Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Earth without atmosphere

Earths atmosphere is the thing the planet unique. From outer space the atmosphere is a thick blue layer. It holds in the air so people can breath. the atmosphere gives us wheather.Rain,sunshine,snow or any type of wheater.If we didn't have the atmosphere we would die because of no air and No wheater. These are the reasons if we didnt have an atmosphere.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Q:What is a rocket?
A: A rocket is a machine that is used to go into outer space to explore.

Q: Where and when were rockets first developed?
A:In 1950 and the first Atlas rocket was made in NASA

Q:What purpose was the rocket initially developed?
A:The rocket was used to launched probes and satellites into orbit

Q: What is thrust?
A: Thrust is a force that propels something to move forward.

Q: How do rockets create thrust?
A:when the bottom side of the rocket expels gas in the opposite direction.

Q: How does a multistage rocket works?
A: The first part of the rocket called an Atlas provides enough thrust for launch.Then when the Atlas disengages the second part of the rocket called the Centaur helps the payload get into the atmosphere. The last stage is the payload.this is where the satellite or the probe is at.

Q:What is the difference between multistage rocket compared to a single stage rocket?
A: the difference between gas, because a rocket can only hold so much. As to where a multistage rocket can a certain amount in one part then gas in the next and so on and so forth.

Q:Why can the third stage of the rocket can go faster even though it has less fuel?
A:The reason why is that one,it weights less, two,the third stage of the rocket doesn't need to apply as much thrust as the first part does.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

the science of rockets

Since 1950 rockets have helped us explore the moon and other plants.The rocket is in made up of different parts. the first part, is the Atlas it stores fuel for rockets.teh second part is the centaur. it holds the spaceship or satelites.that is the summery of the science of rockets.

Exploring space today

There is a new technology planned for the ISS (international space staion) a "personal satellite assistant. A sphereical robot that floats next to the astronuat using small fans to cahange course or move in varios directions. The assistant will be powered by solar cells to monitor temperature,air equality, and pressure to if there is any enviromenal issues in the station even in remote areas of the station. the assistant has a videophone so astronuats can intercommunicate with each other anywhere around the space station and earth.

Using space science on Earth

For the space program,NASA gets less than 1% of every dollar in the U.S. budget there is much contraversy about the program, instead of using all that money for the space program we should use the money for somthin else like education or medical research. I counter of this,NASA has made a web site of of basic knowledge gives use better explanation of Earth. Many technological breakthroughs from the space program, like the many applications in satellite communications. NASA has supported many jobs also good for the ecomony. Overall, space serves as an inspiration to humans into the unknown to push back boundaries.

The space program

The start of NASA(national aerodautiss and space administration) was started is 1958 to explore space. NASA immediately embarked on project Murcury to see whether humans could live in space.With such seccession with project Murcury lead to project Gemini, whiched involved with two astronauts living in space.NASA learned how to live in space and maneuver spacecraft in flight.After project Gemini quickly fallowed the Apollo missions which even though ended in 1972, it started up again in 1981.