Analysis Midterm From the independence of Great Britain, to a world of hyper-connectivity, the 1969 Apollo 11 mission was one of mankind’s most ebullient moments in history. First we have The Times of London, with its article Man Takes First Steps on the Moon. The times is a highly recognized newspaper from all over the world. No wonder people believe its credibility. Next is William Safire’s speech called In Event of Moon Disaster that would’ve been given by President Nixon in an event of a failed launch, furthermore is a commentary written by a novelist with the name of Ayn Rand, Rand focuses of man’s greatness and triumph.…
President and CHief Executive, John f. kennedy, in his national speech,”to the moon”, promotes the notion of America to obtain the title of ‘the first country to reach the lunar surface’. kennedy’s purpose is to persuade the citizens of the United States to back the vision of lunar exploration. He adopts an influential tone in order to persuade citizens that the united states should conduct the first step taken on the moon. as America engages in the space race, during the cold war, the nation's objective consists of leading the exploration of the moon.…
Man Takes First Steps on the Moon Purpose: The purpose of this text is to inform people that the Apollo eleven moon landing was a success, to explain its significance in the course of human kind, and to relay how the first steps were taken. Also to give insight into the perspective of how people from around the world viewed the landing. Rhetorical Triangle: The subject of this text is the Apollo eleven mission and events of the moon landing.…
Two Sides of the Moon The book titled “Two Sides of the Moon: Our story of the Cold War in Space” is the result of a collaboration between an Astronaut and a Cosmonaut. It is a fascinating account of two men from two opposite sides of the space race. In this book, the American astronaut David Randalph Scott’s (Dave Scott) account of the space race is intertwined with the account of Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.…
Fewer than a hundred years ago, the moon was still untouched by man and was one of the greatest mysteries to mankind. In 1961, John F. Kennedy established his ambitious goal to put an American man on the moon by the end of the decade. During the newfound Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union were committed to a demanding competition to see who made it to the moon first; this was later proclaimed the “space race”. To America’s excitement, on July 20, 1969, American Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon. Although, recent polls in the Engineering & Technology British magazine, approximately 25% say they don’t believe anyone has ever landed on the moon.…
The Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 marked an entire generation of manmade success. The following texts focus on the Apollo 11 moon landing and contain different perspectives on the matter. The Times article is very analytical, the speech by Safire focuses mostly on the emotional half of the moon landing, Rand’s article portrays the launch as very positive and figurative, Hemlocks cartoon criticizes the negative attention the space launch gets. Each of the passages uses important rhetorical techniques in order to effectively get their purpose across.…
During the 1960s to early 1970s, Project Apollo sought out to explore the moon. Apollo 11 achieved this goal when Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon and said, "That's one small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind." Landing on the moon was a major milestone for “mankind,” but was not the only goal of Apollo. New spacecrafts were invented such as the command module, the service module, and the lunar module.…
On September 12, 1962, president john F Kennedy delivered his “why we chose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The occasion of the speech was to address to the American people the importance of returning to space and being the first nation to place a man on the surface of the moon. Kennedy chose this time to deliver his speech because we were currently at the height of the cold war and the United States was beginning to lose the space and technological race against the Russian nation. Therefore Kennedy appeared at Rice University where he delivered his speech to a crowd that consisted of scientists, professors, students, and the general American people. The context that shaped Kennedys’ speech was the importance of mankind to achieve the near impossible feat of landing a human being on the surface of the moon and the profound impact that this accomplishment would have on the future of the human race.…
“Houston, we have a problem.” said Jim Lovell, an astronaut of Apollo 13, when the oxygen tank explored in the Space in 1970. After the talk, this lunar exploration gained a worldwide concern. Three astronauts in the craft fought with numerous disastrous faults and eventually back to the earth. In 1995, this regrettable story was even recorded as a historical docudrama named Apollo 13. Such social repercussion brought up a perspective that Apollo 13, one of the most well-known explorations of Space, was a legendary encounter with the Moon although a great deal of people viewed it only as a failure.…
Since the beginning of the United States, Americans have progressed and created remarkable achievements in order to advance to the society we have today. However, one of America’s biggest achievements, the moon landing of 1969, may have been a hoax. Many people don’t believe that it was a hoax because they don’t see any valid reason for the moon landing to have been staged. However, the competition between Russia and the U.S was fierce, as a result of the Soviets having already put a satellite into space (Sputnik).…
On July 16, 1969, a very special mission put on by NASA was launched. It was on this day that three soon to be famous astronauts would make their marks in the history books. On July 16, 1969 , Apollo 11 was launched. The spacecraft carried Commander Neil A. Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin, Jr. Two of the three would soon go on to do something that no other human had ever done, they would walk on the moon. These American’s manning Apollo 11 impacted people everywhere by, teaching more about science, inspiring future space exploration, boosting American pride, and proving to humans that anything is possible.…
One of the most remarkable feats of space exploration was the landing of a man on the Moon. On July 16, 1969, NASA launched its famous Saturn V rocket into orbit for a journey across the void of space to Earth’s only natural satellite. A little over a hundred hours after launch, it accomplished what many people considered impossible just a few years ago—a man from Earth walked on the lunar surface. The crew collected rock samples and performed numerous experiments, in the process greatly expanding the databases of knowledge on the Moon…
“This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” ("Armstrong”) On July 20th, 1969, millions of people witnessed the first man on the moon. Many viewers were intrigued at the astronauts up in space. The spacemen recorded their trek with video and photography so they can share it with the United Stares.…
Eugene Francis Kranz (aka Gene Kranz), a former Air Force fighter pilot, and a reputed Flight Director for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has supervised many Manned and Unmanned space missions launched by the United States of America(USA). He was involved with the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. He was the flight director for the Apollo 11 mission as well, that successfully landed the lunar module ‘Eagle’ on the surface of the moon July 20 1969. In his Autobiography titled “Failure is not an option”, published by Simon and Schuster in 2000, Kranz recollects the events and missions, both failed and successful, that led to one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments. He provides the reader with a very vivid account…
When Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin successfully accomplished their mission of not just landing on the moon, but actually taking a step on the lunar surface, this changed the world in ways people would have never have imagined. The historical impact of this event is incredible, but the feelings felt by individuals all across the world that day are even more incredible. However, the feelings shared by individuals across the world were not mutual. While many rejoiced in the extravagant accomplishment of mankind, others were focused on other earthly issues besides landing on the moon. The feelings that pumped through every human that day were different, whether it was the President of the United States, a civilian watching the take-off from their…