1. AN INTRODUCTION TO SPACE EXPLORATION

2. WHY SPACE EXPLORATION Its just cool Prestige Increase knowledge Enhance national security and military strength Benefits for general public

3. So lets get some perspective

4. TEST YOURSELF PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN ORDER 1.WWII ended 2.Memorandum recommending US send humans to space. 3.Space Race 4.Sputnik launched 5.American astronauts landed on the moon 6.The last humans to leave Earth’s orbit 7.Development of the International Space Station 8.First human in space

5. A LITTLE DILLY ABOUT… 1945 WWII Ended 1 st Satellite Launched Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 st man to orbit the Earth April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin Memorandum recommending that the US commits to sending people to the Moon. May 8, 1961 1 st Humans on the Moon July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) Last human to leave Earth’s orbit December 1972

6. OTHER SPACE ENDEAVORS USSR/ Russian Space stations US Skylab International Space Station (ISS) 1990’s First ISS residents, Nov. 2, 2000 Robots: Moon, Venus, Mars, and the asteroid Eros. The International Space Station is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It follows the Salyut, Almaz, Skylab and Mir stations as the ninth space station to be inhabited. Wikipedia Orbit height: 230 miles (370 km) Speed on orbit: 4.791 miles/s (7.71 km/s) Launch date: November 20, 1998 Cost: US$ 150 billion

7. BENEFITS OF VIEWING EARTH FROM SPACE Benefit (in order)GovernmentPrivate Sector (That’s us) Weather Forecasting Crop Forecasting GPS Telecommunications (Hello cell phones) Humans in orbit (1 st privately owned flight made several sub-orbital flights) Tourism (SUPER EXPENSIVE) ** Although the coolest the least likely to happen) Weapons: understanding we will not use them