The Space Mission Where No One Has Gone Before

Man’s curiosity for the environment that surrounds him fuels the ambition to explore past the realms of his being. The space race marked the first time homo sapiens were able to escape and extend their biosphere. This age is filled with technological advancement. The space race gave the ability for a new age of technological advancements to occur. Almost every technological device that is produced or owned by people in the 21st century world contains technology that was invented or derived from the space race. Technology is the product of modernization and industrialization. Society is forced to make adjustments in social, economic and political institutions as humans continue to progress. The results and the success of the space race was and still is a great triumph for mankind. However, the motive for the United States and the Soviet Union for reaching space is not explicit. Although the space race and the resulted technological innovations in science had elements that benefited human progress in a substantial manner, the general motive for the space race lies within the political aspect of society and the repercussions that came with the cold war.

It’s cold up there. Cold and inhospitable. It is not easy, and it will take time. These are things the first humans in Africa must have thought of journeys northward. And yet, people still went. They colonized the globe in all its varied environments. When humans first bred dogs and horses, they did not do so to send them into unexplored land in our steed. We did not build crow’s nests on ships to observe and not go. Why is even a question whether humans should go to space? Space is the final frontier that the universe has to offer, and humanity would be remiss not to explore it with their own hands. It’s important to frame the debate. Succinctly, should

During the Cold War, the rivals--the United States and the Soviet Union--were in what seemed like a competition to determine who had the most advanced technology. This was because that country will be seen as the strongest and the biggest threat to the other. The space race really began officially on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, which was the first artificial satellite ever to be launched in space. This was seen as a danger to the United States, because it meant that the Soviet Union was possible capable of doing other things, possibly against the US. Then the Soviets launched Sputnik II, but this time it had a passenger, a dog named Laika. Though this mission was a failure because poor Laika died within hours

On October 4th, 1957 the simple action of launching a beachball-sized hunk of metal into our orbit, reshaped the lives of people in the United States and across the world for the next years to come. This small ball of metal was Sputnik, a Soviet satellite with a radio transmitter inside letting out a small “beeping” sound. This object, as unsophisticated as it was, had the power to set the entire country into panic. To US officials this action not only made it clear that the Soviet superpower of Russia was more technologically advanced, but for all we knew they could be putting nuclear warfare into space. To the US this thought was unbearable, and because of this it would go on to set off a race of the century, the Space Race. A race to put technology into space, a race that would change American life at home and in foreign policy. From changes within the school system, to the Red Scare, life would be changed drastically in the years to come, not only in the U.S, but in Russia as well.

Viking One, at the forefront of the interplanetary space race, after the manned missions to the moon. NASA conducted this mission to make it to the red planet; our brother planet, mars. Named after the roman god of war, this mission sought to learn more about what the planet has to offer. The year was 1976, and the American Bicentennial was coming up. The mission was set to land on the foreign planet on July fourth. Purley explorative, the goal of the mission was to successfully land and transmit data.

On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space called, “Sputnik”. It was the start of one of the biggest races in the world called “The Space Race”. But it isn’t the start of the race that is questionable but the very end. On July 19, 1969 the United States supposedly landed 3 men on the moon. More than a billion people around the globe watched this event occur on their television sets as Neil Armstrong said “That’s one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.” But was it really a giant leap for mankind? Or was it one of the ways the U.S tried to fool us into believing they really did land on the moon? The Space Race wasn’t only about being the first to land on the moon but would also be a major sign of dominance over the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Many believe the U.S was not capable of accomplishing this so they had no choice but to fool the world into believe they landed on the moon and won the Space Race.

The Space Race was between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The race to space began in 1955. Apollo 11 successfully put the first man on the Moon. The end of the Space Race was in 1975. The Space Race is considered very important because it would show which nation had the best science, technology, and economic system.

“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely back to earth.” –Kennedy

Who said that space travel was only for the US and Russia? To that, I say HA. There were probably over 24 countries in the Great Space Race, but we made it to the moon first. The one space agency that was most interesting to me was JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). "The challenge -- including transporting the components to space -- may appear gigantic, but Japan has been pursuing the project since 1998, with some 130 researchers studying it under JAXA's oversight".

Humans have dreamed of leaving the earth and traveling space for many years, and up to this day they have taken many steps in the right direction. Yet, with every new frontier they approach, new problems loom over the horizon. Some of these problems arise right here on Earth. Some of the issues have been resolved, such as escaping the forces of gravity to reach outer space. Most of the problems are far more arduous and the solutions need more time to be worked out properly. In “The Coming Schism” by James E. and Alcestis R. Oberg, they posit that humans can colonize space. Humans need to buckle up and build the technology which will help to solve problems that would arise to

I will argue in the case “Where am I” that, at the instant of teleportation, the person on the East Coast is the same as the person on the West Coast, and that each person is me. However, the moment after the instant of teleportation, the two entities are related but different. The East Coast person has separate thoughts and feelings from his replica on the West Coast and each will have very different experiences. The first reason I believe that both are the same person at the moment of teleportation is that both have the identical body and mind with the exception of the cardiac defect of the East Coast me. Although the West Coast person is a replica of The East Coast person, there is physical continuity. In addition, the East and West Coast person have psychological continuity when the copy on the West Coast is made. They both share common memories, experiences, and mental states. This psychological continuity is the second reason why I believe that the East and West Coast entities are initially the same person. After the teleportation, the East Coast person and the West Coast person function independently. They each have separate and distinct experiences. They both share common memories and psychological continuity prior to the replication, but the more time that elapses after the teleportation, the greater the difference between the two people. In addition, as a result of the teleportation, the East Coast person will die of cardiac failure in a few days while the West

In year 3014, Alex is chosen to go on the space mission where no one has gone before. On the spaceship, that Alex is using has a tele-transporter device. The device works as follows: you enter in a cubicle, where you press a button, a scanner records the states of all the cells in a brain and body, destroying both while doing so. This information is then transmitted to other planet, where a replicator rebuilds you. Since, the brain of this you is indistinguishable from that you formerly in cubicle, your memory will be continuing and its character would not be affected. The problem is that, Alex uses this device so many times, so that when he returns from the space mission; would Alex will be the same person as he was before his space mission? Since Alex uses the tele-transporter device so many times, and has been rebuild and replicated so many times; that it might change his cells and how they were formerly before he used the device. So, the Alex that returns from his space mission, he could not be the same person as he was before. Below, I explain various ways in which, it tells us that the Alex who returns is not the same person as he was before. The reasons are as follows: since, he uses the tele-transporter a lot during his mission, his body nerve system cells were affected by light speed radiation which, could make him see illusions and which could alter his memories. The

Some of those are: John Houbolt at Langley Research Center; Robert Seamans; Nicholas E. Golovin, Joseph Shea; Wernher von Braun; Jerome Wiesner; and many others contributed to the final decision of LOR (Lunar Orbit Rendezvous) for the Apollo program.

In the early 60s, President John F. Kennedy led America into a space race against the Soviet Union. American men and women across the nation backed this goal, allowing NASA to take great leaps in advancing its space exploration programs. This unified nation fulfilled its goal, and Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. However, since then, America’s space exploration has only declined. Funding for NASA has been drastically cut, thus greatly limiting the opportunities for exploring the cosmos. Understanding and exploring the universe is detrimental to the advancement of the United States and opens the door for vast possibilities. If the government chooses to limits its own advancement, then that responsibility must fall

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