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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   Which of the following is NOT an advantage of space probes in exploring space?
   A.The small size of probes means less fuel is needed.
   B.Human life is not placed at risk.
   C.The design of a probe is based on assumptions about conditions it will encounter.
   D.Probes and rovers can carry out a variety of tasks.

   • ANSWER:
     C is the correct answer.
     Having to assume the conditions and making the design based on those assumptions is the only one in the choices that is a disadvantage.

     A, B and D are all advantageous features for unmanned space exploration.

2. QUESTION:
   compare advantages and disadvantages of space exploration and space probes?

   • ANSWER:
     It's safer to use space probes, plus there are less considerations which have to be factored into the venture. Space exploration with persons is going to cost much more than it already costs to send unmanned craft. Probes don't weigh as much and don't have human needs which need to be carried along.

     Space probes are also a good means of determining the scenario before sending people to the location. It is a much less expensive way to obtain and classify information. It helps us gain a better understanding of what lies ahead, and how best to approach, or not to approach that particular method or location at all. These greatly increase our knowledge of the solar system and hopefully beyond without the risk to human life.

     A big disadvantage of space exploration of any kind is the cost of fuel, and the purchase order contract costs which spiral out of control once any space project is being completed. Another disadvantage is human error or disregard of specifications in the construction. With a space probe a great amount of time and money is lost, but with a manned craft, both human life and time and money are lost.

3. QUESTION:
   advantages of sending humans rather than space probes?
   what would be two advantages of sending humans rather than space probes for explorations?

   • ANSWER:
     Humans are capable of problem solving and intelligent communication. Unless they become ill they will not break down or have an unknown inbuilt error so that your millions used to send them to space haven't been wasted. Not really sure how much a space probe can do but i hope this answer helps in some ways...

4. QUESTION:
   what do you think are some advantages and disadvantages of a space probe compared to a piloted spacecraft?
   please help me its a question my sister asked me and i want to show her that i am smarter than she thinks thanks.

   • ANSWER:
     Advantages of probe:
     1. Less expensive
     2. Less massive so cheaper to launch
     3. Doesn't require air, water or food to survive like humans
     4. Can go to more difficult and dangerous locations
     5. Are expendable when compared to human life
     6. Mission and tasks can be pre-progammed

     Disadvantages of probe:
     1. Not as intelligent as a human so tasks take much longer to execute
     2. Can not make adjustments to conditions as easily as humans
     3. Is a machine and prone to damage or failure (though so are humans)
     4. Are not as dexterous as a human
     5. Fixing problems is a challenge since the probe is there and humans are here

5. QUESTION:
   Space question for school?
   Which of the following is NOT an advantage of space probes in exploring space?

   A. The design of a probe is based on assumptions about conditions it will encounter.
   B. Probes and rovers can carry out a variety of tasks.
   C. Human life is not placed at risk.
   D. The small size of probes means less fuel is needed.

   • ANSWER:
     D.) Small size of probes would mean that the launch vehicle would require less space and less fuel to deliver the probe to its designation -- an advantage.

     C.) Less risk to human life is always an advantage..

     B.) A probe that can carry out multiple operations is always an advantage.

     A.) Sending a probe into a less than fully understood environment is always a risk to the survival and operation of that probe - a disadvantage. Probes should always be designed with the unexpected in mind.

     A.) is your best answer.

6. QUESTION:
   space landers and space probes help!?
   Hey, really confused about this so please help! :)
   what is a space orbiter used for?
   what are the advantages and the disadvantages of space landers?
   and what are the advantages and disadvantages of space orbiters!
   Any help appreciated, thanks!(:

   • ANSWER:
     Orbiters are able to photograph and conduct radar mappings of a LOT (if not ALL) the surface of a planet, rather quickly. They are good at spotting land forms, and very large objects from their vantage point.

     Landers are good at detail work - determining the chemical make up of rocks, atmosphere analysis, and searching for possible life.

     Advantages and disadvantages of orbiters - they can give you a good, quick view of the planet, including some very interesting, large-scale features - fault lines, volcanoes, basins, meteor impacts, and the like. Disadvantages - can only do general analysis of areas, not the detailed chemical analysis that is sometimes needed. Photos can be quite detailed, but still taken from 100 to 300 miles away.

     Advantages and disadvantages of landers - they can show you upclose detail of rocks and features. They're on-site, and (if equipped), can produce an atmospheric analysis, soil tests, and search for basic life. Disadvantages -you're limited to a small area; non-rovers can *only* look around them, and test the soil maybe 5 or 6 feet away. Rovers move slowly, and barring mechanical problems, can only move a small amount over the planet's surface.

7. QUESTION:
   A question about the adv and disadv of telescopes?
   what are the advantages of using space probes rather than telescopes on earth. What are the disadvantages? Thank you soo much!

   • ANSWER:
     Earth's atmosphere blocks most of the radiation (light) from the Sun. The only types of light that we can 'see' from Earth are: radio, near-infrared, visible, and near-ultraviolet. The rest can only be detected from space. And even though we can see visible light from Earth, the Earth also radiates infrared radiation back into space which cause 'ripples' in the atmosphere, making objects look blurry. Being in space avoids this problem too.

     Recently though, they have developed systems for ground-based telescopes, called 'adaptive optics'. With a very complicated telescope design & high speed electronics & computers, they can cancel out the atmospheric effects & get just as good resolution as space telescopes!

     Telescopes with adaptive optics are just now starting to rival space telescopes, so soon there won't be a need for permanent, space-based visual telescopes anymore.

     ps. Also, look into 'interferometry' (visual & radio). It's amazing what can be done from the ground nowadays!!

8. QUESTION:
   What are some environmental disadvantages and advantages of scientists searching for extraterrestrial life?
   These includes missions, telescopes, space probes etc.

   • ANSWER:
     Not sure I understand your question. There are really no significant environmental hazards resulting from the launch of probes or the use of radio telescopes. You may be referring to the loss of booster components into the ocean; that's pretty insignificant. The radio telescopes are receivers, not transmitters - so they are not sending out any harmful radiation. I guess they had to cut a few trees down to build them. That's about it.

     If a probe were to return with a sample of soil that contained extraterrestrial microbes, there could be a danger of disease if those microbes were not contained in a controlled environment.

     I know of no specific advantages that are of an environmental nature.

9. QUESTION:
   what are the advantages and disadvantages of using radio telescopes and probes?
   what are the advantages and disadvantages of using radio telescopes and probes to search for life in the universe?

   How are radio waves used to detect objects in space?

   • ANSWER:
     They are less expensive that actually sending astronauts.
     They can detect elements that light telescopes can't.
     Radio waves indicate a lot of tel-tale things that may indicate the possibility of life on those other heavenly bodies.

     Disadvantages:

     We can't be sure until we get there...or it gets here.
     It's a tricky and sometimes high-maintinance thing to keep these telescopes and/or probes up there doing there thing.

10. QUESTION:
    think about the advantages and disadvantages that the cost of all these investigations might bring..?
    as you all know nasa has financed expensive programs in sending satellites space probes and spacecrafts to uter space to develop research projects on the moon and other planets..think about the advantages and disadvantages that the cost bring about to people living on earth and write and essay staring your ideas and opinios. ...... can u help me with this essay plz.....

    • ANSWER:
      There is a type of helium on the moon that is only available in sufficient quantities there. It comes from the sun, and gets deflected or destroyed by Earth's atmosphere and is really hard to synthesize.

      This helium makes for really good fuel in a fusion reactor.

