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... highly flammable substances. There are many plans and emergency procedures for the crew to escape during launch. For more information on launch, go to the Internet at: (See CDROM) http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/returntoflight.html
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It is pretty cool to look at people when they are floating. Some go by you right side up (according to your orientation), and some come by either sideways or upside down. The hair doesn't ... around your head.
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Answer provided by Byron Lichtenberg, Ph.D.
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... did. When the first astronauts circled the Moon at Christmas in 1968 and saw for themselves how desolate it was, they looked back at their home planet, which looked so welcoming in contrast, and called it ... . But it was only about two million years ago that humans started to appear. We certainly took our time getting started Only in the last century did we leave the Earth for ...
At some point, we will have exhausted Earth's resources and mankind will need to expand the reaches of human civilization to survive. To ensure we' ... need to learn more about the effects of long duration flight on the human body and psyche. We also need to develop self-sustaining life support systems that will reduce ...
... explore in person.
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Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D.
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... during the night do we see the faint light from other stars that are very far away.
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Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D.
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Spaceships do not usually blow up, especially in LEO. They are quite stable. There may be several problems or malfunctions that lead to an explosion. ... more problems prior to the spaceship exploding. However, that is not out of the realm of possibilities.
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Everything we do involves risk. Risk is sometimes physical danger, and sometimes it is just the risk that our time will be wasted in doing things that end without important or useful results. Nonetheless, the greatest rewards come from doing ...
... to go up in space. This was at a time when scientists were still trying to determine if space travel was safe for humans by trying it first on animals. Laika was launched by the Soviet Union in the world's second artificial satellite called Sputnik 2 on November 4, 1957. Laika which means 'Barker' in Russian, was selected as a space dog when ... miles above ground. Following Laika, a number of dogs were sent up to space by both the Soviet Union and the USA. Some famous Russian space dogs of the early days were ...
... NASA Shuttle started flying in 1981, of one explosion in 115 flights, the odds of blowing up are one in 115.
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Answer provided by Jon H. Brown
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