Space Program
“ We Stand today on the edge of a New Frontier” Kennedy wanted to broaden his vision of progress in what he called the New Frontier which inspired the quote above. Kennedy addressed Americans as “New Pioneer” and he wanted to explore “ uncharted areas of science and space”. After this speech Kennedy gave young engineers a challenge for the future, and a goal of sending a man to space. The dream that Kennedy was trying to achieve was difficult to accomplish because by 1960 America was in a recession.
On April 12, 1961 Soviet consmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human in space. Kennedy took this as a challenge, and proposed America to surpass the soviets by sending a man to the moon. In less than a month America had made a replica of the soviet fleet, later that year the communications satellite called Telstar sent live pictures across the world. NASA constructed new launch facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Houston, Texas, which would also be mission control. Seven years later, on July 20, 1969, the U.S would achieve its goal. People around the nation, watched US astronaut Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon.
As a result of this famous achievement Universities extended their science, and space programs. Federal funding for research gave birth to new industries and also new consume good’s for the nation.
By: Da Vonnia, and Edoardo
8 comments:
your post is really helpful and interesting because you have a nice writing style and you include a lot of information. your post is also easy to read.
You start out with a great picture, clearly illustrating your point. Your use of Kennedy's quote is very efficient, and you use paragraphs very well.
Easy to read, great job!
Short and sweet. Just the kind of post I like to read. Although maybe a bit too short. However, it does a very good job of summarizing the main ideas in a few easy to read sentences.
I like this topic. The picture at the beginning is nice, and the summary you gave of the history of space exploration is concise and informative. I didn't know that space exploration began while the US was in a recession.
I like how it was short and to the point and you had a visual to start off the paragraph. I also enjoyed reading this topic. Your paragraphs also flowed quite nicley. Nice work.
I liked how you guys started out with a quote. also the format was good and the picture was a good visual. It is nice how this impacted the universities in their science program. overall it was neat and well done.
Good picture it really makes people interested in the topic. A quote was a good way to start off the blog. good job! this blog had a lot of good facts.
Great picture to start off with, but perhaps too many quotes in the beginning paragraph. A good summary however of the space race, but next time include a bit more background information.
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