Moon River

Space Race: The USA Wins The Competition To The Moon And The Cold War Few moments define the twentieth century and human scientific advancement like the Apollo moon landing. But now, almost fifty years later, we may forget that this achievement was the result of a relatively short and furious "space race," with a mere twelve years separating the first manmade object orbiting Earth (Sputnik 1 in 1957) and Neil Armstrong 's 1969 walk on the moon. No human has ventured so far since the end of the Apollo

soon as possible. Every fiber in his body told him that the worst had happened: a solar flare. NASA had known about the possibility of such an occurrence but the resulting solar flare from the explosion of a giant sunspot wasn’t supposed to hit the moon. The moon’s atmosphere or magnetic field couldn’t block solar flares from bombarding them with x-ray and radio waves, thus frying their communication systems. Since they couldn’t communicate with Earth, they had no warnings. The Base also didn’t have

In a bright morning, the sun shone through the window in my bedroom, quietly. The golden sunshine, brings me a sense of freshness, comfort and happiness. After half day of paper work, in the afternoon I slowly came to the woods that situated not far away from home. Perhaps because the noon drizzle, the air became fresh and sweet, filled with a touch of grass and the fragrance of wild flowers. In the wood, the green leaves of these ancient pagoda tree brings a trace of coolness after the breeze passing

There are many false claims in the science world that goes back and forth on their ideas and sometimes it 's the public 's choice to decide which fact is reliable. With research, it is shown that people believed what others thought were true without needing evidence to back up the claim. With new technology it became easier for the people to judge which claim is accurate due to the new science findings that supports that specific subject claim. Scientific facts are explained by evidence proven by

exploration, however in 1969 the United States made a big achievement in this race through the Apollo 11 mission, the target of this mission was to land on the moon by a spacecraft that contains human inside it and the astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first human who walked on the moon. The journey took four days and the astronauts spent 21 hours on the moon surface and they were able to go back to earth safely, it was a big step in mankind 's history. In 1973, the

We Can Put a Man on the Moon, but Why Can’t We Make Killer Robot Police? In the recent past, NASA has been doing excellent and outstanding things in the outer space. The media has hyped the show and depicted NASA as a genius (Frederick). Most people would say that the operations of NASA are exhilarating, but in my opinion, I am left flabbergasted! Could the skills used to put a man on the moon be duplicated to improve the state of life for humans? Can’t they decide to invent robots that will play

shuttle program with their last manned trip to the moon. This does not mean that NASA is no longer doing space missions. They are simply refocusing their efforts in areas such as Mars and deeper space missions to make sure their funding is being used properly. As NASA is refocusing, private companies have the goal of providing people with Jupiter-sized banks accounts travel to low-orbit Earth and by exploring areas closer to Earth, such as the moon (Felton). It is very interesting in seeing how the

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of A Boy Solider is a biography of a young man, Ishmael Beah, during his years of growing up as a child of war in Sierra Leone, Africa. The story begins in January of 1993 in his hometown village Mogbwemo. Beah who is twelve at the time is a part of hip-hop dance and music group with his brother Junior, and friend Talloi. The boys leave their village one day to the neighboring city to perform in their friend’s talent show. While the rap group is away, rebels attack their

July 20th 1969 remain one early successes. Apollo 11 landed on the moon at 3.17 P.M EST. Then a young man and working in the engineering department at the Space Center Launch Complex, Martin Kings, remembers with a lot of nostalgia the events that lead to one of the most successful space exploration and one that paved way to so many others that came to be. Apollo 11 went down in history as the first manned space ship to dock in the moon. On board were three crews under the command of Mission head Neil

Firefly Imagine yourself on a cliff face, looking down over a vast expanse of darkness. Above you the setting sun turns the sky crimson red, bloodstaining your ragged robes. Not a single cloud is in the sky, yet to you, the land could not be more dismal. The darkness taunts you, it laughs at you. You try to ignore it, to grasp the one thread of sanity you still have, but it consumes you. You have no power; you are only drawn deeper into its embrace. It is inviting, warm. You allow yourself to sink