      The article I was reading said that even if there were bars of pure gold just sitting on the surface of the moon, it would cost more than they are worth to go get them and bring them back. This helium in the moon's surface, though would be very worth it to go get. Just a little would provide years of energy.

      You should try and find that article. It was a long time ago, so I don't remember where it was at.

11. QUESTION:
    Earth Science?
    1. Explain the Electromagnetic Spectrum and compare and contrast electromagnetic waves from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength?
    2. Identify the difference between Radio telescope and optical telescope and compare and contrast and refracting telescope. Describe any advantage that Moon-based telescope would have over on Earth-based telescope?
    3.Explain the history of the race to Moon?
    4.The first Mission into Space and Rocket Types. What advantage might a liquid propellant rocket have over a solid propellant rocket?
    5.Identify the difference between artificial satellites and space probes and compare and contrast natural and artificial satellites?
    6.What is the main advantage of the Space Shuttle and why were the Space shuttle Mir docking mission so important? What makes the space shuttle more versatile than earlier spacecraft?
    7.What do you think is a wider method of exploration space mission with people onboard or robotic space probes?why?

    • ANSWER:
      Do your own home work!

12. QUESTION:
    What are the disadvantages/advantages of traveling at the speed of light?
    I'm supposed to be doing an essay for traveling at the speed of light and it would really help me.

    here's part of my article

    There are many advantages with traveling at the speed of light. For example, if you missed an urgent flight to a meeting, you could still make it to your meeting. Other examples include traveling to other planets, launching space probes to other planets, instant travel around the world, no aging etc. these are only part of what benefits we may gain. We might be able to travel to the Centauri star system, a star system only 4 light-years away. Just imagine being the first person to set foot on another planet on another solar system.

    It doesn't matter if it's your opinion on its advantages/disadvantages, as long as its not silly like: well you could flatten a coke bottle

    • ANSWER:
      You have a good start on an interesting paper.

      Keep in mind that Einstein's Special Relativity shows where it is impossible for any object of solid matter to ever fully reach light speed for a number of reasons:

      1. It would take a very long time just to accelerate a space-craft to light speed, and require much more fuel than the space-craft could carry.

      2. It would require infinite energy to accelerate matter to the speed of light. Infinite energy is not accessible.

      3. At light speed matter goes to infinity, mass goes to zero size, and energy goes to infinity, time stands still at light speed. One day it might be possible for a space-craft to approach a good percentage of light speed, but never exactly light speed.
      ------------------
      However, not all is lost. It might be possible one day to create intelligent holographs and project them through space-time to distant worlds. That however is still far down the road of life.

      See: Microsoft HoloDesk lets users handle virtual 3D objects
      http://www.gizmag.com/holodesk-lets-users-handle-virtual-3d-objects/20257/

      See: How Microsoft researchers might invent a holodeck
      http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-microsoft-researchers-might-invent-a-holodeck?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b5dbae453b-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

      See: 3-D avatars could put you in two places at once
      http://www.kurzweilai.net/3-d-avatars-could-put-you-in-two-places-at-once?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e79a8febec-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

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      Best regards

13. QUESTION:
    Homework help?!?!?!!?!?!?
    I don't get these know its not right to cheat, but i really need help?!?!?!
    1) Correct your friend who says
    the race-car driver rounded the curve at a constant velocity of 100 km/h.
    2) If a speedometer of a car reads a constant speed of 50km/h can you say that the car has a constant velocity? Why or why not?
    3) If a huge bear were chasing you its enormous mass would be very threaten. but if you ran in zigzag pattern, the bear's mass would be to your advantage. why?
    4) A space probe may be carried out by a rocket into outer space. What keeps the probe going after the rocket no longer pushes it?

    • ANSWER:
      To answer the first two questions, you need to understand that velocity is a vector, and what exactly this means. Speed is a value representing two things: distance and time. Velocity is very similar but also comes with an added piece of information: direction. For example, imagine a plane flies from Washington to New York in a straight line at a constant velocity of 500km/h. On the return flight, the flight path and speed might remain exactly the same, but the velocity would now be -500km/h. It is negative when the speed isn't because velocity is always about direction whereas speed is direction irrelevant.

      1) the friend means "a constant SPEED of 100km/h" as it is impossible to round a curve at a constant velocity- you are changing direction!

      2) no, because the car might be changing direction, in which case the velocity would also be changing.

      3) remember Newton's second law of motion: force = mass x acceleration. You can see from this equation that for the bear to accelerate at the same rate as you it will require greater force because of its greater mass. Because when you zigzag you are constantly forcing the bear to change direction and hence accelerate more (because acceleration is a vector too!), the bear will have to exert much more force than you in order to keep up.

      4) remember Newton's first law of motion: "every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it". Because in space there are no resistive forces, there is also no acceleration or deceleration of any kind, meaning objects continue with a constant velocity indefinitely.

14. QUESTION:
    Help With Math = 10 Points :D?
    Write a function rule for each situation. Then use your function
    as indicated.

    1. You give a salesperson for a purchase and receive
    change. Use your function to find the amount of change from a
    .50 purchase.

    2. The temperature t in Kelvin is 273.15 more than the
    temperature c in degrees Celsius. Use your function to find the
    equivalent temperature in Kelvin for 100 C .

    3. The force of gravity is less on Mars than it is on Earth. As
    a result, the weight of an object on Mars m is 40% of its weight on
    Earth w. Use your function to find the weight on Mars of a space
    probe that weighs 15 lb on Earth.

    .
    9. a. Describe the advantages you see in using a rule
    for a function rather than listing function values in a table.
    b. Describe the disadvantages.

    10. Measurement Write a rule that expresses the number of
    quarts q of a liquid as a function of each of the following.
    a. the number of pints p b. the number of fluid ounces f

    11. a. Measurement Express the number of inches n(d) as a function
    of the number of yards d.
    b. Use your function to find the number of inches in 4 yards.

    12. a. Geometry Write a rule that expresses the perimeter p(s) of
    a square as a function of the length s of one side.
    b. Use your function to find the perimeter of a square with side
    length 7 cm.
    ƒ(x)

    Write a rule for the linear function whose graph has slope m and
    y-intercept b.

    13. m = 2, b=-4 14. m=- , b=-2 15. m = 0, b = 2

    Write a rule for the linear function whose graph has slope m and
    contains the given point.

    16. m=- ; (4, 0) 17. m = 3; (-2, -2) 18. m = ; (6, 4)

    Write a rule for the linear function whose graph contains the two
    given points.

    19. (1, 1), (2, 5) 20. (3, 0), (8, 2) 21. (11, 19), (-6, -15)

    22. (-3, 2), (4, -1.5) 23. (1, -1), (4, -1) 24 (1, 2.4), (-1, 3.8)

    Answers = 10 Points
    (Maybe we can work out 30 Points cause of a lot of questions(I have a way)
    Thankk you I still have 70 More Questions..

    • ANSWER:

15. QUESTION:
    im helping my friend out with her astronomy while she's in dearborn all weekend for a school event, help?
    here's some questions that i'd appreciate if you could help me answer. thanks! :)

    1) how long did the first crew on the international space station stay on the station?

    2) what size planets have been discovered outside of our solar system?

    3) name one future project that intends to look for new planets.

    4) what percentage of mars did the viking orbiters map?

    5) name 4 original space shuttles

    6) how many astronauts took part in each gemini flight?

    7) which american president was responsible for dedicating the nation to the apollo space program?

    8) what is the most distant human made object in space?

    9) what was the fate of the galileo probe?

    10) how long did it take the MIR space station to travel around earth?

    11) in the mars pathfinder missions, name the first rover to roam the surface.

