Essays on Space Exploration

In his speech at Rice Stadium, president JF Kennedy gave more insights into what makes people good leaders and what are the factors that account for their potential to lead. Given that the ideas and the impact of the speech we choose to go to the moon are still felt to date, it’s apparent that the speech went to a long way to showing Kennedy as a model of a good leader. Through his achievements, Kennedy was known to be a visionary leader who excelled in his work. Close examinations of the contents of his speech show examples ...

Humans have long been capable of being a space-faring civilization. Thanks to the numerous advancements and breakthroughs in engineering, communications, and perhaps most importantly, rocket technology, people from various countries managed to send objects and humans to space. The space age officially started when the Soviet Union’s space exploration agency successfully launched its first man made object into the earth’s orbit. It was named Sputnik 1, a man-made satellite. Because the post-World War Two era was mostly a rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, it did not take long for the United States, under ...

Janaury 10, 2017

JAXA The Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Its current areas of exploration include lunar and interplanetary missions, astronomy, communication, positioning and technology tests and earth observation. The organization has been participating in many space mission, as support or as a partner in the development of satellites, space rovers, and rockets, among others. It currently does not have a human space exploration program, but the organization has astronauts who work together with other space agencies across the world. The TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission), a joint satellite project with NASA, is one of JAXA's first ...

A JOURNALISTIC PROFILE

Elon Musk: A Journalistic Profile While the world rightfully acknowledges the contributions that such people as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg have made to the world of technology and science; one person whose contributions may significantly surpass these five leaders and influencers is Elon Musk. Though Musk is widely known as the CEO and creative influence behind Tesla Motors, the auto manufacturer known across the world for its innovative and highly stylized electric sports cars, what few realize is that Musk has been operating at the intersection of science, information technology, entrepreneurship ...

The ethics behind the space exploration frenzy has remained persistent for many years now. However, never has space exploration elicited more debate, controversy and calls for abandonment than the days that followed the space shuttle Challenger accident. Seeking to improve its record of sending manned mission to space, the United States, through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), sought to send a crew of seven astronauts to a space expedition whose aim, as it always been, seeking to explore and understand the outer space.

Background Information

The lift off from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center was televised ...

We need to explore extraterrestrial space to know better about our origin, and presence in the universe as well as our future. However, there are several arguments against space exploration such as high cost expenditure associated with space research, and potential health risk to explorers. 1. For View Point Space exploration is vital as earth’s resources are constantly put under tremendous pressure by the growing population. Further, there is also a need to know if human inhabitable conditions can occur in planets other than earth, in order to ensure sustainability of life. There is an inherent curiosity to ...

INTRODUCTION

The United States and the then Soviet Socialist Republic, or USSR, had always had ideological differences underlining their relations. The US has always been the world’s champion of democratic ideals, while the USSR promoted the socialist ideology. In World War II, however, the two countries set aside their differences and formed an alliance with other countries to fight a common enemy: the Axis Powers that included Germany, Japan and Italy. The defeat of the Axis Powers resulted in power vacuums, which the two countries immediately tried to fill, thereby, resulting in a contest of superpowers. Suspicions of each ...

The Columbian accident is primarily how the political environment influenced the decision to launch the space shuttle in Columbia, who was involved and who was not. The political climate during the launch of the shuttle was that of pressure on the NASA station. A good example of how NASA deals with these pressures is analyzing what the then, Norman Augustine concluded to as the gross underfunding of NASA would affect its projects in a negative light. He proposed a budget that would favor the space exploration, but these pleas fell on the deaf ears of those who had the ...

Man has always been driven by the urge to test his limits and break new records regardless of the consequences. The aspect led the Americans to pursue the desire of going into space. Also, they feared the competition from other super powers such as Germany and Russia, who were already undertaken experiments in space. In the early 19th century, projects dealing with space exploration began to spring up in America. They started out with NASA who formulated a team of seven men called the Mercury Seven. The seven individuals were called astronauts. They would be part of the journey ...

Travelling to another planet is referred to interplanetary spaceflight. The term is usually used when travelling to a planet within the same planetary system (Fisher 1). The human race has made tremendous strides in space exploration. Man has made it to the moon and back, which was a great achievement for science as well as the human race. Man may not have stepped onto another planet yet, but significant achievements have been made in interplanetary exploration. There have been explorations using probes that have flown by every planet in the solar system. The New Horizons recently flew by the ...

After almost 55 years since the first human flight into space, we have not yet developed space technology enough to settle in the neighboring planets and the moon, as expected by our ancestors. But in spite of the gradual and perhaps not such a rapid development of space technology, as we would like, the humanity moves progress forward and dreams about the cosmos. Every year mankind spends huge amount of manpower and resources for space programs, which are realized, forcing science and technology to move forward. And it's not a waste, but it's an investment in the future. Unfortunately, ...

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Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) 3 Operation of an AGV 3 Advantages of AGV systems 8 Disadvantages of AGV systems 9 Robotics 9 Elements of a Robotic system 10 Advantages of Robots 12 Disadvantages of robots 12 Conclusion 12

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Introduction During manufacturing and production processes, material handling is key in realizing high throughputs. Most industries however still use manual techniques such as trucks, conveyor belts, and roller chains despite the discovery of automated and advanced systems which could make transportation easier. This is because of cost-related issues. In the long run however, cutting on overhead costs, reliability and flexibility in ...

Space exploration is the process of investigating into physical conditions in space, planets, stars and celestial bodies by use or man-made satellites. In many cases spacecraft’s are used to orbit around the earth and space with a human crew to collect sufficient information of the entire solar system. Space exploration is geared to answering scientific questions on the physical conditions which directly affect people in their day-to-day activities. Purposively, space exploration explains the nature of space and other environmental factors that result from natural forces. A few scientists and public argue that space exploration is not a brilliant ...

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Grandfather said this phrase with a confident voice. It is always the case when we are up late night; sitting on the roof, my grandfather pretends to be Neil Armstrong. He starts to tell us all about that day in July 1969, at 10:56 p.m. EDT, more than half a billion people were watching television waiting for Armstronghim to put his foot on the moon. He is so excited in playing Neil Armstrong’s part, and he keeps saying that this step helped us to evolve ...

The Cold War: Space Race

Introduction The final frontier in the exploration of man during the 20th century was space. For decades, the man had been intrigued by the vastness and the boundlessness of his surroundings. The untapped cradle that formed the home to the planet remained a mystery to man. It was this fascination that created the basis for space exploration even as the man struggled to understand not only his surroundings but also his existence. The desire to understand space created the much needed scientific and technological advancement of humanity. In an effort to understand and conquer space, the man helped advance ...