“Buzz” Aldrin, pilot of the Lunar module for the Apollo 11 space flight to the moon, coincided in his priest shortly before the launch of Apollo 11. Aldrin was scared that neither the Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong, nor the public would understand the social and philosophical ramifications of landing on the moon. Shortly after the Lunar Module landed at Tranquility base, on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, Aldrin asked NASA officials and everyone else who might be listening to take a minute of personal prayer and contemplate what man had just accomplished. Aldrin then preformed he ritual of communion in the Lunar Module. Of a Fire on the Moon, a book surrounding the events of the Apollo 11 journey to the moon, was written by Norman mailer during the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Mailer was approached to write a book about the Space program shortly after he lost a highly publicized race for the Mayor of New York City. Mailer had little or no money, and was given one million-dollars to write the book. For Mailer the third week of July 1969 pointed toward an end”…a curious depression full of fevers, forebodings, and a general sense that the century was done-it had ended in the summer of 1969. “ 1. Mailer’s apocalyptic view of 1969 and the end of a century is a reoccurring theme behind Mailer’s look at the United States Space Program and the flight of Apollo 11. Mailer can only see the political goals of going to the moon, not the romanticism and spirituality that surrounded it. Mailer saw the flight of Apollo 11 as a gigantic, technological achievement, but Mailer believes the technology was developed for all the wrong reasons. 2 Throughout the first few chapter Of a Fire on the Moon, the reader becomes aware of Mailer’s stance on the United States Space Program, and Mailer’s own political and personal beliefs. Mailer was torn in his understanding of why man was attempting to travel to the moon: “Intended by divine will to travel across the heavens, we were now at the least on our way to the moon, and who could know if we were ahead or behind of some schedule the lord had presented us, a schedule which presumably each man and woman alive would keep in the depths of their unconscious along with everything else most vital for the preservation of life.
The world would have been very different if we had not landed on the moon and made it back safely those couple days in July of 1969. Many people were nervous and skeptical that the mission of Apollo 11 wouldn’t work, some even coming to the worst case scenario. As a president, President Nixon had to be prepared for any outcome of this great event in history. Regardless of the mission’s success, a speech was prepared for the outcome of Apollo 11 failing. The speech, In Event of Moon Disaster, written for President Nixon, effectively uses pathos and logos to appeal to a distraught nation in fragile time and uses descriptive language to regain the embodiment of hope again in the country. Because it was written before the event took place, however,
America went to the moon in the 1960’s, during a time of war, a time that was so far behind in technology compared to now, but yet human beings went to the moon . Human beings are capable of many wonderful things and their potential has no limits, except for the limits that are placed by government and society. Neil deGrasse Tyson attempted to liberate NASA from the limits of low funding by giving a speech to the U.S Senate. Tyson used emotion and logical thinking to make the complexity of NASA as relatable to the audience as possible, and by doing so he wanted to convey to them how important NASA is in our society today and the future of the human kind.
Bill Anders, Jim Lovell and Frank Bormann will possibly never be recognized as great theologians, yet their extraordinary act, demonstrated a profound validation of how our vocations can glorify God. In 1969, the Apollo 8 Mission was the most watched television broadcast, these three astronauts, read in turn from the Book of Genesis as they orbited the moon. Bill Anders began, "We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. ‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.’” Each astronaut then continued through the story of creation finishing the broadcast with “and God saw that it was good.”
The Apollo 11 moon-landing was an event that transcended all social, racial, and geopolitical issues. Apollo 11’s television broadcast allowed viewers worldwide to travel with the astronauts in real time, giving the world a sense of community as 600 million earthlings witnessed together the accomplishment of one of the greatest goals ever achieved by mankind. That feeling of global unity is well summarized by poet Archibald MacLeish in his reflection “Riders on Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold” that was published on the front page of The New York Times Christmas day
[REVISE] The success of Apollo 11 which included the historic presence of the first humans on the moon signified the greatest extent of human intellectual advancement. Various circumstances were undertaken throughout the effort in success that established the United States’ superiority in terms of scientific and military progress.
