the future of nasa and other space progams: what's next?
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NASA - a short history, current projects, industry privatization and future projects. Discussion question: Is where the industry going a good direction? Would it have been more worthwhile to keep the focus on scientific endeavors versus the commercial direction we are currently headed?TRANSCRIPT
By Allaire, Marissa, Maggie, and Kristie
THE FUTURE OF NASA AND OTHER SPACE PROGRAMS: WHAT’S NEXT?
A History of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“WELL, SPACE IS THERE, AND WE’RE
GOING TO CLIMB IT.”
In 1915, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics founded by President Woodrow Wilson.
Federally-funded agency for “emergency measures” during WWI
Improvement of fl ight safety
Question if fl ight into space was even possible.
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS: THE NACA
October 4, 1957, Sputnik launched
November 3, 1957, launched second unmanned satellite into orbit with Laika.
Sputnik II proved that a living creature could sustain life while in space
New Era of Space fl ight
A RACE TO SPACE: THE USSR CHALLENGES THE US
A TIN CUP AND A SPACE PUP: SPUTNIK I & LAIKA
Explorer I US Navy’s Vanguard
A RACE TO SPACE, CONTINUED: THE US PLAYS BALL WITH THE SOVIETS
NACA deemed too-small
Manned fl ights!
July 26, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Act, would fund all of the United States’ future space endeavors.
Congress and public balked at claiming of space
“FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MANKIND:” THE BIRTH OF NASA
NASA - federally-funded civilian agency.
NASA 100 million-dollar annual
budget three major laboratories
Open letter written entitled “Introduction to Outer Space,” gave the fledgling agency its motto…
“FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MANKIND:” THE BIRTH OF NASA
“These opportunities reinforce my conviction that we and other nations have a great responsibility to promote the peaceful use of space and to utilize the new knowledge obtainable from space science and technology for the benefit of all mankind.”
Excerpt from “Introduction to Outer Space,” by President Eisenhower.
MARCH 26, 1958
President John F. Kennedy sworn into offi ce on January 20, 1961
progress in space over the Soviet Uniona (potential) victory of democracy over communism
FLY ME TO THE MOON: THE MERCURY, GEMINI, & APOLLO
PROJECTS
“First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon…But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon…it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.”
Excerpt from JFK’s jo int address to Congress, asking for addit ional funds for NASA.
MAY 25, 1961
PROJECT MERCURY (1961-1963)
Alan B. Shepard, Jr., first American to fly into space, return.
THE MERCURY FLIGHTS
February 20, 1962: John H. Glenn Jr.
THE MERCURY FLIGHTS
Project Gemini encompassed a series of ten missions over a year
two astronauts into space, and creating a capsule large enough for such a mission.
PROJECT GEMINI (1965-1966)
On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward H. White, Jr.completed the first spacewalk.
GEMINI 4
NASA’s mission to reach the moon by the end of the decade nearly stopped when the program suff ered its fi rst major tragedy.
On January 27, 1967, astronauts Virgil Grissom, Roger B. Chaff ee, and Edward H. White, Jr., were killed when a fi re engulfed one of the fi rst capsules during Apollo I.
PROJECT APOLLO (1968-1972)
APOLLO I CASUALTIES
Apollo missions realize Kennedy’s dream of sending a man safely to the moon and back before the end of the decade.
Neil ArmstrongBuzz AldrinMichael Collins
“ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND:” APOLLO 11
Another group to go to the moon
compromise in the oxygen tank
“HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM:” APOLLO 13
Tragically, the capsule fire that killed three men during the Apollo I mission,
and the close call with Apollo 13, would not be the only tragedies to plague
NASA. In the 1980s and early 2000s, two more missions would go awry, taking the lives of fourteen US astronauts and one
civilian.
FAILURE TO LAUNCH: THE COLUMBIA AND CHALLENGER
TRAGEDIES
By the 1980s, NASA developed a new space craft; the space shuttle.
Death of seven person crew Including school teacher,
Christa McAuliffe.
JANUARY 28, 1986: THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER
Reentry tragedy
Foam insulation
FEBRUARY 3, 2003: THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DISASTER
The Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters did much to damage the American public’s perception
of NASA. In the decades following the initial moon landing of Apollo 11, many Americans began to
question whether manned fl ights into space were worth the risk of losing anymore life.
~Indeed, NASA’s early years were fuelled by social and
political ambitions to extend American democracy beyond earthly borders, especially during the height of
the Cold War. But after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, much of the old “race to space” urgency has
been lost– which has lead to a loss of funding for the program that is, in President Eisenhower’s words,
meant “for the benefit of all mankind.”
DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF CHALLENGER & COLUMBIA
What do you think about the future of NASA?
NASA DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
According to The Lamron, NASA, despite its continual progress, such as revealing more information about our galaxy’s origins and age via the Hubble Space Telescope– is in danger of major budget cuts that could potentially slow or halt such progress altogether.
With Obama’s budget proposed for 2014 cutting NASA’s funding by $300 million , do you think NASA is being unfairly targeted for budget cuts? What other programs could be cut instead?
NASA BUDGET CUTS: PUTTING THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION ON THE
LINE?
Cassini mission
WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY CUT?
WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY CUT?
Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Offi ce (C3PO)C3PO creates privately owned and operated space
transportation systems and NASA acts as a lead investor and customer.
SpaceX and Orbital
NASA’S CURRENT ENDEAVORS
SPACEX: DRAGON
Free flying, reusable spacecraftDesigned to deliver both cargo and people into space In 2012, DRAGON became the fi rst commercial
spacecraft in history to deliver cargo to the International Space Station and safely deliver cargo to Earth
“Space exploration and the benefits it yields – in medicine and information technology- should not be overlooked” –Ben Barr Cat scans More functional artificial limbs Insulin pumps Ventricular Assist Device (VADs)
SPACE INVENTIONS BEING USED ELSEWHERE
The ISS is an orbiting laboratory as well as space port that is a collaborative eff ort between 16 nations
Benefits of the ISS for civilians Neurosurgical medical technology Water purification technology Agricultural monitoring Student amateur radio interaction Remote telemedicine
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Curiosity RoverMajor Objective: “Find evidence of a past environment
well suited to supporting microbial life” (NASA.gov) Mission succeeded
MARS EXPLORATION: CURIOSITY ROVER
The MAVEN Orbiter was “sent to study the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere over the course of at least one Earth year” (NBC News)
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutionLaunched Monday, 11/18/2013
MARS EXPLORATION: MAVEN ORBITER
“LADEE is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the structure and composition of the thin lunar atmosphere, and determine whether dust is being lofted into the lunar sky.”
LADEE: LUNAR ATMOSPHERE AND DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER
What now????
HOW IS SPACE FLIGHT CHANGING
AFTER FUNDING SHIFT?
FAA/AST Potential Regulatory Path-- Today Public Safety, Eventually Occupant Safety
MissionAssurance
Public Safety
OccupantSafety
Public Safety
Public Safety
OccupantSafety
CurrentFAA
Licensing
LicensingHuman
Spaceflight
FAA Certification
RoutineCommercial Space Travel
Time
CertificatesProductionAirworthinessAir CarrierPilotInstructionMechanicDispatchParts
European Union - “End-of-Life Vehicles Directive”
USEPA - “Recycling and Reuse: End-of-Life Vehicles and Producer Responsibility”
Reusable Launch VehiclesRLVS
Currently: Space shuttle
Spaceports or cosmodromes are sites for launching and/or receiving spacecraft.
New common term for sub-orbital launch spaces
SPACEPORTS
Spaceport America, New Mexico.
SPACEPORT LAUNCH-ASSIST MACHINES
MagLifter
SPACEPORT LAUNCH-ASSIST MACHINES
StarTram
SUB-ORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT
What is sub-orbital space flight?
What are it’s uses?
What are the prices?
XCOR AND SXC’S – LYNX (LMI/II)
BLUE ORIGIN’S – NEW SHEPARD
VIRGIN GALACTIC – “VSS ENTERPRISE”
VIRGIN GALACTIC – SS2 OR “VSS ENTERPRISE”
WORLD NEW ENTERPRISES
Balloon Trip into AtmosphereAt 98,425 ft or ~20 mi)
Cheaper option??Only 75,000 in 8 seater capsule
Release 2016
Dauria Aerospace in conjunction with Samsung and Roscosmos
MEANWHILE IN RUSSIA…..
Habitat Demonstration Unit- Deep Space Habitat
HDU-DSH
“Even in space,
there’s no place like
home.”
What do you think about the future of NASA? Pt.2
NASA DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Now that we’ve seen where we’re heading with less government assistance, is it worthwhile?
Was this a good or bad thing that privatization of the industry happened?
NASA BUDGET CUTS: PUTTING THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION ON THE
LINE?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Maggie
Dunbar, Brian. NASA. NASA, 10 Apr. 2008. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
Dunbar, Brian. NASA. NASA, 14 Apr. 2008. Web. 26 Nov. 2013.
"Excerpt from an Address Before a Joint Session of Congress, 25 May 1961." - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum . N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2013.
"JFK RICE MOON SPEECH." JFK RICE MOON SPEECH. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2013.
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