1. The Earth is really a water planet; what percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by water? a.71% 2. Who is considered to be the "father of physical oceanography" because of publication of information from ship’s logs in the book "The Physical Geography of the Seas"? b.Matthew Maury 3. Scientists know that the outer core of the Earth is liquid because S waves have not survived travel through the Earth’s interior. True 4. The Pacific Ring of Fire refers to the: a. circle of violent
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were learning as far as the astronauts and space shuttles. There were mixtures of communication styles‚ but verbal was primary. There were many how used a lot of slang like ‘OMG!’‚ ‘LOL’‚ and other types of slang. Many were also making gestures to each other to symbolize a certain message to bring across. The majority of the topics discussed were about what information they would gather up as far as astronauts and what it would be like to be in a space shuttle. Obviously‚ family complications would occur
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to inhumane practices conducted by the NASA and the management bodies of companies associated with this project than natural reasons. The whistleblowing led to the loss of billions of dollars and more importantly loss of 7 innocent lives. The space shuttle was propelled by the two attached Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) and an external fuel tank. The SRBs were joined to the External Tank. aOnce the SRBs ignited‚ hot gases heated the rubber O rings and they eroded to seal the joints. SRB joint design
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The Hubble Telescope The Hubble Telescope is an orbiting telescope that provides clear images from space. It is a reflecting telescope and gathers light with a mirror 94 inches in diameter. It is named after an American Astronomer‚ Edwin Hubble who made important astronomic discoveries in the 1920’s. Pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope include: stars surrounded by disks‚ galaxies‚ colliding galaxies‚ and evidence that most galaxies have black holes in their centre. The Hubble Telescope is
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Experiments in International Space Station The International space Station plays an important role in the space world. It has significant effect on scientific project such as life sciences‚ new materials‚ and crystals etc. It is the biggest international scientific program in the world. The International Space Station is not only one U.S country‚ but also Japan‚ Russia‚ Canada and other eleven countries. Those countries cooperate with each other. The International Space Station is a very huge satellite
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January 28‚ 1986‚ one of America’s greatest space shuttles‚ exploded in front of a live audience (Challenger disaster history.com pg.1). The Challenger launch was one of the most publicized launches because it was the first time a teacher was going into space. The launch was being broadcast across the nation live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Thousands of schoolchildren all over America were watching and anxiously waiting for the first ever teacher in space. 73 seconds after liftoff the Challenger
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS‚ VOL. 25‚ NO. 6‚ JUNE 2010 Space Vectors Modulation for Nine-Switch Converters Seyed Mohammad Dehghan Dehnavi‚ Student Member‚ IEEE‚ Mustafa Mohamadian‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ Ali Yazdian‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ and Farhad Ashrafzadeh‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE Abstract—Recently‚ nine-switch inverter and nine-switch-zsource inverter have been proposed as dual output inverters. In this paper‚ the space vector modulation (SVM) of nine-switch inverter and nine-switch-z-source
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Characteristics of a high performance team are evident throughout the movie. Armageddon is an action adventure film in which a meteor the size of Texas is careening towards the earth. NASA scientists discover it after a meteor shower destroys the Space Shuttle Atlantis‚ killing the entire crew. They only have 18 days before the asteroid destroys the earth. NASA devises a plan to insert a nuclear bomb 800 feet inside the asteroid‚ when detonated‚ will split the asteroid into two pieces that will safely
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| Kalpana Chawla ’Kalpana Chawla’ ( July 1 ‚ 1961 - February 1 ‚ 2003 ) was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist of STS-107 ( Columbia ) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere . Early Life Chawla was born in Karnal ‚ Haryana ‚ India . Her interest in flight was inspired by J. R. D. Tata ‚ India’s first pilot. Education Chawla studied aeronautical engineering at the Punjab Engineering College in 1982 where she earned
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The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle In 2011‚ NASA unveiled a new deep-space vehicle called the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV). NASA officials plan for the Vehicle is for it to send astronauts on voyages to an asteroid and then eventually onto Mars. The idea for this vehicle came from an earlier idea for another spaceship. The designs that the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle are based on was originally designed for was the Orion spaceship but unfortunately it was part of NASA Constellation program which
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