The New Space Race.ppt

thenewspacerace background thespacerace thespaceracewasamid to latetwentiethcenturycompetitionbetweenthesovietunion ussr andtheunitedstates usa forsupremacyinouterspaceexploration between1957and1975 coldwarrivalrybetweenthetwonationsfocusedonattainingfirstsinspaceexploration whichwereseenasnecessaryfornationalsecurityandsymbolicoftechnologicalandideologicalsuperiority source http en wikipedia org wiki the space race thesovietunion in1957 thefirstartificialsatellites sputnikonewassuccesfullylaunchedinussr source www let leidenuniv nlhistoryivhsputnik1 jpg itcausedpubliccontroversyinusa sputnikcrisis nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration nasa wasestablished source http en wikipedia org wiki the space race theunitedstates apollo11 carriedoutbytheunitedstates wasthespaceflightthatlandedthefirsthumansonearth smoononjuly20 1969 neilarmstrongwasthefirstpersonevertosetfootonthemoon that sonesmallstepforaman onegiantleapformankind source source source http en wikipedia org wiki the space race thenewspacerace anumberofothercountrieshavefollowedtheleadofthesepioneersinexploringspace france india chinaandisraelhaveemployedsatellitesurveillance andmanyothercountrieshaveaspaceagencyofsomesort fromtheunitedkingdomtobraziltogermanytotheukrainetospain http www realtruth org articles 100709 003 international html newcomerstospace china chinaismakinggreatstridesinspaceinoctoberof2003 chinabecamethethirdtohaveindependenthumanspaceflightcapabilitywiththelaunchoftheshenzhou5 hewasthefirstchinesesentintospacebyshenzhou5 yangliwei 遥感卫星remotesensingsatellite chinesefirstrecoverablesatellite中国第一颗返回式卫星 试验宇宙飞船experimentalspacecraft 神舟号shenzhou divinevessel the1stchineseunmannedspacecraftsuccessfullylaunched itconsistedoftheorbitalmodule re entrymoduleandpropellingmodule there entrymodulewassuccessfullyrecovered 嫦娥二号chang e 2 moonprobe source thenewspacerace spacetourismistherecentphenomenonofspacetravelbyindividualsforthepusposeofpersonalpleasure andsettingupcommercialspacetourismservicesisarealistictargetforbusinesstoday asfor2006 spacetourismisonlyaffordabletowealthyindividualsandcorporations spacetourism dennisanthonytitoisafounder chairmanandceoofwilshireassociatesincorporated hewasthefirstspacetouristin2001 forthistrip titopaid20milliondollarsforeightdaysinspace forme itwaslikebeinginheaven itwaslikebeinginasecondlife dennistito anoushehansariaveryrichwomanandanactiveproponentofworld changingtechnologies shebecamethefirstwomantotravelspace byreachingthisdreami vehadsincechildhood ihopetotangiblydemonstratetoyoungpeopleallovertheworldthatthereisnolimittowhattheycanaccomplish anoushehansari untilnowfewpeoplehaveflownintospace andthat sonlyaftergoingthroughrigorousmedicalexaminations enduringmonthsoftrainingandshellingoutbetween 20millionand 45millionfortheprice virgingalactic acommercialspace flightcompany ticketswillcost 200 000 butpricesarelikelytofallswiftlyastheindustrygrows spaceadventures anotherspace travelcompany theywillrunsimilarflightstovirgin sformorelike 100 000 expertssaysthatin10years thecostofatripintospacecoulddroptoaround 50 000 quicksub orbitaljaunts thevirgingalacticexperiencewillstartwithacoupleofdayslightpreparation medicaltests safetytrainingandsometimeforthespacetravelersandpilotstogettoknoweachother theaircraftwillsetoffattachedtoamothership whichwillclimbto50 000feetbeforedetaching thentheenterprise srocketmotorswillignite acceleratingtheshiptothreetimesthespeedofsound takingitupovertheearth satmosphere atthatpoint theengineswillshutoff leavingpassengersweightless abletotumblefreely and mostimportantly seeearthfromspace that sthepointwhentheswitchflicks saysattenborough ceoofvirgingalactic yougetanunderstandingofthefragilityoflifeandthebeautyoftheplanet afterfourorfiveminutesgravitywillbegintodragtheenterprisebackdowntoearth thewholetripisoverinlessthananhour credit virgingalactic sky26 orbitalflights spaceadventuresisplanningtotakeitscustomersevenfurther forlonger thecompanyhasalreadysentsevenprivatecitizensonorbitalflights whichtravelhundredsofthousandsofmiles asopposedtosub orbital s100miles andlastaround10days orbitalisabsolutelyarealspace travelexperience i