Week 2: Space: The Final Frontier

Week 2: Space: The Final Frontier 

2. What was the big question? 

How did the Space Race shape our understanding of space and technology? 
What are the major milestones in human space exploration? 
How have different people contributed to space science? 

3. What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion? 

Size of the Earth: Shape of the potato - Greek astronomer measures shadow and comes up with 7.2 degrees 
Last time an American was on the moon was 1972. Timeline: 

• 1957 Russia successfully launches satellite 
• 1961 Yuri Gagarin orbits earth (April) 
• 1961 Alan Shepard into space (may) no orbit 
• 1968 Apollo missions orbit moon 
• 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land 
• December 1972 last time on the moon 0 women have been on the moon 

Women were preferred to go on the moon because... 
• Lighter 
• Shorter 
• Consumed less food Jerrie Cobb 
• Over 10,000 hours as a pilot 
• Double what john Glenn had 
• NASA required jet engine training 
• Only available vis military 
• Essentially grounded women Return to the moon in 2019
 • VP Pence announced October 5th 2017 Water on the moon allowing for a base to be constructed (south pole) Mars by 2030 

• New capsule and launch system 2018 
• Crew on international space station (ISS) 
• Psychological and physiological testing occurring (500-day mission) 

USA is the only country to land on the moon 

WHY MARS 
• Very similar to earth
• Day – night cycle 
• Evidence of past water and life 
• Safe surface area of land 
• Thin atmosphere 
• Manageable distance away 
• Training for this done in henry mountains (UTAH)

 4. Read the online textbook, chapter 5: 
https://pressbooks.uiowa.edu/methodsii/chapter/earth/ 

1. What did you learn?

 I learned that the Space Race pushed both the U.S. and the Soviet Union to achieve incredible firsts in space exploration, from satellites to humans in orbit. It eventually led to the U.S. landing the first astronauts on the Moon in 1969. 

2. What was most helpful? 

I think it was the most helpful when going over the content in class that was written in the book helped me understand and get better notes and understanding on what was written in the chapter. 

3. What do you need more information on? 

I think I will just have to study this chapter a little bit more because space is always a hard topic for me to fully comprehend and understand.


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