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    As the effects of zero gravity washed over him,Neil Armstrong was about to be the first over to make contact with the moon and when he did he spoke “One small step for man,one giant leap for mankind!” Many only think about this mission, but what about the start of this program.Soon after NASA started it’s goal was to get to the moon before the 1960’s.The apollo program was the program that did it all.The creation of NASA with the Apollo program and its missions had the biggest affect on the space

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    Kaze No Denwa It is April 11, 2011, and one month has passed since the great Japanese tsunami splintered the island. In a small coastal village, a man parks his car at a distance and walks towards the only object in a large field: Kaze No Denwa, the “Phone of the Wind.” Tears begin to well in his eyes as he feels the gentle breeze wash over him. His shoes crunch the loose gravel underfoot. On this day, there is no-one else around. In the middle of the field stands a white phone booth. It glows boldly

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    “No matter what discomforts and expenses you had to bear to come here, there will be seven minutes tomorrow morning that will make you feel it was worth it,” said a NASA guide to a group of guests on the day of the rocket launch. The purpose of each of these articles have large distinctions between each other. The first article, “In Event of Moon Disaster,” by William Safire, is meant to comfort the audience. The second article, “The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness,” by Ayn Rand

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    the so called, “space race.”. The Soviet Union had already launched the first person into space, causing widespread embarrassment in the U.S. We refused to take another loss to the Soviet Union. The first step of this mission was creating the team. Neil Armstrong was a pilot in the military, studied at Purdue university, and fought in the Korean War. In the Korean War, where he proved himself to be a talented pilot. Most of you may think this was why he was chosen for the Apollo 11 mission, because

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    Reflective Memo Description of my Writing Process In my writing process, pre-writing was my initial step where I had to find the narrative to write. I had numerous stories in my mind, but I had to get the best, which draws inspiration to me, and the one that could teach valuable lessons to my audience. So, I had to refer from that childhood memory regarding the most significant narrative. However, I had to build up on the story. Therefore, I had to use the myth worksheet issued at class, to make

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    explains the main character wanting to understand the secret of becoming mature by looking, “inside the stall”. However, the main character is unable to grow up and understand maturity as he is “afraid of seeing”. Passage two quote is from “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman. The main idea of “Coraline” is that getting everything a character wants is not a good thing for the character. In “Coraline” the main character speaks this quote from passage two, to the “other Mr. Bobo” and explains receiving everything she

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    Historical fiction part 3: research: annotated bibliography (15 resources) Era 1: United States in the 1960s POV: from a NASA woman spy POV who worked to spy in Russia, age is about 27-30 1. Cabral, E. (2008, March 10). What a Ride! (cover story). Student Research Center. Retrieved January 10, 2014, from http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?sid=48dacef8-9126-4b87-9d13-3d736a97643d%40sessionmgr4004&vid=1&hid=4101&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=mih&AN=31381859 • This article from the EBSCOHOST

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    “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” is one of the most recognized quotes by Neil Armstrong as he was taking the first human steps on the moon. But was he actually on the moon? Some would say that on July 20, 1969, man did not make it to the moon and Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin never touched the lunar surface of the moon. The explanation is that the government faked the landing and moon walk somehow. Why fake the moon landing though? This was a momentous time in American

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    The writing of the author’s work depicts the author’s purpose in the novel. With the tragic society that Equality 7-2521 survives in, it not only proclaims the major conflicts in the story, but also passes along Ayn Rand’s writing on how it contributes to expressing the conflicts even further. The prime conflict is individualism itself in a world that doesn’t follow the philosophy of one’s attributions to be upheld. It doesn’t exist because of a society that sways the course of people’s lives, coming

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    In the three stories “Ambush”, “The Leap”, and “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets” had many similarities and differences. These similarities and differences were found in the characters, conflicts, and settings of the stories. Each element impacts the stories in so many similar and different ways. In “Ambush”, “The Leap”, and “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets” the characters had a major impact on even the simplest details. “…and as he passed me on the trail I threw a grenade at his feet and killed

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