Research Paper On The Rocketeers

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly in space or work on the crew at NASA that helps the astronauts get home safely? These two jobs both use many of the laws of physics. In fact, almost everything they do involves physics. Apollo 13 is a movie that epitomizes what those jobs are like and how much physics is required. The three main laws of physics in the movie were Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation, Newton’s First Law, and Newton’s Third Law.

Butch Cassidy and his members of the Wild Bunch left a remarkable chapter in the history of old American West. Interestingly, Butch was no mean robber, but someone full of charm. The story of the group was made more interesting with the addition of Butch’s constant partner-in-crime, Sundance Kid.

In conclusion, the film October Sky touches on Homer Hickman’s determination to successfully build and launch his own rocket despite being isolated by his family, friends, schoolmates, school officials and community. This is shown through John Hickman (Homers father), the town of Coalwood and Mr. Turner

Planning for the Apollo Space Program began in 1957 and the program ended in 1972. The Apollo Space Missions increased our understanding of the moon. The goal of the missions was to land men on the moon and return them safely to earth. This goal was achieved with Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969 man walked on the moon for the first time. This was a huge step in space exploration and much preparation had gone into it. Apollo 8 orbited the moon, but did not test a lunar lander, and Apollo 9 tested a lunar lander while orbiting earth. After achieving the goal of getting man to the moon, the Apollo program continued to enlarge our understanding of the moon. Apollo missions 12 and 14 installed seismic stations on the moon’s surface. This led us to the discovery of “moonquakes”, which are essentially earthquakes on the moon’s surface.

The Rocket Boys began to publicly announce when their rocket launching was to take place “because I [Sonny] had promised Mr. Dubonnet and the other miners at the tipple I’d let them know when there was going to be a launch” (Hickam 129). From then on, as the rockets advanced technically, the Rocket Boys’ recognition increased. And, as time progressed and more and more notices about the BCMA [Big Creek Missile Agency] were posted around town, more and more people began to make an appearance at their rocket launchings. One person in particular was Basil Oglethorpe, a news reporter for the McDowell County Banner. Now, just like the majority of Coalwood, he found the Rocket Boys interesting. So, interesting, in fact, to write a whole article about them which read, “If you have any hope of understanding what the grand and glorious future holds for all who dare seize it, you must come to see the rocket boys of Coalwood” (Hickam 139). Obviously, Basil was quite impressed with what he had experienced, but he wasn’t the only one who wanted to publicize the Rocket Boys. Sonny’s teacher, Miss. Riley, was also informed of the Rocket Boys’ growing success, and even suggested they enter the National Science Fair. And, after a great period of contemplation, they ultimately agreed, winning state in the

Every memory of the summer of 1969 is connected to, in one way or another, the historical event, Woodstock. The festival could not have left more of an impact on the “hippie” generation anymore than it did those three days of music and peace. The generation of the time wanted nothing more than what they got out of Woodstock. Today, people still look back on the festival and think of how well it made history without the expectance of doing so. Woodstock, one of the most important cultural events of the 20th century, combined iconic musical acts with interesting social behavior.

Newton's first law of motion, states that anything that is in motion remains in motion until acted upon by an outside force, for example gravity. Also anything at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force. This means that anything that is moving will keep moving until you or something else stops it and that anything lying still will remain still until you or something else makes it move. Before we launched the rocket , it was just sitting on the pump. It didn't move until we pulled the

The Scottsboro boys were African American teenager that was 'falsely' accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. March 25th, 1931, a lot of people was hoboing on a freight train traveling between Chattanooga in Memphis, Tennessee. A fight began between the Caucasian and African American groups near Lookout Mountain tunnel. Several Caucasian teenagers jumped off the train and reported to the sheriff's that they had been attacked by a group of African American teenagers. At Paint Rock Alabama, the sheriff's stopped and searched the train, arresting the African American teenagers for assault. They also found two young Caucasian women who had accused the teens of rape. A doctor was called and soon examined the women for evidence of rape and for samples of semen. The nine African American teens ranging from ages 13-19 were charged with assault and rape.

Failing is a part of life. Learning from it gives one the knowledge necessary for success. Although his first rocket fell apart and blew up part of his backyard fence, Sonny and his friends stayed determined. Other students and citizens of Coalwood began to tease the members about their rockets saying they’re just building bombs, but they refused to let it phase them. “My father had clearly, in

An effort to come up with money, the Rocket boys decide to dig out metal pipes from the ground as scrap metal, then sell it. Odell stated "We dig up those pipes, bust'em into pieces, and sell the lot to a scrap yard. We'll make a ton of money and it's all legal!" (Hickman, 1998, p. 261) The boys prepared for a camping trip in the area of the scrap metal. After camping 5 days, they were on their tenth pipe when Homer was hammering on the scrap iron, his foot slipped when trying to catch himself his left wrist was cut by a sharp object. Initially, Sonny and his friends thought it was funny until they seen he was bleeding and it was serious. Odell took his shirt off and tied it around the left wrist in efforts to stop the bleeding. Sonny became

Butch Cassidy: Wanted Dead or Alive Butch Cassidy was no man with a clean slate. He was an infamous outlaw of the Old West, taking all he could from trains and banks. He worked with many people throughout his lifetime who helped him with his misdeeds. He was born in Beaver, Utah on April 13th, 1866.

In chapter 6 of Rocket Boys, Homer tells his friends about forming his rocket club called BCMA or Big Creek Missile Agency and gets a couple friends to join him. Homer and his friend Quentin go to the County Library to do some research about rockets, but were not able to find anything that was useful enough to help them. They both start thinking of the future and see themselves having a trophy in honor of the rocket they would soon build. While the two are talking in school a teacher named Ms. Riley and the principle Mr. Turner overhear their conversations. Ms. Riley was the supportive one, while Mr. Turner was just talking about not having any explosions. Homer than gets Mr. Bykovski to teach him to solder and eventually build 3 rockets. One rocket was tested and ended up hitting Home’s dad’s office and resulted in Homer getting told

As a perfect demonstration of the classical cliché “failure is success’s mother”, the 1999 movie October Sky illustrates the rough path of a group of boys chasing their dream. As the Hickam was settled on his dream of being a rocket scientist, he inspired his friends Roy Lee Cooke and Sherman O’Dell, and the math geek Quentin Wilson, to work with him on innovating their own rocket. During the process, Hickam and his friends overcome many derider and difficulties until their launch of the rocket model was finally successful. As soon as they successes, the mine disaster happened. Hickam’s father was injured. Thus, Hickam had to give up his school and dream to work at the mine. Fortunately, when his father recovers, he was able to return to school.

Sunset Riders is a side-scrolling Western style shoot-'em-up arcade game released by Konami. In this game, the player takes control of four bounty hunters who are seeking rewards for various criminals. One of the boss battles in this game is a Native American called Chief Scalpem, on Stage 6. He speaks in the stereotypical Native American dialect (“Me ready for powwow”; “Me powwowed out’). This stage also had Native American enemies in contrast to the regular bandits in the other levels. The Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo ports made a few relative changes from the arcade port. The Native American enemy characters from Stage 6 were removed and replaced with regular outlaws, leaving only Chief Scalpem (who is renamed Chief Wigwam

Newton’s law effects a water rocket in many ways. Water rockets can be effected by Newton’s first, second, and third law. Newton’s laws greatly affect how a rocket flies, lands, and surprisingly how it takes off. By the end of this essay you will be able to comprehend how Newton’s law affects water rockets so deeply.