    12) what is the advantage of the space shuttle versuses earlier space crafts?

    13) name 2 locations that NASA plans to send future manned missions.

    14) describe 2 problems for humans spending long durations on the moon.

    15) who is credited with the discovery that galaxies are moving away from each other, hence providing evidence for the big bang theory?
    if you could even answer just a few questions, it would really help me out big time with finishing this thing. thanks! <3
    omg yes i am helping her do it. she's too busy to do this worksheet so im helping her out. its not like i would do it for her if she wasnt gone all weekend.

    • ANSWER:
      5. Enterprise, Discovery, Columbia, Endeavor
      6. 2 astronauts - which is why they called it Gemini - which means twin
      7. J. F. Kennedy
      8. Either Voyager or Pioneer - (I think Pioneer, but you can Google- this
      will narrow it down.)
      9. There are 2 parts to the Galileo mission - an orbiter and a probe that
      was dropped into the atmosphere from the orbiter. The probe
      radioed back information to the orbiter until it finally dropped too
      deep into the atmosphere of Jupiter for its signals to be received.
      10 Approx. 1 1/2 hours

      12 Advantages are: versatility and the ability to allow astronauts
      visit and repair satellites. also - it can act as a scientific
      laboratory with appropriate payloads in the payload bay.

      13. Mars, the moon
      14 Bone density loss; muscle loss
      15. Edwin Hubble

      You're a peach for helping out your friend!!

16. QUESTION:
    Is this an example of the kind of reform McCain will bring to Washington? ?
    “One of John McCain's most celebrated achievements in recent years was his crusade to block a Pentagon contract with Boeing for a new fleet of midair refueling tankers. Incensed over what he denounced as a taxpayer "rip-off," McCain launched a Senate probe that uncovered cozy relations between top Air Force officials and Boeing execs. A top Air Force officer and Boeing's CFO ended up in prison. Most significantly, the Air Force was forced to cancel the contract—saving taxpayers more than billion, McCain asserted.

    But last week, McCain's subsequent effort to redo the tanker deal was dealt a setback. Government auditors ruled that the Air Force made "significant errors" when it rebid the contract and awarded the billion project to Boeing's chief rival, partners European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (or EADS) and Northrop Grumman. …

    Critics, including some at the Pentagon, cite in particular two tough letters McCain wrote to Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England in 2006 and another to Robert Gates, just prior to his confirmation as Defense secretary. In the first letter, dated Sept. 8, 2006, McCain wrote of hearing from "third parties" that the Air Force was about to redo the tanker competition by factoring in European government subsidies to EADS—a condition that could have seriously hurt the EADS bid. McCain urged that the Pentagon drop the subsidy factor and posed a series of technical questions about the Air Force's process. "He was trying to jam us and bully us to make sure there was competition by giving EADS an advantage," said one senior Pentagon official, who asked for anonymity when discussing a politically sensitive matter. The assumption within the Pentagon, the official added, was that McCain's letters were drafted by EADS lobbyists.”

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/142658

    Ruth: And I should believe McCain's top aide why?

    • ANSWER:
      ALERT!!!
      This is an old article from June which means the information is even older that that.
      Since this time, the Air Force decided to revisit the bids, then decided it had screwed up so badly that they scrapped the entire project and will start from scratch. The reason it was scrapped was because of complaints from Boeing. Evidently they gave each team different standards to meet. Now this info is based on what I heard and read in the news which may be only a partial truth.
      If anything, to me this is an example of how badly the government can screw things up so we should keep their fingers out of whatever pies we can.
      As to your criticism of McCain, it seems to be based on some pretty thin evidence and at this time it's a moot point since the contract is dead.
      Furthermore, if it were still alive, you need to factor in that EADS was partnered with Grumman and this contract would have resulted in lots of American jobs. It's not as cut and dry as you seem to make it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   About the blue megazord from power rangers in space ? How did the shuttle become its head ?
   From what I remember, the turbo rangers hijack a space shuttle, and use it to go into space; where they subsequently join the red space ranger on his astro ship.

   Then later in the series this astro is used as a megazord, and the space shuttle becomes its head.

   But I do not remember then ever explaining why the space shuttle could transform into the head.

   After all, wasn't it just an ordinary space shuttle ?

   • ANSWER:
     It wasn't just an ordinary shuttle. Alpha 6 had a decoder box with him that was found in the ruins of the destroyed Power Chamber. Zordon apparently had planted that specific shuttle there on purpose in case Andros ever got additional Rangers because the decoder box had the specific set of instructions in order to combine the shuttle with the Megaship.

2. QUESTION:
   Why did the Space Shuttle Endeavor bring the Marker on board the International Space Station?
   Doesn't NASA realize the mistake they're making for bringing the Marker on board the International Space Station?

   What about Space Shuttle Engineer Isaac Clarke? Will he be able to save those aboard the International Space Station?

   What will happen to the International Space Station now that the Marker is on board?

   • ANSWER:
     I suppose they'll have to get graded and show it to their mom and dad.

     BTW, I love your list of contacts and fans. Nice to know some of you don't take it so seriously.

3. QUESTION:
   Is there a book about how the space shuttle or other space vehicles work in technical details?
   I am going to college to become an aerospace engineer. I figured before I left I would read up on more about space vehicles. For Christmas, I thought it would be a good idea for somebody to get me a book about something.

   I am looking for a book on how the space shuttle works in specific details. How the rockets work and how each part of the shuttle works would be perfect.

   THanks.

   • ANSWER:
     I actually know a few books that are what you are looking for. You can look them up. I have know the titles.

     1. Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System : the First 100 Missions by Dennis R. Jenkins

     2. The Story of the Space Shuttle by David Michael Harland

     3. The Space Shuttle by Gregory Vogt

     4. Before Lift-off: The Making of a Space Shuttle Crew by Henry S. F. Cooper

     Good luck with becoming an areospace engineer. Sounds like it would be a really fun career.

     Have a Merry Christmas!

4. QUESTION:
   Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 480 km from the Earth's surface, and circles the Earth about once every?
   Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 480 km from the Earth's surface, and circles the Earth about once every 94.2 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit. Express your answer in terms of g, the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface.

   • ANSWER:
     Acent = Agrav
     Agrav is inversely proportional to r^2, so Agrav = g*(r(earth)/r)^2
     r(earth) = 6380 km, r = r(earth)+480 = 6860 km
     Thus Acent = g*(6380/6860)^2 = 0.864954g

5. QUESTION:
   Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 410 km from the Earth's s and circles the Earth about once every 92.8?
   Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 410 km from the Earth's surface, and circles the Earth about once every 92.8 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit. Express your answer in terms of g, the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface.

   • ANSWER:
     a = w²r
     w = 2*pi/(92.8*60) =
     r = 410,000 + 6,378,100

     a = 8.64 m/s^2
     = 8.64/9.81 g
     = 0.88g

6. QUESTION:
   What about a bill that gives funds so the space shuttle can create a metor shower?
   Since were spending money, why don't they create a bill where the space shuttle spews out little chunks of earth to create a spectacular meteor shower for us on the fourth of july? Wouldn't that be something everyone would enjoy?

   • ANSWER:
     my answer would be, alright...AND if you don't want to wait that long like me, you can chill somewhere warm outside, between midnight and 5am.. as of yesterday its been said the showers been drizzling but steady..

7. QUESTION:
   What happened to the privately funded space shuttle thing?
   A few years ago, I saw something on Discovery channel about a privately funded space shuttle that Richard Branson or someone invested in. Whatever happened to this? It seemed really cool at the time, then seemed to be abruptly swept under the rug ...maybe by NASA?

