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    NASA: Money Well Invested

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    NASA: Money Well Invested The October 1957 launch of Sputnik alarmed the nation and the western world. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded the following year in July 1958 by congressional mandate (National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, 1958/2012). A belief romanticized by pop culture and the media, is that NASA was formed solely to compete with the Soviet Union. NASA was a cold war response in a time when any amount of money would be spent to remain dominate

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    It is Crucial to Keep Funding NASA

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    Administration, or NASA. NASA has been building rockets, training astronauts, and studying space for the benefit of science, the government, and the people of America since 1958. Unfortunately, many people don't realize how important NASA is, and there have been efforts made to stop the government from funding NASA. This program is essential for increasing knowledge of outer space, protecting planet Earth, and creating

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    Essay on NASA Budget Cuts

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    President Eisenhower passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik nine months earlier. That administration, now known worldwide as NASA, has become an icon of space exploration and mankind's accomplishments. Who would have thought that fifty years later, NASA's future would be so uncertain? Congress has recently proposed a bill that would significantly cut funding from the NASA's Constellation

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    NASA 3 Exploring The Stars Space was so mysterious and frightening for thousands who dared to look up at the heavens. Many dared to wonder about what actually lurked and waited for mankind. Eventually man took the steps necessary to take the final leap into the unknown. Throughout history NASA has contributed to several extraordinary feats of science and space exploration from the moon landing to the Curiosity rover NASA has been vital to finding cosmic knowledge for mankind. Nasa

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    NASA(National Aeronautic and Space Administration) Is america’s space program but we also have another private company called SpaceX which is owned by Elon Musk. The average Nasa space shuttle launch ran about 1.2 billion dollars. Yet, a rocket launch from SpaceX’s largest rocket costs about 90 million dollars While this is still a considerable amount of money it is still a fraction of what the space shuttle would use. Even Nasa new rocket that they are developing will cost a projected 500 million

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    NASA Funding The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was booming in the late 1960's because the U.S. government invested over 4.5 percent of the Federal Budget into it. Unfortunately, in the recent years the Government has slashed funding for many of NASA’s projects to cut back on the spending and boost the economy. Despite the plummet in NASA's budget, the program has proven its prominence in the U.S., by leading into missions that conclude in ground-shaking results such as the

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    Ham, the Space Monkey and NASA

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    The Space Monkey Research Paper The Space Monkey was a good thing because it helped our space exploration and he was the first to send an animal into space. NASA should keep exploring space and do whatever it takes to do it even if that means an animal going through harsh training for preparation to the next mission. The Space Monkey started a fire because it was the first animal in space for the U.S., the training and preparation, helped NASA’s space era, and people were up set for animal cruelty

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    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. Every launch of the space shuttle is a media event. NASA presents its astronauts as ready-made heroes, even when their accomplishments

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    The wait will soon be over for the people who want to feel like an NASA astronaut. Moonshine Crea is working on their new shoes that will defy gravity. These new shoes are going to be created for the sole reason of having fun. Not only this but this will be the best way to allow people to feel like an NASA astronaut NEW SHOES THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE AN NASA ASTRONAUT These new shoes are going to be a massive hit when they hit the mass public. They have a futuristic design and are being made

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    Apollo13 BOOM! NASA spacecraft was blown out of the air by Russia’s aircraft. Before the explosion R.L. Grime, Richard, and Billy where getting ready for takeoff. Billy was putting his pants on and Richard was helping R.L. Grime put his jacket on. The rocket was being filled with fuel, and the oxygen tank was being filled with cryogenic oxygen. It was Saturday, April 11, 1970 10:13 am 3 hours before the launch. NASA found out that Russia is also going to take off for the moon. NASA warned R.L. Grime

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