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... ALWAYS ANOTHER DAWN''' by Crossfield, A. S., with C. Blair, Jr. ''Cleveland, 1960: World Publishing Co., ...

We need to go about 17,000 miles per hour to orbit and to maintain a space orbit. There is a range of speeds at which the different satellites travel. Because of the laws of physics, the faster we travel the higher up in space we are. So if we want to put a satellite in a different orbit, we make sure that it has different speeds and orientation from those of the other satellites. ---- Answer ...

Table manners are very important, even in space. For example, if you were to eat with your mouth open, food might float out Our poor table manners in space are a result of our fascination with physics—it's amazing to see solids and liquids float around and behave in ways we cannot observe on the ground. ---- Answer provided by Charles Camarda, Ph.D. & Nicholas Patrick, Ph.D. & ...

(RR) About two or three billion years ago, there was a vast change in climate on the Earth, marked by a great increase in oxygen levels on the planet. This was likely caused by algae and photosynthetic bacteria. And today, it goes on. Almost all of the Earth's oxygen comes from the upper layers of plant life in the oceans and shore areas on the planet. There is water in space, which is one source ...

As you leave the Earth in a rocket, the sky starts off blue, and then as you get higher, it gets very dark purple. Finally it becomes pitch black, even in daytime. ---- Answer provided by Derek Webber & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image: ...

When we are down here on the Earth, the Sun's light is spread around by the atmosphere, and so the sky looks blue. Where there is no atmosphere, this cannot happen, so the sky looks black. If you stand on some planets, the sky has funny colors because the atmosphere is different from the one we know—for instance, on Mars the sky looks red. ---- Answer provided by Derek Webber & ...

... men will be an inspiration to all future spacefarers." NASA Administrator James Webb : "We've always known that something like this would happen sooner or later, but it's not going ... men without adding the horror arising from strife among nations. The tragedy at Cape Kennedy underlines that somber reality." ''(NYT, 1/29/67,10E)'' Baltimore Sun: "They were brave men. When ...

... of obstacles overcome.” And I think that’s right, because we always had problems, but we always had some backup procedures. We always figured out how to get around them. So anyway, the ... that we did, but there were things that—we had always—on our sims there were always all these problems, and we always came up with some kind of a way to get ... all that stuff. So there’s never a dull day. There was always something new, and you’re always trying to expand your little bag of tricks and your little back pocket ...

... , that sort of thing, growing up. '''Arabian:''' Well, let's see. I always liked airplanes, model airplanes. Airplanes always fascinated me, when I first saw there was such a thing that flies ... was most fascinating. But anyway, so there was an awful lot. The problems, there were always problems coming up, you know. Some stuff was heartening and some stuff was very disheartening ... eventually became the Division Chief of the Solar System Exploration Division. Doug and I had always been very close personal friends. He was brought in rather early on. When they were ...

... . I mean, I was in the Atlas Program and it was always a thrill to see it go. It was always a thrill to hear down range calling back to you that ... your facilities in your vehicle structure would change because of that cold temperature. So you always had to be on the lookout for some anomaly that would normally not happen. So ... Air Force you had meetings or parties at the club, it was always the Air Force. Your social gathering was always a little bit different, and this reflected that. Everybody let their ...

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