   • ANSWER:
     What you saw was a 3 seat prototype

     He has now built the first 7 seat production model.

     The carrier plane has 4 engines and has been well tested, the rocket has made at least 2 test flights (captive only)

     The drop test and glide recovery will happen soon

     Don't know when the first power test is but probably this year

8. QUESTION:
   Is the launch of space shuttle atlantis tomorrow the last time you will go in space?
   I've heard some stuff about the space shuttle launch tomorrow but I'm a little confused. Is this the last time we will ever go in space? I've heard it called "the final space shuttle launch" and "final space flight ever" but Ive also heard its just the last launch before we switch to different rockets. So is the last time we go to space or is it just that we are switching to different rockets and not using the space shuttles anymore?
   also what will the space shuttle atlantis being doing up in space?

   • ANSWER:
     My friend works at NASA, and the space program has came to basically a halt. Obama believes it is a waste of money. They have cut many peoples jobs. So tomorrow is technically the last one, although there are still people, including my friend, that are working on other things.

9. QUESTION:
   What would happen to corpses in a space shuttle?
   Fictional scenario I need help with:
   Several astronauts die on a space shuttle. What happens to their bodies over the course of three months? Do they decompose normally? Do they smell? What about bodily fluids? Little balls of stuff, floating about? Would the living astronauts want to velcro their bodies to the wall, try to put them in bags? I need details, please. It's for something I'm writing. Note that the time period is three months. They died non-violently, as in from a virus. Thanks so much.

   • ANSWER:
     The longest shuttle flight to date was less than three weeks. The oxygen would run out soon after that. Also you need plenty of fuel just to stay in orbit. The low orbit of the shuttle means that it decays quickly.

     The astronauts certainly would rot just like they would on earth. There are already plenty of bacteria just waiting for dinner. It is only the immune system that keeps them in check. Once you die they can feast. Without refrigeration they would smell pretty bad after three or four days. They would start leaking as the body is half water already. The enzymes would break down the flesh and the bacteria would chomp it up. Hopefully there will be no flies in space to lay eggs so no maggots. The smell would be truly horrendous.
     If I was there I'd take them into the airlock and boot them out into space.

10. QUESTION:
    The average speed of the space shuttle while in orbit is about 8960 m/s. How far does the space shuttle travel?
    The average speed of the space shuttle while in orbit is about 8960 m/s. How far does the space shuttle travel during a mission that lasts 8.0 days?

    cant figure it out..any help would be awesome!

    • ANSWER:
      8960 m/s x 8 days x 24 hour/day x 3600 sec/hour =

      .

11. QUESTION:
    If the average speed of an orbiting space shuttle is 18200 mi/h, determine the time required for it to circle?
    If the average speed of an orbiting space shuttle is 18200 mi/h, determine the time required for it to circle the Earth. Make sure you consider the fact that the shuttle is orbiting about 200 mi above the Earth's surface, and assume that the Earth's radius is 3963 miles.

    • ANSWER:
      18200 mi/h = 8136 m/s
      200 mi = 322000 m
      3963 mi = 6.38e6 m
      radius of orbit = 6.38e6 + 322000 = 6.70e6 m

      Circumference is πd = 2πr = 4.21e7 m
      4.21e7 / 8136 m/s = 5174 seconds = 1.44 hours

12. QUESTION:
    If a private team of people built a shuttle for space exploration would the government stop them?
    If a private team of wealthy scientists developed a space Shuttle to leave earth would the governments try to stop them from doing it. As impossible as it may be, what about if they built a shuttle to go to the moon.

    I'm just wondering about the freedom of space! Could anyone (if capable) leave the planet at any time they wish without having to answer to any authority?

    • ANSWER:
      Maybe not directly, but a government that won't let you ride a motorcycle without a helmet, or ride in a car without seat belts, would regulate any space venture out of existence. It would cost more in permits, environmental impact studies, liability insurance, international entry/exit visas, taxes, hazardous material waivers, and legal fees than it would to design and build a space vehicle.

      If the Wright Brothers faced today's government red tape, they'd still be trying to build their first bicycle.

13. QUESTION:
    How do you feel about the end of the Space Shuttle program?
    I just found out recently about the end of the space shuttle program, and part of me can't help but feel sad about it. I grew up in the early 80s and my childhood was filled by images of the space shuttle in flight and it spurn my imagination. Now, I understand why they're ending the program. It's expensive and we can't afford it. I understand the reasons, but I can't help but feel that the next generation will not have the pleasure of imagining a world that is more than just making and spending.

    How do you feel?

    • ANSWER:
      Out with the old, in with the new.

14. QUESTION:
    How is this Possible about the Space Shuttle?
    Car manufacturers spend what a couple thousand dollars to make you a car that last a while before it falls apart yet the space shuttle cost billions and they cant launch cause they keep falling apart before they leave, and when they do leave they still fall apart. I know the components are sensative, but come.

    • ANSWER:
      300mph? I was under the impression that the escape velocity of planet earth is around 17,000mph. And the shuttle goes a wee bit faster? Keeping things in one piece under the forces required to get up is a feat in itself. But you also have to protect against debris, and then get it back down. As we saw not long ago (and indeed a few times in the past) even a minor problem can be catastrophic. That's the equivalent of your car getting a chip in the windshield and causing it to explode.

15. QUESTION:
    Does the Space Shuttle have fuel to travel to moon and back to Earth?
    I heard about covert moon missions of harvesting ancient alien technology long abandond, and was wondering if the Space shuttle had enough fuel to make it to the moon and back.
    Thanks,

    • ANSWER:
      No...absolutely not..!
      Space Shuttle has fuel only enough to take it into LEO (that is Low Earth Orbit about 300-450 km form ground).
      The huge external tank has enough capacity to take Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) about 227,641 lbs or 385,265 US gallons, and 1,361,936 lbs or 143,351 US gallons of Liquid Oxygen.
      But is only enough to run the Space Shuttle's Main Engines(SSME) up to 8-10 minutes!!! to give the shuttle speed of 27,000 feets per second to remain on the LEO.
      Yes if you are talking about the facilities for astronauts to remain into the orbit, then the space shuttle can carry 7-9 astronauts and they can remain there up to 14-15 days.
      So dont confused.....
      Good bye..
      Take care.

16. QUESTION:
    Anyone else see the space shuttle and space station last night?
    They flew overhead at about 7:19 EST, from the northwest to the southeast. They actually looked like very bright moving stars. One was following the other. Do you know which was the shuttle and which was the space station? Was the shuttle following the space station, or vice versa?

    • ANSWER:
      The shuttle should have been in front. The shuttle is returning to Earth, and things that get closer to Earth move faster.

17. QUESTION:
    How fast can a space shuttle travel?
    How fast are we capable of making a space shuttle travel? I'm asking because I was reading about the new planet, Gliese 581, which is said to have earth like habitation characteristics, but is 20.5 lightyears away-- impossible to reach in a human lifetime. So I would like to know how fast our space shuttles go (in lightyears, preferably), to see how much time it would actually take to reach that planet.

    • ANSWER:
      The shuttle goes 17,500 MPH. That speed is not high enough to escape from Earth orbit, but FYI, that is about 38,263 times slower than light speed. (Calculated as 186,000 miles per second times 3,600 seconds in an hour divided by 17,500 miles per hour.) So if the shuttle could leave Earth orbit and travel at 17,500 MPH all the way to that star, it would take 784,391 years to get there. (Calculated as 20.5 * 38,263.)

