Space
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Human Access to Space flight
Science
Space
Technology
The answers to some of the greatest philosophical questions humans have ever had – where did we come from, what is the meaning of life, are we alone? – can potentially be unlocked by looking out into space. Arguments about the cost vs. reward of these programs occasionally creep up, but the economics of space…
Space Travel Reality or Not
Astronomy
Space
What is the difference between remote space travel and normal space travel? Facts: when it comes to comparing Remote space travel to traditional ways of space travel Remote space travel is more economical and less complex than traditional space travel. Most astronomers will tell you that virtually anything a human can do on another planet,…
Enhanced Homogeneous Space Coding with Defective Synchronization
Communication
Space
Technology
Abstract Improved Differential distributed space-time coding (I-DDSTC) has been considered to improve both diversity and data rate in cooperative communications in the absence of channel information. However, conventionally, it is assumed that relays are perfectly synchronized in the symbol level. In practice, this assumption is easily violated due to the distributed nature of the relay…
Space Worker Katherine Goble Johnson
Science
Space
Technology
Hello, my name is Caroline Bowman and I am a student working at Margaret B. Pollard Middle School in Chapel Hill North Carolina. I am writing to inform you about a space worker, Katherine Goble Johnson. The information below contains details about Biography, the Legacy and importance, and how they are important today. To begin,…
Characteristics and Shared Values That Make Space Travel Possible
Behavior
Psychology
Space
This article examines whether there are certain personality characteristics and shared values that are common in those that are operating in different extreme environment settings. This is done to determine the generalizability of these characteristics for future space flight. As we currently understand, space travel includes factors such as isolation, confinement and limited options for…
Development of the Space Flight Industry
Space
Technology
Transport
The possibility of manned flight had been a dream and fascination for centuries, with artists like Leonardo da Vinci depicting images of flying machines and inventors creating gliders and heavier-than-air flying machines as early as 1010 C.E. (White). It wasn’t until the 20th century that heavier-than-air-flying machines would become a reality. After human flight was…
Contrast American and Russian Human Space Flight Programs
Space
Space Exploration
This era was known as the space race unfortunately the Russians were the first to have a human fly in space. In 1961 Yuri Gagarin flew Vostok 1 one orbit around the moon (Manuel, 2017). The United States responded to this two weeks later with a fifteen minute suborbital flight. Things started getting really interesting…
Galileo Galilei Has Been Interested in Space Since Childhood
Astronomy
Galileo Galilei
Space
Staring into the unknown, I get lost. Turn on the flashlight, look into the binoculars, and stare. With squinting eyes, pointing fingers, and a flashlight in my hand, I was the nerdy eight-year-old who had an obsession with the night sky. Outer space holds many wonders. Imagine, illuminated celestial bodies— unified, yet so distant —…