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... astronomy and of science. Even before it was launched, Hubble was the subject of an important history book, The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Technology and Politics, by Robert ... , along with a computer unit and the power supply for the Faint Object Camera. The importance of the mission to NASA grew as Congress came close to cancelling the International Space ... , and the space shuttle was periodically grounded due to an annoying series of problems. The importance of the servicing mission to the future of NASA was reflected in several high-level ...

Gravity is very important to our life on Earth. Without gravity, we would simply float around with nothing to ...

Whoever provides it, you will have to have a pressurized chamber to live in, oxygen to breathe (probably mixed with nitrogen just like here on Earth), food to eat if you are gone for more than a day, water, a way to go to the bathroom, something to control the temperature, clothes to wear, and personal hygiene supplies. ---- Answer provided by Roger Crouch, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ...

Prevention of dental cavities includes the use of fluoride rinses, appropriate diet, brushing, and flossing—most recommendations are to brush twice a day and floss once a day. The fluoride rinses could take the place of fluoride in the water. It would also be possible to use antibacterial rinses, which can stop the bacteria that cause cavities. Response credit to Dr. Jay Buckley (JB) ...

There are many risks associated with exploration and charting the unknown. If we can design a space program that allows us to better understand and accept these risks, we can be better prepared for the reward of exploring new worlds and reaping the benefits of new medical and material science—knowledge that could help improve life for all humans on Earth. ---- Answer provided by Jim ...

Carl Sagan, my favorite scientist and a great popularizer of astronomy and science, once said it best-"We are third generation star stuff " He meant that two other stars lived their lives and ended their lives by spewing the atoms of creation throughout our solar nebula neighborhood, which helped the local gas cloud to gravitationally collapse and form the star we call the Sun. At one time, the ...

Without planets there would be no life. ---- Answer provided by Ed Frederick, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids ...

... differences among adjacent signals. The recording of differences would require at most four types of tokens. A "token" is a kind of sign or symbol. Here it stands for the relations of ... are used in dynamical systems and share some properties with fractal and chaotic systems. One important aspect of cellular automata is that global patterns resulting from their computations are emergent (essentially ...

... referred to as “propulsion of aerial locomotion,” or “methods of aerial locomotion.”) Now another very important factor to keep in mind while examining these early reaction-propelled flying machines is, in ... a JATO application and was only meant to be used during emergencies. By the same token, we must underscore that the JATO application was an altogether a distinctive and different application ...

... a bonafide “scientific” or wholly academic and self-disciplined publication, it played another extremely important key role in recording and spreading the additional spaceflight concepts of other leading pioneers ... have participated in the experiments, other than to report on them. By the same token, Peterson's broad characterization that (all) these individuals were “not apolitical engineers” and ...

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