Sunday, 31 May 2015

Context of Practice 3: Idea 2

Space Race



Quotes
.'beep... beep... beep' - Sputnik 1, 1957
.'We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard' - John F. Kennedy, 1962
.'One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind' - Neil Armstrong, 1969
.'I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution' - Wernher von Braun
.'The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow' - Robert Goddard

Places
. Mare Tranquillitatis, the Moon (Apollo 11 landing site)
. Cape Kennedy, Florida USA (Apollo 11 launch site)
. Baikonur Cosmodrone (Vostok 3KA-3 launch site)
. SPACE
. The Pacific Ocean (The splashdown site where Apollo returned to Earth)

Links
NASA
Russian Federal Space Agency
Cosmonauts, How Russia won the Space Race
The Cold War (It has it's own museum in Virginia, obviously)
National Space Centre (England)






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