18. QUESTION:
    Do the astronauts have privacy on board the space shuttle?
    I have noticed that on every shuttle flight, the astronauts always seem to change their clothes quiet often. One time they wear the Army shirts, than they wear the shirts with the ISS expedition logo, and so on. I know that it's done for advertisement and media purposes, but my question is, even if there's one woman out of six male astronauts on the space shuttle, do they have privacy when they change clothes on board, or do they possibly don't care about it, which is what I think.

    What do you think?

    • ANSWER:
      Actually, they can have a little privacy. There is a real "toilet room" and a "shower room", and any of the crew can ask for a few minutes privacy, as well. Other crew members would respect the request. And, to some extent, they don't care a lot -- well, not enough to want to violate there fellow crewmembers' request for privacy. (Yes, I took that last part differently from the way you intended it.)

19. QUESTION:
    What will replace the space shuttle craft when they retire them in 2010?
    I have been reading about the current space shuttle mission and have seen a few times that the space shuttles are to be retired in 2010 after the space station is finished. So what program is going to replace the space shuttle or will there be a space station that is unreachable, or reachable only by soviets?

    • ANSWER:
      Well, there will be 3 things that will be involved in replacing the space shuttle.

      The thing that Nasa will own is the Constellation system, which consists of a series of vehicles - 2 rockets, the Ares I and V, the Orion Capsule, a Lunar Lander, and an Earth departure stage.
      Ziggle did cover this very well

      However, this won't be ready until 2014, and quite possibly later.

      What will really be flying astronauts to the International Space Station is the SpaceX Dragon and the Rocketplane Kistler K-1. The Dragon is a capsule being developed by Space Exploration Techologies, or SpaceX, which was founded by and owned by Elon Musk. It will be launched by the Falcon 9 rocket. Details of the Dragon can be found at http://www.spacex.com/dragon.php
      BTW, almost everything on the Dragon and the Falcon 9 are reusable.

      The K-1 is a launch vehicle and an orbital vehicle. It is entirely reusable. Details of it can be found at http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/

      Both of these vehicles are being funded in part by Nasa, called the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, but also largely by private money.

      In addition, there are other companies that are pursuing the Phase 2 COTS contract. Some of these companies are Constellation Services INternational, PlanetSpace, SpaceDev, Transformational Space, as well as other.

      Details concerning COTS can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Orbital_Transportation_Services

20. QUESTION:
    How many football fields (length = 91.4 m) does the Space Shuttle cover in the blink of an eye?
    The Space Shuttle travels at a speed of about 7.39 x 103 m/s. The blink of an astronaut's eye lasts about 116 ms. How many football fields (length = 91.4 m) does the Space Shuttle cover in the blink of an eye?

    • ANSWER:
      you already asked this, under a different name.

      Assuming that is actually 7.39 x 10^3 m/s. Please use correct terminology.

      7.39e3 m/s x 0.116 sec = 0.857e3 m or 857 m

      857 m / 91.4 m/field = 9.38 fields

      .

21. QUESTION:
    centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit?
    Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 389 km from the Earth's surface, and circles the Earth about once every 92.3 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit. Express your answer in terms of g, the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface.

    • ANSWER:
      a = ω²r = (1rev/92.3min * 1min/60s * 2πrad/rev)² * (6.4e6m + 3.89e5m) = 8.74 m/s²
      This is equal to 8.74/9.8 * "g" = 0.89 "g"s

22. QUESTION:
    Is there really a manned space shuttle bound for Mars?
    It seems a little hard to believe....I mean, what do they plan to do there once they get there? And I bet they won't be able to get off the space shuttle like they did on the moon because of the harsh conditions of the Martian surface. Anyone have an details about this?

    • ANSWER:
      No there isn't.

23. QUESTION:
    What Should be done in light of the space shuttle disasters.?
    Really these guys have only fixed the current shutles. The united states is down two Space shuttles, Somethings got to be done. I'm not asking as to what the next "space shuttle" should be. i just wanna know what can we do. not that i can do anything about it but, but this is a serious problem that needs fixing and is really burning in my head. no answer is to rediculus, really i could use a good laugh.

    • ANSWER:
      NASA is starting work on a new vehicle. See the source. It is a capsule on an expendable rocket, much like Apollo, not a new shuttle, but it is intended to replace the shuttle.

24. QUESTION:
    What is the centripetal force of this space shuttle?
    Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 400km from the Earth's surface and cirlces the Earth about once every 90 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in terms of g, gravitational accelertaion. (Please show each step. Every time i try this problem i get Ac=465.185^2/400,000 or 5.7g's and the book gets .9g's. Trying to find out where i may have messed up)

    • ANSWER:
      It looks like you're using the equation Ac = v²/r, and setting "r" to 400,000 meters. That's incorrect. 400,000 m is the shuttle's distance from the earth's surface, while "r" is supposed to be the radius of the circle it's traveling in. Draw a diagram (circle representing the earth, bigger circle represeting the shuttle's path), and you should see that the radius of the circle (r) is actually (400000 m + radius of earth).

      Also, I have no idea where you got the number "465.185" from, but that's not the shuttle's velocity.

      There are actually 3 convenient formulas for figuring Ac. They all give the same answer, but one may be easier than the others depenging on what information you're given.

      If you're given "v", use: Ac=v²/r.
      If you're given "ω" (angular speed), use: Ac=ω²r
      If you're given "T" (the time period of one complete revolution), use: Ac=(2π/T)²r

      The last of these is most appropriate in your case, since you are told that T=90 min.

25. QUESTION:
    What is the comparsion between the force of gravity on Earth and in orbit for a space shuttle?
    When at rest on the lanuching pad, the force of gravity on the space shuttle is quite huge - the weight of the shuttle. When in orbit, some 200 km above Earth's surface, the force of gravity on the shuttle is

    a) nearly as much.
    b) about half as much.
    c) nearly zero (micro-gravity).
    d) zero.

    * Neglect changes in the weight of the fuel carried by the shuttle. *

    • ANSWER:
      I will not give you the answer, but I will give you a good hint. Take a ball - a bowling ball would be the best - and a grain of salt. You can find the diameter of the earth on the internet, and you can the height of the shuttle above the earth. So you will create a sort of model of just how close the grain of salt is to the bowling ball. Since the force of gravity is proportional to the distance from - in this case the earth - you shouul dhave a good idea of WHY the force of gravity has or has not changed much.

26. QUESTION:
    What will replace the space shuttle once it is phased out? I am concerned about the US space program.?
    space shuttle - replacement?
    The US needs to really get this country going again in terms of manned space (interplanetary) exploration. I am disappointed in the cuts and decline of NASA. A new challenge would excite and invigorate this nation. It would also lead to greater respect and admiration from other countries, something we desperately need.

    • ANSWER:
      Project Constellation,the new space program of NASA will replace the space shuttle program in 2010.

27. QUESTION:
    Acceleration due to gravity on the Space Shuttle?
    A space shuttle is flying at an altitude of 491.000 km above the Earth. A satellite in its cargo bay is floating freely and its engines are about to boost it to a higher orbit. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the satellite? The radius of the Earth is 6370 km. The mass of the Earth is 5.980×1024 kg.

    The satellite reaches its final orbit altitude of 37600 km above the Earth, what is its orbital period in hours?

