Conflict and Blood Diamonds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgqd80026xU
Diamonds are forever

Smithsonian Space and Air Museum in Maryland

On Tuesday, we wem to Maryland to visit the Smithsonian Air and space museum In my opinion, i thought that the museum was actually alright. I learned a lot of information on space and also on the Wright Brothers. There were a couple things that i did not like in the museum. For one thing, the tour was a little too long. The food was very expensive, and when we were waiting for the for the bus, the birds kept on flying around us like we were feeding them

The Harley Davidson and Railroad Museum

I thought that the harley davidson factory was very interesting. I did not know that there were many steps that had to be taken in the creation of a motorcycle. The video that we saw on the history of the harley davidson motorcycle was very imformative. I never new that the Harley Davidson motorcycle company had went through the great depression. The bad thing about this trip was the railroad museum. That museum was so boring that i almost fell asleep on one of the trains even though it was not moving

Nasa Questions

1. Why wear a space suit?

There is no atmospheric pressure and no oxygen in outer space to sustain life. Inside the spacecraft, the atmosphere can be controlled so that special clothing isn't needed, but when outside, humans need the protection of a space suit. Besides providing protection from bombardment by micrometeoroids, the space suit insulates the wearer from the temperature extremes of space.

2.Why are space suits white in color?

White reflects heat in space, the same as it does here on Earth. Temperatures in direct sunlight in space can be over 275 °Fahrenheit.

3.
Who is the prime NASA contractor for the design, development, and manufacture of space suits?
ILC Dover, Inc.

4.What does EMU stand for?

Extravehicular mobility unit

5.Describe the U.S. Navy Mark IV pressure suit.

The Mark IV Pressure Suit is a forerunner of the space suit. It was originally developed for the crew of high-flying aircraft. It was made of aluminum-coated nylon and rubber garments.

6.Which space suits were composed of one piece?

Apollo space suits

7.What were the goals of the Apollo mission?

The Apollo Program spanned 5 years, from 1967 to 1972, and included 12 manned flights. Apollo’s goals went beyond landing Americans on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth. The goals included:

To establish the technology to meet other national interests in space
To achieve preeminence in space for the United States
To develop man’s capability to work in the lunar environment


8.Describe the Apollo space suit.

The Apollo space suit was designed to allow astronauts to venture outside of the spacecraft. Apollo space suit mobility was improved over earlier suits by use of molded rubber joints at the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees. Modifications to the suit waist for Apollo 15 through 17 missions added flexibility making it easier for crewmen to sit on the lunar rover vehicle.
From the skin out, the Apollo A7LB space suit began with an astronaut-worn liquid-cooling garment, similar to a pair of long johns with a network of spaghetti-like tubing sewn onto the fabric. Cool water, circulating through the tubing, transferred metabolic heat from the Moon explorer's body to the backpack and into space.
Apollo space helmets were formed from high strength polycarbonate and were attached to the space suit by a pressure-sealing neck-ring. Unlike Mercury and Gemini helmets, which were closely fitted and moved with the crewman's head, the Apollo helmet was fixed, and the head was free to move within. While walking on the Moon, Apollo crewmen wore an outer visor assembly over the helmet to shield against eye damaging ultraviolet radiation and to maintain head and face thermal comfort.
Completing the Moon explorer's ensemble were lunar gloves and boots, both designed for the rigors of exploring, and the gloves for adjusting sensitive instruments. The new Apollo space suit was the first to have its own life support system rather than being dependent on an umbilical connection to the spacecraft.

9.
What were the goals of the Gemini mission?

The second U.S. manned space program was announced in January 1962. Its two-man crew gave it its name, Gemini, for the third constellation of the Zodiac and its twin stars, Castor and Pollux. Gemini involved 12 flights, including two unmanned flight tests of the equipment. Its major objectives were:
To subject man and equipment to space flight up to 2 weeks in duration
To rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to maneuver the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system
To perfect methods of entering the atmosphere and landing at a preselected point on land

Nasa Astronauts

I am a United States Air Force pilot and test pilot, and have flown over 5,000 hours in 45 different types of aircraft. I served in Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Since becoming an astronaut, I have piloted two Space Shuttle flights and have flown over 8 million miles in space. On STS-92 with my crewmates, I used the Space Shuttle’s robotic arm to assemble key elements to the International Space Station. On STS-112, the crew completed more installation of the Space Station, taking three space walks. STS-112 was the first Shuttle mission to use a camera to view the External Tank, providing a live view of the launch to viewers and flight controllers.

Nasa Astronauts

I am a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, including the first U.S. flight to carry a Russian cosmonaut. Today, I am involved in spaceflight, as the director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. I flew with the first Japanese astronaut on the Shuttle during my first flight. Persistence was a key to my success. I applied to the astronaut program three times before being accepted. I was a mission specialist on Endeavour STS-47, Discovery STS-60, and Discovery STS-85. Science experiments were conducted on a Spacelab module during the STS-47 1992 joint U.S.-Japanese mission. I served as payload commander on the STS-85 1997 Shuttle flight

I was NASA’s science officer on the Expedition 7 mission to the International Space Station from April until October 2003. Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and I were the first two-person crew to live on board the Station following the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in February 2003. I became the first NASA astronaut to both launch and land aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. I was one of the first American astronauts to return from a long-duration spaceflight with almost no loss in bone density and little loss in muscle strength. The crew was given an “exercise prescription” for the workout they had to perform. “And, I did extra on top of that on my own."

Nasa Astronauts

I was the last man on the Moon. I was the commander of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to land on the Moon in 1972. Alan Shepard was my hero. I was named as Alan Shepard’s backup commander for Apollo 14. By the time of that flight, I actually had more spaceflight experience than Shepard. As a pilot, I became the second American to walk in space during the Gemini IX mission in 1966. In 1969, Commander Tom Stafford and I piloted a lunar lander to within 8 nautical miles of the surface of the Moon, in preparation for the Apollo 11 Moon landing.