The Conquest of Outer Space

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The Conquest of Outer Space

• By
• Hunter Isaac
• Michaela Bartlett
• 4-25-2008

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Introduction

• First Space excursion
• Space war with soviets
• Landing on the moon
• Apollo 13

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First space excursion

• In the mid 1950s the Soviets, successfully
  launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik
  1, into orbit.
• Then in the early 1960s the Soviets we
  victorious again and sent a human into space.

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Space war with Soviets

• The United Sates embarked on an accelerated
  scientific journey, containing a series of
  technological obstacles, in order to over take
  the Soviets.
• In the 1960s the Soviets were again successful
  after they sent the first human into space.
• A few months later the united states responded
  by Project Mercury and Gemini.
• The united states felt the soviets were still
  ahead of them. So the Kennedy administration
  challenged NASA to land a man on the moon before
  the close of the decade.

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Landing on the Moon

• Millions of viewers were glued to their
  televisions.
• As the Apollo 11 mission created another
  significant entry for our historical journals.
• Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became
  the first men to take a walk on the Moon--the
  United Sates had won the race.

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Apollo 13

• The problems of Apollo 13 added to public
  uncertainty with the program, although before the
  mission was aborted because of an explosion
  onboard, Apollo 13, was barely noticed by the
  public.
• NASA tended to downplay the problems it had with
  Apollo 13, so the public was never really fully
  informed about the dangers that existed for the
  crew.

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Conclusion

• The Soviets were the first to get something into
  space.
• Then there was a space war.
• Then we won the war by sending the first person
  to walk on the moon.

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Work Cited

• Contemporary Technology Innovation, Issues, and
  Perspectives
• Linda Rae Markert Patricia Ryaby Backer
• Published 2003
• Page Number 98