    • ANSWER:
      a = Gm/r^2
      a = 6.67428 x 10^-11 x 5.98 x 10^24/(491,000,000 + 6,370,000)^2
      a = 0.001613 m/s²
      ------------------------
      T = 2pi x sqrt(r^3/(GM)
      T = 2pi x sqrt(37,600,000^3/(6.67428 x 10^-11 x 5.98 x 10^24)
      T = 72,512 seconds = 20.14 hours

28. QUESTION:
    Where will space shuttle Atlantis go after retirement?
    The space shuttles are being retired in 2010, and I've heard that Discovery is going to the Smithsonian and Endeavour is possibly going to a museum in California. Where is Atlantis going? Will it just be torn apart for scrap metal or will it be on display at a museum somewhere? I heard that Atlantis was originally supposed to be commissioned in 2008 and used for spare parts for Discovery and Endeavour, which makes me wonder if NASA is just going to forget about it and scrap it. Thanks if you can help.

    • ANSWER:
      I truly doubt that ANY shuttle will be torn apart for scrap. There are science and aviation museums around the country--and the world--who would fight for the chance to display one.

29. QUESTION:
    Where were you when the first space shuttle was launched?
    The last space shuttle mission is about to take off, but where were you when the first space shuttle launched on 12 April 1981?

    I was watching the launch on a Sinclair TV in a car in Bristol.

    • ANSWER:
      NYC
      Moon walker John Young was in the right seat and Robert Crippen was in the left seat and Obama is a shortsighted putz for killing our space program

30. QUESTION:
    Seniors, how do you feel about the American space shuttle program coming to an end?
    I have mixed feelings about it. Probably flavored by nostalgia for the entire space program. I know that we have made many great technological discoveries because of the space program, but lacking a goal of say, flying to Mars, I can't see how we justify the money spent on it when we just can't afford it, and think maybe a joint venture with other countries may be the way to go. What do you think?

    • ANSWER:
      Mixed feelings...it was a good thing but maybe it's time to move on. There will be a lot of people out of work now here in Houston and that part is bad. And then too, so much of our city's history is tied up in the space programs. I suppose that the Johnson Space Center will still be a part of what ever is to come but we shall see. I don't see justifying the expense with our country in the shape that it is now and feel that the money could be better spent on other things for a while. And anyway...if we made it to some other planet, discovered some kind of conflict there, then the next thing you know, we'll be sending troops and billions of dollars to it....I'm very much sick and tired of that particular scenario.

31. QUESTION:
    How long does the space shuttle orbit around the earth?
    I hear that they travel around the earth in all for like about 90 min? how is that possible? how are you able to travel that fast in space? why cant that happen on earth like in 1 hr or so u can be from this end of earth to the other end that quick rather than like 24hrs or more.

    • ANSWER:
      The Space Shuttle travels at about 7800 m/s in orbit, the reason how this is possible is simple the lack of an dense atmosphere to cause friction. The 7800 m/s are also not just luxury, but needed for staying in orbit, like all satellites need.

      The Shuttle gets that fast by the use of rocket engines - at lift-off over 90% of the 2000 tons liftoff mass are fuel, which gets burned by the rocket engines in just 8 minutes. The solid rocket boosters both burn together over 1000 tons of solid rocket fuel in just 2 minutes, a huge amount of energy. Once in Orbit, you only need fuel for changing your orbit (rotate the orbit around Earth or change the minimum/maximum altitude of each loop), since there is almost nothing to stop you. You also need fuel for leaving Orbit, this is just a orbit maneuver that lowers your minimum orbit altitude (the perigee) close to Earths surface. Since you can then use the atmosphere and the resulting friction for slowing down, you need MUCH less fuel for leaving orbit than for entering it. instead of 1600 tons, you need just 800 kg.

      For getting on the other side of earth by the use of astrodynamics (the special field of physics which deals with orbits and spacecraft trajectories), you would need to do the same as an intercontinental ballistic missile: gain over 6000 m/s velocity in a few minutes and then throw yourself to your target, ICBMs need just 25 minutes for traveling 90° around Earth, and can fly 180° in just 50 minutes.

      The Space Shuttle can stay in Orbit for about 18 days with all possible additional tanks for the three fuel cells that produce electrical power, oxygen and hot water. It could stay longer in space while docked to the ISS, since all Shuttles are now equipped with a special adapter to draw electrical power from the ISS, but oxygen and especially the LiOH canisters for removing CO2 from the air still limit the time in space.

32. QUESTION:
    Sad to see the space shuttle era come to an end?
    Im very sad about the space shuttle era ending. Im worried that our program is going down hill with the funding cuts on the James Webb Space Telescope and many job cuts. Whats next for the program? Do you think we will once again be the dominator in the space race?? Is our program done for?

    • ANSWER:
      WTH did this come from? I never even know it even begin.

33. QUESTION:
    Is it possible to steal a Space Shuttle?
    Me and my Llama got in an argument about weather or not it is possible to steal a Space Shuttle? Irving says no, seeing as the FBI and Military would be guarding it but I think if the person had the right tools and means, they'd be able to do it. What do you think?

    P.S. My Llama's name is Irving

    • ANSWER:
      well, I guess Peter on Family Guy got his hands on one, so it can't be too difficult, because he's not the brightest crayon in the box

34. QUESTION:
    Advanced question: Weird colors in the sky right before space shuttle landing?
    I’m trying to identify something I saw a long, long time ago off the coast of California. I saw it right before a space shuttle landing. It looked like a red-colored psychedelic rainbow – like somebody released dye into the clouds.

    Does NASA ever release rust into the air (right before a space shuttle landings) as part of some kind of electromagnetic research?

    Is there anything you know about space shuttles that can explain the colors in the sky that I saw?

    • ANSWER:
      It was the speed of the space shuttle travelling at a very high rate of speed and the colors you saw were atmospheric gases being ionized as they hit the heat shields on the space shuttle.

35. QUESTION:
    Why are we currently using a three-rocket design on the Space Shuttle launch vehicle?
    Why are we currently using a three-rocket design on the Space Shuttle launch vehicle?

    Yes, this is for a class that has no textbook. This is the question that was given to me exactly. I have been looking for answers for 2 days. This is not my topic of knowledge, so I decided to put it on here for some help from people that might know more than me about this topic!! So please help me!

    • ANSWER:
      The physics behind launching a vehicle of the size of the space shuttle require a multi-stage propulsion system. Solid rocket boosters are needed for the initial lift off because of their power. However once they are used up they only contribute weight to the problem. By ejecting the solid rocket boosters once they are used up the liquid booster needs less fuel. in the Apollo program the boosters were placed underneath the crew vehicle. The shuttle placed them on the side because it is cheaper to design and develop seperate rocket and shuttle components than to design many components designed to work as one.
      Nasa's motto since Apolo ended has been Faster, Better, Cheaper... or pick your favorite (which is usually cheaper).

      The shuttle was poorly designed because no one wanted to pay for a better one.

36. QUESTION:
    Does the space shuttle travel in the same direction - rotation of the earth?
    If the shuttle re-entered the atmosphere at the same speed and rotation of the earth then there should be little drag. I know that the shuttle travels at 17000 mph about the same speed as the earths at the equator. Could the shuttle re-enter at the pole where there is little rotation? It could aim right at the pole, then travel to a landing at edwards AFB. May have to modify a shuttle or future missions could use this technique in a new lander.

    • ANSWER:
      It doesn't matter where it aims. Even at the equator it's going 16,500mph relative to the ground and if it slows down even a few hundred mph it will start to drop and re-enter very rapidly. It takes all the fuel it has on board to get it to orbit, To slow it down to something slower realtive to the ground would need almost as much fuel again.

      Re-entering at the pole is not possible because the shuttle does not have enough fuel to alter its orbit sufficiently to carry it over the pole. Even if it was, the problem is the same. Slowing it down would take a HUGE amount of fuel. Atmospheric re-entry is the best method for slowing it to a landing, and has been used reliably since the 1950s to recover orbiting spacecraft, amnned or otherwise, precisely BECAUSE of the fuel costs of slowing it down any other way.

