HUMAN ENDEAVORS IN SPACE! For All Mankind
RECENT HISTORY! Mythical part of culture, fantasy & SciFi Could not be a reality until rocket and electronic technology
WHY GO TO SPACE? Discovery! Broaden Scientific Understanding Applications to Serve Humanity
Q:WHO GOES TO SPACE? A:MOSTLY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS WHY? Cost (only ones who can afford it) Coordination (giant projects) National Security
WHY DO GOVERNMENTS WANT TO GO TO SPACE? Increase scientific knowledge National Prestige Security and Military strength Public benefit of technology
Ansari X Prize Started in May 1996 $10 million prize Goals: non-government organization Capable of carrying 3 people 100 km above Earth Function twice in 2 weeks Won in 2004 by SpaceShipOne designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Paul Allen (Microsoft co-founder) There are other X Prizes for various feats of science
PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE FLIGHT Private companies Motivations: - Profit - Science Advancement Not bound by national interest or politics The New Era of Spaceflight??
SPACE TOURISM THE ULTIMATE VACATION? Going simply for the experience! Driven by $$$ Gaining interest, but will the thrill last? Spaceport America, NM Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic
CURRENT COST OF A TICKET WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC: $200,000
THREE MAIN WAYS TO EXPLORE SPACE Satellite orbits the Earth. Used for remote sensing, communications relay, space observing, military surveilence Probe sent elsewhere to study a specific area or conduct specific mission (Cassini Probe, Voyager Probe, etc.) Capsule/Shuttle move people and cargo from point A to B. Capsule = one time use Shuttle = reusable
SPACE AGE!!!! 1957 - PRESENT October 4 th, 1957 USSR launches Sputnik, then tells us! Soviet Union is first in space! America craps its pants November 3 rd, 1957 Sputnik II is launched Contains Laika the dog, first living thing sent to space Weight of payload proves USSR capable of sending atomic weapons into space
AMERICAN RESPONDS EVENTUALLY December 6, 1957 America launches Project Vanguard Payload is tiny EPIC FAIL January 31 st, 1958 Explorer 1 becomes first successful satellite Military endeavor Discovers the Van Allen Radiation Belts
OCTOBER 1958 NASA IS BORN! Eisenhower creates NASA as a civilian space organization to avoid the escalation of the Cold War arms race
SOVIETS CONTINUE BEING FIRST IN SPACE April 12 th, 1961 USSR launches Yuri Gagarin into orbit 1 st human in space America craps its pants again
FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE Famous quote before launch: Don t F*ck Up, Shepard Now known as Shepard s Prayer May 5 th, 1961 Alan Shepard becomes second person in space, first American Spent only 15 minutes in space!
LET S BE FIRST IN SOMETHING ELSE 1961 President Kennedy ain t no second place president!..before the end of the decade, put a man on the Moon. America s scientists crap their pants 1961-1969 America s scientists work their butts off. 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are first to step ON THE FRIGGIN MOON!!!1!!1!1! Apollo 11 space mission Michael Collins waits behind AMERICA! F-YEAH!!1!!
AMERICA IS AWESOME. No other country has landed people on the Moon 6 successful missions to the Moon, 12 people total (all 12 were white, male, Christian, Eagle Scouts) Last time we were on the Moon 1972 China and India are planning for the next two decades!
WHO HAS SPACE PROGRAMS? Over 30 countries so far!
UNITED STATES OF MURICA: NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration Astronauts This is how NASA rolls
RUSSIA: ROSCOSMOS Russian Federal Space Agency Cosmonauts
CHINA: CNSA China National Space Administration Taikonauts Only these three countries have sent their own people into space
OTHER MAJOR PROGRAMS ESA European Space Agency ISRO Indian Space Research Organization JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
EVEN MORE SPACE PROGRAMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_space_agencies United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Created in 1958 Concerned with the peaceful use of space Future international issues in space: Claiming land / property rights Colonization Wars in space Contacting Extraterrestrials
SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT? http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsec ondary/features/f_astronaut_requirements.html