The United States Should Continue to Fund Manned Space Missions The United States Should Continue to Fund Manned Space Missions “There is one feature which does define human nature: we are beings who construct for ourselves‚ each separately and singly and as well as together in our collectivities‚ internal models of all that happens‚ of all we see‚ find‚ feel‚ guess‚ and conjecture of our experience in the world” (Dick). Exploration has been portrayed in the most famous writings
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Beginning in the late 1950s‚ the Space Race was a pivotal time for scientific development in both nations it involved‚ The United States of America and the Soviet Union. Initiated by the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1‚ the two nations commenced the race in a frenzy of advancements‚ yielding as a byproduct‚ functional technology for present day use. To what extent has technology originating from the Space Race been developed for widespread use in present day United States? In this investigation two of
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brightest scientist‚ but over the better part of the last 30 years NASA has struggled to struggled to maintain certain obligations. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‚ better known as NASA was started as a scientific program for the United States government. For the last 52 years NASA has been the leader in innovation and exploration in not only astrological areas but making many scientific discoveries that benefit people all around the world. However in recent years NASA has fallen in prestige
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In India‚ the space program was formerly launched in 1972 with the setting up of the Space Commission and the Department of Space. Advancement in areas of communication‚ meteorology‚ resources survey & management‚ develop satellites‚ launch vehicles & associated ground systems were the initial objectives. Since then‚ India has made impressive progress in this field. Space technology has not only enhanced India’s communication capabilities‚ but has also contributed in meteorological forecasting
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO‚ /ˈɪəɛrɵ/; Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन Bhāratīya Antarikṣa Anusandhāna Saṅgaṭhana) is the primary space agency of the Indian government. ISRO is amongst the six largest government space agencies in the world‚ along with USA’s NASA‚ Russia’s RKA‚ Europe’s ESA‚ China’s CNSA and Japan’s JAXA. Its primary objective is to advance space technology and use its applications for national benefit.[2] Established in 1969‚ ISRO superseded the erstwhile
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with the launch of Chandrayan for its moon mission. India started its space programme with the launch of first space satellite ‘Aryabhatta’ on April 19‚ 1975. This space satellite was named after the great Indian astronomer and mathematician of the 5th century‚ Aryabhatta. It was launched from a soviet cosmodrome with the help of a Soviet rocket. It marked India’s giant leap and made her the eleventh country to join the space club. The second satellite ‘Bhaskara’ was launched on June 7‚ 1979. It
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day in the history of India’s space programme. This was the day when first rocket from India was launched. It was also the day when Thumba Equatorial Launching station came into operation. The rocket was assembled in a nearby church which had been acquired for building the said station. The first India made rocket lifted from Thumba in 1969. This 10 kg pencil rocket had propellants made in India and it was assembled in church building which is now a museum of space memorabilia. But it was the VSSC
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The Space Race and the Cold War “That’s One Small Step for Man‚ One Giant Leap for Mankind”. These words were heard worldwide when astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. When the Apollo 11 mission launched on July 16‚ 1969‚ carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Buzz Aldrin‚ the world was immersed in the middle of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union which had in essence split the globe into two radically different ideologies that
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The space race is a competition between the United Sates and the Soviet Union‚ the two Cold War rivals during the 20th century regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. It began in 1955 when both countries announced that they would soon be launching satellites into orbit. The Soviets took the US announcement as a challenge and even established a commission whose goal was to beat the US in putting a satellite into space. The Space Race can trace its origins to Germany‚ beginning in
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