for himself by being the first man to reach Mach 1, the speed of sound. John Glenn was an all-American Marine pilot. Glenn was a religious family man who was ready to do anything he could for his country. He became the poster boy for America's Mercury Project. Yeager and Glenn are two fine examples of American heroes of the 1950's and 1960's. In The Right Stuff, Wolfe presents these men in such a way that the excitement they started is rekindled. Wolfe uses many tools in his recreation of these
Tom Wolfe writes in the book “The Right Stuff” about early jet pilots that demonstrated extreme bravery, and behaviorisms that enabled them to be part of a furtive group of individuals. It has been said that these men usually assemble in groups among themselves in a way that solicited the men to be a part of a privileged membership. It is these pilots with proven courage, and abilities that will go forward testing the next barrier; space. These tried and tested men have willingly placed themselves
Project Mercury Project Mercury, the first manned U.S. space project, became an official NASA program on October 7, 1958. The Mercury Program was given two main but broad objectives: 1. to investigate man’s ability to survive and perform in the space environment and 2. to develop basic space technology and hardware for manned space flight programs to come. NASA also had to find astronauts to fly the spacecraft. In 1959 NASA asked the U.S. military for a list of their members who met certain qualifications
Mercury is inarguably one of the most, if not the most, captivating metals on the periodic table because of its unorthodox existence as well as its properties. The element mercury is a highly intricate metal that’s composition, history, and presence in modern science has keep it so prevalent for thousands of years until recently. In this essay, one will examine all components of mercury, both physical and chemical, as well as its history and modern life, in order to paint the reader a much more heightened
The majority of people have a very basic understanding of Earth, the planet we reside in, let alone the seven other planets in our solar system. The eight planets surrounding our star, the Sun, are separated into two very simple categories: Jovian and Terrestrial Planets. Throughout this paper, I will be explaining the basic structure and properties of the eight planets in our solar system, along with a brief history on the discovery of our solar system and what’s to come in the future. I will also
and groundwater. Some overwhelming metals incorporate: • Lead (Pb) • Mercury (Hg) • Chromium (Cr) (in spite of the fact that just the structure Cr(vi) is dangerous) • Zinc (Zn) • Copper (Cu) • Arsenic (As) • Nickel (Ni) • Cadmium (Cd) A few of these components are necessary for human health, and are useful when taken into the form in nourishments or as supplements at suitable, low levels. Alternately, cadmium, lead and mercury have no known living capacity and are lethal to people. Dis...
was the first space mission to be sent to Mercury. Before this launch, very little was known about the planet. Because of the little knowledge about the innermost planet, the discoveries scientists uncovered in this mission shocked them. But because scientists became curious, this eventful mission blasted off. Mariner 10 was the most eventful Mercury mission because of the challenges faced in space, the facts that were discovered about Venus and Mercury, and the current state of the spacecraft. The
and make-up. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets which are also in our solar system, but they are unimportant compared to the nine major planets. In this paper I will discuss the planets and how they are each unique. Mercury which is the planet that is closest to the sun is the first planet I will discuss. Mercury is the smallest of the inner planets. It is speculated that
smallest planet, Mercury. However, there is no scientific reason whatsoever to pick the size of Mercury as being the size of the smallest object to be called a planet. Mercury itself is less than half the size of Mars, and Mars is only about half the size of Earth or Venus. Earth and Venus are only about one-seventh the size of Jupiter. Why not pick one-tenth the size of Jupiter as the size of the smallest planet, if the cutoff is going to be chosen arbitrarily? In that case, Mars, Mercury and Pluto would
that, its resistance fell when cooled to a very low value that depended on the metal’s purity. As the temperature of mercury was reduced toward 0K, the value of the resistance would fall smoothly until the resistance fell extremely suddenly at about 4K. Below 4K, mercury passed into a new state with electrical properties unlike those previously known: this new state that mercury had entered was called the “superconducting state.” Superconductivity can be destroyed if a sufficiently strong magnetic
Through history, as said before, many philosophers have supported and developed what Pythagoras first exposed to the world. One of the most important philosophers to support Pythagoras’s ideas was Plato. In some of his writings he discusses the creation of the universe based on the musical proportions discovered by Pythagoras (Timaeus), and the explanation of the sound emitted by the planets, which is exposed in the “Myth of Er” in The Republic. It talks about a man who died and came back to life
Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler is now remembered for discovering the three laws of planetary motion, and writing about them in books that were published in 1609 and 1619. He also did important work in optics, discovered two new regular polyhedra, gave the first mathematical treatment of close packing of equal spheres, gave the first proof of how logarithms worked, and devised a method of finding the volumes of solids of revolution. This can be seen as contributing to the development of calculus
JUNO is a NASA mission to the planet Jupiter. The Juno spacecraft is scheduled to launch aboard an Atlas V-551 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in Aug. 2011. (www.nasa.gov). It will take 5 years to reach Jupiter, arriving in July 2016. It will orbit Jupiter 33 times. The purpose of the mission is to explore Jupiter’s structure and atmosphere. The main aim of this mission is to understand how the planet Jupiter originated and thus help us understand the evolution of the gas giants. This knowledge
Tick, tick, tick, BOOM! Imagine in the future you have a home that does everything for you. Makes your breakfast, cleans, and wakes you up. Now, what would happen if all of humanity died? How would the house act? What about nature? Ray Bradbury's “The Soft Rains Will Come” is a story about a future where most (we don't know if all) are dead, and a smart home goes through its daily routine. But it faces some unexpected problems. The First thing that Ray Bradbury shows is how some animals have become
here about a year ago. Ever since she came, I've had a huge crush on her. Every seven years, it is said that the sun is going to come out. The rain will recede, and the light from the sun will show through. But, the only thing is that
Mercury, historically known as quicksilver, is a unique element, whose long history and characteristics are some to be marveled at. A silvery white transition metal, mercury has a high luster, giving it a mirror-like appearance. It is the only metal that remains liquid at room temperature, yet it is not wet. This is because of its inability to be absorbed by other substances; instead, when spilled, it forms small, spherical beads. These beads are highly mobile and tremble at the slightest touch.
heavy metals, the problems presented by disposal and recycling of heavy metals, their dangerous effects, and their containing products. Many studies show that the main hazards to human health from heavy metals are associated with exposition to lead, mercury, and cadmium. According to many resources, in general, Heavy metals can be defined as any metallic chemical component that has a relatively high density and is toxic at low concentrations. For thousands of years, they have been used in many different
The Life of Johannes Kepler HIS LIFE Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician ho discovered that planetary motion is elliptical. Early in his life, Kepler wanted to prove that the universe obeyed Platonistic mathematical relationships, such as the planetary orbits were circular and at distances from the sun proportional to the Platonic solids (see paragraph below). However, when his friend the astronomer Tycho Brahe died, he gave Kepler his immense collection of astronomical
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has yet to be discovered as in depth as Juno will. NASA New Frontiers recently established the Juno Mission to observe Jupiter (Ionescu 1). The spacecraft is currently on route to Jupiter and it is set to arrive in 2016. Juno will orbit Jupiter thirty-three times total before shutting down (Ionescu 1). Juno will observe Jupiter with deeper observation than can be seen by a telescope. The Juno Spacecraft is a project made to discover Jupiter’s high
Over the past decade scientists have discovered hundreds of new planets, some of which are habitable like earth. There are two methods that scientists use to discover these planets. The first method is called the Photometric Transit or “wink” method. This method relies mainly on a planets orbit across the disc of its parent star in our line of sight. The other method, which is what most scientist use, is referred to as the wobble method. Through this method, we predict the presence of planets by