From countdown to splashdown, Apollo 11's mission was filled with some surprising twists and turns. It took a combination of luck, determination and guts for the crew of Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong to get the Eagle to the surface of the moon with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining! Experience the moments leading up to the lunar landing with me.
Apollo 13, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) proclaimed “The Successful Failure”, is one of the administration’s finest hours. I decided to choose this topic because I remembered watching the movie Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks in the seventh grade when we learning about the Milky Way Galaxy. I did not have any background information on Apollo 13 prior to watching the movie and was genuinely curious about the topic. As I researched, I concluded that these events defined one of America’s finest moments even though one of their missions could not land on the moon.
In the movie Apollo 13, a lot of problems and challenges faced the four astronauts, Jem, Ken, Jack and Fred. The first event was done when they were sitting all together, and saw the fire that happened in Apollo 1, the accident occurred during the Plugs Out Integrated Test. The purpose of this test was to demonstrate all space vehicle systems and operational procedures in as near a flight configuration as practical and to verify systems capability in a simulated launch. After the test, a fire blast went on because all the we need to turn the fire “fire triangle” where there, the high-pressure pure oxygen environment fanned the flames and the crew struggled to get out of the capsule. The best solution
The article begins with the difficulties that Armstrong and Aldrin faced as they prepared to land on the moon. Unsure of where they needed to land the astronauts navigated their craft manually through the moon dust that was swirling around them. O’Toole admires the bravery of the two men’s ability to go through with the moon landing.
“Space: They Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth to Touch the Face of God.” Time. 10 February 1986. Web. 3 September 2010. .
On September 12, 1962 John Franklin Kennedy charged the nation to achieve what no other civilization had done before; he charged the United States to place a man on the moon. Kennedy delivered his man on the moon speech in a time of great peril for the United States. It appeared that the Soviet Union was rising faster than the United States was posed to take our place as the world’s super power. His moving speech in Rice Stadium inspired the nation and other nations, to take the challenge and travel to the moon. Kennnedy use of allusions, repetition, and rhetorical questions motivate and embolden his audience, and make a difference that would last forever.
On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union, our chief rival the in Civil War, launched the worlds first satellite, the Sputnik 1 (Piddock, Zissou). Scared the Soviet Union would gain control of space; President John F. Kennedy met with NASA to discuss putting a man on the moon (Piddock, Zissou). The Apollo 11 mission wasn’t just the first lunar-landing attempt: it was a giant step for mankind that came with various consequences (SV; SV). In the NASA meeting Kennedy stated, “Whatever the cost, we must get a man on the moon before the soviets. There’s nothing more important” (Piddock, Zissou).
Growing up it seems every child has a dream at some point to be an astronaut. These children look up every night and see the moon looking back. They want to fly up and explore they lunar surface. This dream would eventually come true for a select group of American astronauts. The dream was not as easy as a grade school child thinks it should be. The United States’ adventure to the moon would come during a chaotic time in human history, the Cold War. The Cold War was a terrifying time for American citizens. Threats of war and nuclear action ran rampant throughout the country and world. A major component to this time frame was space—specifically the race to the moon between The United States and the Soviet Union. President of the United States,
Attention Getter: Before smart phones, before laptop computers, before the internet, engineering, science and individual courage came together to make history, to put a man on the surface of the moon; An event which has inspired all of mankind and today this inspiration is dwindling.
Throughout life I have had many memorable events. The memorable times in my life vary from being the worst times in my life and some being the best, either way they have become milestones that will be remembered forever. The best day of my life was definitely the day that I received my drivers’ license. This day is one of the most memorable because of the feelings I had when I received it, the opportunities that were opened up for me and the long lasting benefits that I received from it that still exist today.