The space shuttle‚ Columbia launched on January 16th‚ 2003. On February 1st of the same year‚ the shuttle fell back to Earth at an alarming rate with technical malfunctions. Eventually‚ the space shuttle blew up and unfortunately killed all of the astronauts on board. It was later found that this piece of foam broke off of the external tank during the initial takeoff. As a result‚ gas slowly penetrated the space shuttle. As the space shuttle made its approach‚ readings were lost and eventually communication
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into question many organizational issues within NASA and managerial issues within the space shuttle program. Besides being recognized as the first mission to include a civilian astronaut‚ It is safe to say that the challenger shuttle disaster marked the reorganization of the space shuttle program and reinvented space travel in the U.S entirely. Lawrence Mulloy was one of the directors for the NASA space shuttle program and after nine previous missions‚ he was extremely enthusiastic about launching
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Abstract President Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most powerful speeches on the tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. In his speech‚ Reagan was able to unite the country during a time of extreme heartache and tragedy. Through his exceptional use of language‚ President Reagan delivered a speech that will forever be remembered for its consoling power. President Reagan gave this memorable speech on the Challenger on the day of the crash‚ January 28th‚ 1986. He had been scheduled
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is passed down from one generation to the next. After analyzing and identifying for some quite time‚ Sociologist Robin Williams identified fifteen core values for the United States and how they shaped the America that we see today. These values do not apply to everyone in every situation in America and there are exceptions to all of the dominant values. The United States is not the “melting pot” that we see today‚ as a society now we are like a big pot of gumbo‚ where each ingredient adds its own spice
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The main point of Ronald Reagan speech is to mourn about the tragedy of the space shuttle and how NASA can come back from that. Reagan uses the stretch and courage of the ones who died to draw the attention of the audience. Since‚ most people are looking for answers to how something like this happen‚ he really was able to grab their attention. The credibility and goodwill helped him‚ because some people were clueless they would have believed anything he said at that moment. Reagan mentioned the astronauts
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Why did we lose the space shuttles? On January 28‚ 1986‚ the Challenger space shuttle was lost during a terrible explosion. This tragedy killed seven members who were on board and had such an impact on NASA‚ that they suspended shuttle flights for two years. But why did the shuttle suffer this devastating explosion? The Challenger suffered several launch delays six days prior to liftoff. NASA officials overruled concerns that the engineers had‚ and ordered a liftoff at 11:38 a.m. “I found out
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When the Europeans had discovered America‚ the possibilities for them were endless. Although mistakenly discovered‚ it greatly aroused the curiosity of many European explorers. There were new opportunities for them to expand‚ and in more than just one way. Chances to spread religion‚ boost their economy‚ and help themselves politically. As soon as Columbus returned‚ the pope issued a decree saying the world itself was an inheritance of Christianity. Spain and Portugal‚ the two main Christian powers
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In the last couple of years the rudeness of Americans has increased dramatically. It especially seems that the children of America have become ruder. This leads one to wonder if America will just become even ruder or will the manners of the American people improve. Each day at school encountering rudeness is common especially from students but also from the faculty. Walking through the busy hallways of the school is where encountering rudeness is the most likely to occur and probably will. While
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“America & Americans” Essay America was founded on the American Dream. The Founding Fathers and the revolution army fought for American independence because they had a desire to accomplish their dream of freedom. An essay‚ “America & Americans” by John Steinbeck is about how the American Dream can be doubted sometimes by being questioned whether it is real or not. Americans have always had the desire to wanting more and once they begin to fight for it‚ they will not stop. Some people have
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Lincoln Municipal Airport’s current site was the result of a competition between three different potential airfield sites within Lincoln (McKEE‚ 2013). In April 1928‚ the site went to vote and 160 acres north of Capital Beach were purchased (McKEE‚ 2013). The voters also gave the go-ahead to build an airport (McKEE‚ 2013). In the same year‚ United Airlines made the first flight into the newly christened airport (McKEE‚ 2013). The site was expanded to 2‚750 acres after the Army Air Corps became involved
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