kennedy and the space program. kennedy background born in mass.- 1917 war hero wwii- jackie debated...
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Kennedy Background
• Born in Mass.- 1917• War hero WWII- Jackie• Debated Nixon in 1960 and won as
Democratic/ Roman Catholic candidate• Assassinated Nov. 21 1963 in Dallas by
Lee Harvey Oswald• Important more for what he could have
done that what he did
May 25, 1961- Speech to Joint Session of Congress
"...if we are to win the battle that is now going on around the world between freedom and tyranny, the dramatic achievements in space which occurred in recent weeks should have made clear to all of us, as did Sputnik in 1957, the impact of this adventure on the minds of men everywhere... Now it is time to take longer strides-time for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth. ...we have never made the national decisions or marshaled the national resources required for such leadership. We have never specified long-range goals on an urgent time schedule... Space is open to us now; and our eagerness to share its meaning is not governed by the efforts of others. We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share...
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...".
To Reach the Moon
How do we get there
a) We sent three modules
to collect information
b) Alan Shepard 15 seconds
c) A specific plan
All well and good, but how do we get there?
Direct Ascent- one craft, one landing craft, bigger rocket
Earth Orbit Rendezvous- Many pieces put together in Earth orbit
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous- All sent up together and put together in lunar orbit
The Early Years of (Wo)Manned Space Flight
Firsts- mostly Soviet (Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin)
American- Mercury- Shepard, Glenn, Ed White
Gemini- 14 days in a Volkswagen
sized compartment These flights had to practice
the different actions necessary for a lunar landing
Setbacks and Blowups
How could Ivan beat Johnny? Project Vanguard
a) Grapefruit sized IGY satellite
b) Sputnik quickened timetable
c) Ended with a “bang” and a blinking IGY in the weeds
Mercury-Atlas 1 also blows up 58 seconds into the flight
Apollo 1
Ed White, Gil Grissom, and Roger Chaffee killed in flash fire training on land for their mission
Space Race delayed for 20 months in response
Products from Space
To the moon cost 25- 35 billion, worth it?
Scratch-resistant Lenses
Freeze-Dried Food
Athletic Shoes
CAT & MRI Technologies
Cordless Power Tools
Interest In Space
Suits for Race Car Drivers
Tang
Enriched baby food
Water purification
Pool purification
Ribbed swimsuits
Golf ball dynamics
Sports training
Athletic shoes
Dust buster
shock-absorbing helmets
home security systems
smoke detectors
flat panel televisions
high-density batteries
cool sportswear
hair styling appliances
fogless ski goggles
self-adjusting sunglasses
composite golf clubs
hang gliders
art preservation
quartz crystal timing equipment.
Solar energy and photovoltaic cells.
Fire resistant materials.
Computers and Semi-Conductors
Weather Forecasting Aids.
Virtual reality
Cool Suits
Programmable Pace Maker
Micro lasers
Magnetic Liquids
Emergency Rescue Cutters.
trash compactors
food packaging and freeze-dried technology