those people back in control of doing the things they dream to do.
When people undertake missions it isn’t always dangerous. There are many reasons someone would want to undertake a mission. In Barrio Boy and Apollo 13 they have to accomplish many challenges to overcome their missions. Certain missions or challenges can increase the desire to accomplish them. In order to undertake a mission you must work hard, trust people, and believe you can achieve your goals.
Is is worth risking lives to explore the unknown during high risk missions? From 1967 to 2003, NASA had 3 disasters, resulting in the death of 17 people (one being a citizen). When confronted with the restraints that space programs have when studying certain topics in space, safety should be a number one priority. It is ethically wrong to send astronauts into space, without informing them of the risks of their mission. NASA should also weigh the risks of the mission with the anticipated outcome to decide if it ethically acceptable to go through the mission at all.
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
Money can never guarantee one's safety. Sometimes the cheapest of things can be the safest. In this article titled “Revolutionaries unbound: the greatest challenge is to go faster, higher and cheaper than ever before”, about the famous “Space Race”, it tells of how the race was suppose to be the cheapest and the fastest space flight in all of history. The authors purpose was to provide facts about how much money NASA is willing to spend on flights and what they can do to make it cheaper. Within this article, the author does a poor job at explaining their thoughts and connecting to the reader about cheaper and faster space flights.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a difficult task. It must convince U.S. taxpayers that space science is worth $16.25 billion a year. To achieve this goal, the agency conducts an extensive public-relations effort that is similar to the marketing campaigns of America 's biggest corporations. NASA has learned a valuable lesson about marketing in the 21st century: to promote its programs, it must provide entertaining visuals and stories with compelling human characters. For this reason, NASA issues a steady stream of press releases and images from its human spaceflight program.
Bryce Canyon National Park is a one of a kind, grand formation located in southern Utah, east of neighboring Zion National Park and north of Grand Canyon National Park. All three of these parks share a place on the Colorado Plateau but Bryce is the only one to feature natural hoodoos, extensive wildlife, and an environment prime for any person to surround themselves with the artwork of mother nature. Ever since 1915, when the park was first founded, people from all pieces of the country have come to see the amazing sights within the park but there is so much more to it than the gorgeous pictures that can only capture now.
"Sky Zone is the world’s first indoor trampoline park. They are the inventors of “fun fitness” and the makers of trampolines as far as the eye can see. Not only are trampolines awesome and super fun for all ages, they are great for your health! Sky Zone prides itself on providing a workout that can improve cardiovascular health, balance and coordination, mental health, immune system health, digestive regulation, sleep quality – the list is endless! This company has been voted the number one “out of the box” workout and the “best party ever.” The first Sky Zone opened in 2004 in Las Vegas. The popularity venue increased as a result , franchising began in 2008.Mr. Wurtz has experience in the financial industry and knew that a traditional bank
Our government has hundreds of agencies and each agency should justify one of the six Parts of the Preamble in our Constitution; form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. One agency our government created is National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA). NASA’s mission is to discover, study and research space. They send satellites to space to study Earth and other planets. NASA has sent 6 astronauts to live in space on the International Space Station. There they are able to do research and experiments that can’t be done on Earth. They also
N.A.S.A stands for the “National Aeronautics and Space Administration”. The space program was founded in 1958 and has accomplished many great feats and has an enriching history. The program was started “to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere and for other purposes”. Since then, NASA has created a successful human spaceflight program. The history of NASA has many main points such as its space program, the involvement and development of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the world-changing research from missions and collected that helps us understand our world and beyond. Amiko K. (July 6th, 2010). NASA history. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/nasa_history.htm . First and foremost, for many NASA has had a very successful space program, which has impacted the way, we see the world and our views towards space.
An Astronaut's job is to complete their given mission to the best of their ability; it is NASA’s job to tell them what the mission consists of and how to accomplish it. The claim that accepting unexpected risks and unforeseen consequences is part of an astronaut’s job is most definitely justified similarly to how “a soldier in active combat is at very high risk, as are firefighters and police officers” (Lattice, 2008). The people in these professions choose them while at the same time understanding the risk. Space “exploration in situations of terrifying and serious risk [is] not new” (Zoloth, 2015). Astronauts are risk takers and understand the risk of getting into a rocketship and launching themselves into space or they would not be in that position in the first place. They agree to the life or death situation given that the “the risks of long-haul human space flight have been known for years” (Zoloth, 2015). When it comes to high-risk situations, they are more likely willing to go for it, while on the other hand, NASA’s ground crew is able to determine a more rational reasoning and decide if the given risk is unnecessary or not. There should be more to a decision than just from the astronaut's point of view. Public relations play a role in the decision making process also, even to a little extent, given that “every time something goes
Astronomy is a very interesting subject to me as there so much more out there that we can learn about other than just Planet Earth. There is a lot to discover on Earth alone but there is even more in the Solar System. New stuff can be discovered every day and there are astronomers and Mathematicians everywhere who are working hard to discover this and give us the information they have found so we can continue to learn new things about what is out in the sky.
And before they are chosen to be candidates they have to compete against thousands of other applicants”(Koerth-Baker 155). After being approved to fly an astronaut is finished training. If that astronaut is chosen to take a trip to Mars they have to take a humongous trip through space. “Mars would require a six-month journey to the planet, an 18-month stay and a six-month trip back” (Daniels, 1). Not only is the journey to Mars massive, it also contributes to many major health problems.
After two decades of gathering promising data, NASA and collaborating space agencies have decided that they want to send three brave volunteers to assess the viability of colonizing Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Initially, there is publish outcry concerning the permanent relocation of three people to a distant planet. In addition, the science community raises concerns regarding space travel of that distance and the prolonged exposure to radiation that the crew would experience. After several years, three volunteers make themselves known and NASA begins training them. The public and science community are concerned with physical health of the volunteers while travelling and while they reside on Titan. However, the mission’s security
Eventually I would like to be a professor. This will allow me to continue my research but also allow me to pursue my other love, teaching.