Annotated Bibliography On Apollo 13

The day had come all the Workers were at their stations. 30 minutes before descent and the crew had set a record. They had gone around the world in 90 minutes. After that they had been ready for descent. Half way down the left wings system and wing a=had malfunctioned and NASA had thought of it to be a glitch.

In addition, since Mars is so dangerous, the colonists that go to Mars could die or catch a disease on the trip to Mars. Mars is 140million miles away, and it would take nine months to get to Mars. Being stuck in a small, dangerous place for nine months knowing you could get easily hurt and that you’re going to die soon would not be fun. Therefore it would not be fun or ok to send people to

Introduction This paper will analyze and review two films (Apollo 13 / Paths Of Glory) for leadership and management theories on their storylines. Apollo 13 is a space documentary, drama film (1995) based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Apollo 13 aborted lunar mission for the moon in 1970. In the movie, the Apollo 13 spacecraft experienced tremendous internal damage shortly after take-off. Recognizing the state of the Apollo 13 spacecraft and fearing for the lives of its astronauts, NASA Mission Control must immediately come up with a plan to return the astronauts safely back to earth. The second film, Paths of Glory, is a war-drama film (1957) which dramatized the anti-war sentiments of soldiers during World War

Across the nation and globe, the population stood still as the Apollo 11 moon landing took place live on their television screens and radio inputs. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," became the immortal words of the century. The moon landing was a moment of greatness for all back on Earth. The beginning of the twentieth century was not off to a great start. In the early 1900s, women still did not have the right to vote for political issues.

The Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster was a horrible accident that occurred on January 28 of 1986 at The Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The cause of the incident was determined as a malfunction in the O-rings, which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster and had failed to do so due to cold weather. Engineers working on the space shuttle on the day of liftoff warned their superiors of the vulnerability of the O-rings at low temperature, these warnings were ignored. The American shuttle orbiter Challenger exploded 73 seconds after take off. The families of

The afternoon of January thirteenth in 1982 change the aviation system forever. Air Florida flight 90 was scheduled to take off in Washington D.C. and land in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The airplane did not make it to the destination, it stop working in mid air after less than one mile from the airport and 20 seconds in the air. There are many conspiracy theories around the accident but they are irrelevant and in this paper I am going to try to explain in an understandable way all that happened that tragic day. I will explain that there are many factors that led to the accident affecting hundreds of people.

He then goes on to reflect back on the only other space accident that happened nineteen years ago, almost to the day. In that accident we lost three astronauts on the

Apollo 13's mission objective was to be the third mission to get to the Moon. Unfortunately, that didn't quite happen. Shortly after Apollo 13 breached Earth's atmosphere, one of their air tanks malfunctioned, and blew up. The crew noticed oxygen levels decreasing at a surprising rate. They had to take action and fast.

Comparing Odyssey to Apollo 13 In Apollo 13 and Homer’s Odyssey, problems occur as the men try to return home. During the Apollo 13 mission, there were many struggles that occurred as the men tried to journey to the moon. The major conflict that arises only a few days into the mission was the explosion of the gas tanks which plummeted their oxygen supply into outer space. Just as the gas tanks caused a great difficulty almost halting the men’s trip home, Odysseus also faces a huge problem that causes him to rethink his plans. While he was traveling home, he was washed up on an island occupied by Calypso, who prohibited his leaving it.

I know what you’re thinking… debris? That doesn’t exactly sound pleasant… or safe, for that matter. Don’t worry. The particles that enter the earth’s atmosphere are actually what cause the “falling star” effect. (I hate to break the news to you guys, but that falling star you made a wish on last year?