37. QUESTION:
    How do space shuttle engines work?
    I am wondering because to think about it, they have to be different from combustion engines and jet engines because obviously there is no air in space. So how do the engines work in space? How did the Apollo missions land on the Moon? You need air to burn fuel right.
    From the first 3 questions... I still don't understand how they work in OUTER SPACE. How do the engines burn in outer space? Does liquid oxygen and hydrogen burn in vacuum as well?
    lol ill try asking in the engineering section

    • ANSWER:
      Combustion is the chemical reaction of a substance with oxygen. On Earth that oxygen is usually supplied by air, so burning wood, burning gas and burning jet fuel all burn because they are reacting violently with the oxygen in the air. In the case of the Saturn V rocket and the space shuttle main engines, they were fed by two tanks, one containing fuel and one containing liquid oxygen. Because they are bringing their own oxygen, they do not need air to burn the fuel in the engine, and hence it works perfectly in outer space.

      You do not always need oxygen in its pure form, however. Some chemicals are known as oxidising agents. These are compounds with oxygen in them that, under the right conditions and when mixed with other chemicals, will give up their oxygen to allow combustion to take place. The most violent of these are known as hypergolic fuels. These are two chemicals that will spontaneously ignite on contact. The Apollo spacecraft and the shuttle manoeuvring system used these fuels. Because they have their own oxygen in them, they ignite just as well in air or in space, and the advantage of their use is that they greatly simplify the design of the engine. They need no complex igniter and other systems that oxygen fed engines require.

      So rocket engines work in space because they carry all the chemical components they need to burn the fuel with them.

38. QUESTION:
    the average speed of an orbiting space shuttle is 20100mi/h. the shuttle is orbiting about 241mi above the?
    the average speed of an orbiting space shuttle is 20100mi/h. the shuttle is orbiting about 241mi above the earth's surface. Assume the earth's radius is 3963 mi. How long does it take to circle the earth ?

    • ANSWER:
      The distance that the shuttle must travel is the circumference of a circle with the radius being the size of the Earth (3963 mi.) plus the shuttle altitude (241 mi).

      This distance (C) is given by the formula

      C = 2 x pi x (3963 mi + 241 mi).

      The shuttle is going at a speed (v) of 20100 mi/h.

      The formula for speed is give by

      v = d/t

      where d is the distance, and t is the time. You want to solve for time, so this becomes

      t = d/v.

      The distance is C, which you know from above. The time for one orbit is therefore

      t = C/v.

      Calculated values:

      C = 26415 mi

      t = 1.31 h

39. QUESTION:
    I'm thinking about seeing the last space shuttle launch. What do I need 2 know and where do I learn it?
    I love all things space and yet I've never seen a launch before. I live in northern Illinois which is obviously a long way from Cape Canaveral, but I just got a new car and I wouldn't mind breaking it in with a road trip. Should I buy tickets or something? Any suggestions on where to watch it from? Any tips would be gratly appreciated! Thanks!

    • ANSWER:
      You are going to want to travel to Florida, and you will be able to see the shuttle from as far away as Orlando and Daytona Beach.

      To learn about tickets and closer observation places (Cocoa Beach, Titusville, etc.) you should head to WWW.NASA.GOV and search for "shuttle launch".

      Remember that the schedule is subject to change and the likelihood of the shuttle going on time is pretty small.

      Unless you can get a launch ticket, I'd go to the beach in Cocoa Beach, or to Titusville, to watch.

40. QUESTION:
    What is there such a big fat hairy deal about Space Shuttle which wasted billions $$ ?
    Billions$$ wasted which could have been better spent to help economy or help poor people. Useless space shuttle program only benefited bunch of astro freaks who wanted to see the rest of universe and also a bunch of so called NASA scientists who love to spend billions to prove their astro theories. Ridiculous nonsense and best thing that has happened is that once and for all this space shuttle program is shut down.

    • ANSWER:
      why do you contradict yourself for? SOCIAL SECURITY NEEDS MORE MONEY TOO GOD........

41. QUESTION:
    Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 500 km from the Earth's surface?
    and circles the Earth about once every 94.6 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit. Express your answer in terms of g, the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface.

    • ANSWER:
      In a circular orbit, centripetal accel ac equals grav. accel ag.
      r = r(earth) + altitude
      ag is inversely proportional to radius ==>
      ag = g(surface)*r(earth^2)/r^2 = g*(6378/6878)^2
      You could also use
      ac = w^2r = (2pi/(94.6*60))^2*6878000, then divide by g to get the factor of g.

42. QUESTION:
    Is anyone else upset about the discontinuing of the Space Shuttle Orbiter?
    I know it's outdated and inefficient, but I like it. It's an actual space ship, not just a tiny capsule bolted to a missile. I really hope they use a rocket-plain type vehicle, like the X-33 or VenturStar.

    • ANSWER:
      Looks cannot be what you judge spacecraft on, but capabilities. The fact is, we have made little progress in the exploration of space while using the Space Shuttle. In one decade(1960's), we built the Space program from absolutely nothing, to the best in the world. Heck, we landed men on the moon. The MOON! Since the 70's, we have not gone further, and we have not even gone back to the moon. Instead, we have reverted back to LEO. I think the Shuttle program was a step in the wrong direction, if anything. NASA should have been concentrating on build a moon base, or sending men to Mars, not shuttling astronauts to and from LEO. While the Space shuttle was a fine bit of technology, I think it's discontinuation is a step in the right direction.

43. QUESTION:
    the space shuttle orbits the earth at a speed of some 7750 meters per second?
    (which is about 260 times that of a typical highway driving speed). With a typical payload, the Shuttle has a mass of 120,000 kg.

    a) What is the kinetic energy of the Shuttle in orbit?
    b) The Shuttle reaches orbit in some 500 seconds. At what rate of work (power) did the rocket engines perform on the Shuttle to place the craft and its payload into orbit? Compare this to the maximum power output of a typical nuclear electric generating station.

    • ANSWER:
      a) KE = (1/2)mv^2

      b) Are you supposed to include the potential energy? Just based on KE, divide the answer in part a by the time in seconds.

44. QUESTION:
    Do you watch space shuttle launches and still get excited about them, or have they become passe?
    I will never grow tired of watching the launches and landings or anything involving the missions. It's totally fascinating to me.
    And to think I could've been an astronaut because a teacher I had in high school told me I was good at taking up space.

    • ANSWER:
      I've seen every shuttle launch in the three years that i've lived in florida, it never gets old for me. Every time i see it, i go, i wish that was me. those lucky buggers get paid to do that. if i had the money, i'd pay nasa to go. but ofcourse i'd want to land it, and i dont think they would let me.

45. QUESTION:
    Physics question: Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit?
    Suppose the space shuttle is in orbit 340 km from the Earth's surface, and circles the Earth about once every 91.3 minutes. Find the centripetal acceleration of the space shuttle in its orbit. Express your answer in terms of g, the gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface.

    • ANSWER:
      radius = 0.340 M
      angular velocity = (1revolution/91.3min)x(2(pi) radians/1revolution)x(1min/60sec)= 1.83x10^-4 rad/s
      tangential velocity = radius x angular velocity = 0.340 x 1.83x10^-4 = 6.2x10^-5 m/s
      centripetal acceleration = (tangential velocity)^2 / radius = (6.2x10^-5)^2 / 0.340 = 1.33x10^-8
      convert to g: 1.33x10^-8 / 9.8 = 1.16x10^-9 m/s^2

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   Does the African space program really have a colony going on mars?
   Ive heard they are making Mars a blacks planet, they already have a few colonys going. Where can I sign up?

   • ANSWER:
     You have stumbled on to some super secrete information.

     Better watch out, ot they might dump you on Venus.

2. QUESTION:
   How many African American astronauts have threre been in the space program?!?!?
   Who are they?!?!

   thanx for all your answers and i mean ALL the African Americans there have been

   • ANSWER:
     Major Robert Lawrence was the first African-American selected to be an astronaut. He was selected to be an astronaut in a proposed Air Force space program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Major Lawrence died in a plane crash during a training mission in 1967, however. This occurred before he had an opportunity to fly into space.
     Note that the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program eventually was canceled.

     Guion Bluford was the first African-American astronaut to orbit the Earth. He was born November 22, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was also a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He flew as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger from August 30 to September 5, 1983. This mission was called STS-8. It was the first night launch of a shuttle, as well as the first night landing. Guion Bluford also flew on three other shuttle missions: STS-61A, STS-39, and STS-53. He is currently the vice president and general manager of an engineering company in Maryland.

     Ronald McNair was the second African-American astronaut to orbit the Earth. He was an MIT physicist. He flew on the Space Shuttle Challenger in February 1984. He was later killed with six other astronauts in the Challenger disaster in January 28, 1986.

     Dr. Mae C. Jemison was the first African-America woman in space. She flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, on the STS-47 mission. This mission was launched on September 12, 1992. Dr. Jemison was born October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama. She earned a a doctorate in medicine degree from Cornell University in 1981. She served as the Area Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa.

     Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr. was the first African-American to walk in space. He accomplished this on the STS-63 mission, which was carried out February 2-11, 1995. Mission highlights included the rendezvous with the Russian Space Station, Mir, operation of a variety of investigations in the Spacehab module, and the deployment and retrieval of Spartan 204. In addition, Dr. Harris was a mission specialist on the STS-55 mission in 1993. Dr. Harris earned a doctorate in medicine from Texas Tech University School of Medicine in 1982.

     There is also Michael P. Anderson, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Yvonne Cagle, Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Frederick D. Gregory, Joan E. Higginbotham, Leland D. Melvin, Bobby Satcher, Winston E. Scott, and Stephanie Wilson.

     Edit: I should note, these are only NASA astronauts. I am unaware of the history of black space explorers from other nations.

3. QUESTION:
   Is it really true there has never been an African in space?
   but just African-Americans..

   I thought the Nigerians had a space program, and they sent people on the moon years ago. Whoever says Africans never been in Space is a racist. But i cant find anything on the net.

   • ANSWER:
     No other country other than the U.S has gone to the moon to put a man.

4. QUESTION:
   Why don't Africans have a space program like China does? I thought they are supposedly the cradle of humanity?
   http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/30/world/asia/china-space-program/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

   • ANSWER:
     Lack of resources & interest..

5. QUESTION:
   Should nigeria abandon its space program - and not be the first country to send a man to mars?
   Having invested billions of nigerian naira - into sending the most advanced african satellite system into orbit, and harnessing the undoubted brain power of the mud huts of lagos. Should his excellancy the president of nigeria follow the dream of the nigerian nation and send the first astronaut to mars.

   • ANSWER:
     Yehr! And Gordon Brown could volunteer to become a Nigerian and go for them!!!

6. QUESTION:
   How is the nigerian space flight program going?
   Has anyone else heard how the nigerian goverment are getting on with sending the first african built satellite into orbit and how far have they advanced with sending a pod to mars

   • ANSWER:
     They have finally secured 2 sticks to rub together to get sparks to start a fire to ignite the engine but as yet have not located an engine for the spacecraft.

7. QUESTION:
   What are the chances of being selected for a NASA space program?
   This is what I plan on doing, go to university , get a degree of some sort in avionic engineering, once that is done apply for the US Air force and obtain my pilots license through there, I will pay for any other extra hours required. Once iv done this and I apply, is there even the slightest chance to be picked? Im not american and am South African, I have however, through contacts in the US been told I will most likely be selected for the air force programme as my marks are very good for both physics and mathematics.

   • ANSWER:
     Good luck.
     Your chances are slender.

     Two of my friends (both with PhDs in space sciences, both fit, both with 3 languages) applied to the European Space Agency's selection program - and both failed at the 2nd round of selection, when there were about 1000 candidates.

     But don't overlook the many opportunities for non-flight crew - someone has to engineer, design and test, aerospace systems. If you're still at the pre-university stage I strongly suggest caution about pinning your career hopes on to one goal at this stage.

     Get the best degree you can (BTW, aerospace engineering is generally what such courses are called: avionics is a subset of aero-eng and deals with information/control systems in craft) and then another degree to specialize in. You'll find that even pilots are multiply degreed these days, and mission specialists tend to be 'doctored'.

8. QUESTION:
   .Why do people keep on citing Guy Bluford as the "first person of African descent in space"?
   .It was Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, people. An Afro-Cuban who was chosen in the 1978 U.S.S.R.-Cuba Interkosmos Program. Is it because of U.S. propaganda that downplays the achievements of rival countries during the Cold War? Is it because Mr. Mendez is a communist? (NOTE: We're NOT referring to the first U.S. black in space).

   • ANSWER:
     (sarcasm on) Because only Americans have been to space (sarcasm off)
     but they are telling the truth that he is the first African American in space which
     is not the same as the first person of African descent in space. There's a difference.

9. QUESTION:
   Does anybody think i have a good chance at getting in the honors program at UMBC?
   I really want to go to University of Maryland College Park but i have to have a backup and i was wondering if i have a chance of getting in the honrors program at UMBC. am a african american. I have a g.p.a of 3.50 currently and i am in my senior year. My sat's are pretty low, 1300/2400 and i am planning to take it again before applying. I have taken all honor classes from 10th grade on. I have more math credits then they reccomended because i was in a special math program and i had to do geometry/algebra 2/trig in one year. I am currently taking 3 A.P. classes, A.P. biology, A.P. English/lit, A.P. calculus and because i don't have space on my schedule, i am taking A.P psychology on the side. I am involved in the Interact/Rotary club in which i am vice president, in the National Honor Society, and i participated in the chemathon, a chemistry competiton in University of Maryland in which me and 5 others were the first to represent our high school in this competition. I have currently over 150 hours of community service but that should go up to 400-500 before i apply. I am also in the science fair club, where me and my partner will compete locally and hopefully beyond even that. I am volunteering for the public library and i have already volunteered for the school library. I am also volunteering at the Washington Hospital Center in the department of Radiology. I should get major hours and have a great experience. I have also attended the student leadership program in which they give us necessary skills on how to be a great leader and we also recieve a certificate. I forgot, i also was a part of the Computer video club, but our supervisor left so it is no more. I plan on having many reccommendations from teachers and the hospital. Hopefully i would have a great Essay, i am working on it with my A.P. English/lit teacher and if she can't help me then no one can(just kidding). I want anyone's honest opinion on if i have a good shot, and i heard that i could get into the honor program if i get my SAT's up. Really i just want to know if i can just get in and then you can tell me if i have a shot at the honor program. Thank you to anyone who answered

   • ANSWER:
     have a TRUST in yourself. none of what we say will matters. this is not something you can do in two days or so. it takes years to plan. and this is your goal and you are going for it and if you want it really really bad, that's when it will happen. when you have a goal, all things you did and planned will fallen into place.

     wish you luck.

10. QUESTION:
    Do i have a chance of getting into the honors program at UMBC?
    Here are my stats. I am a african american. I have a g.p.a of 3.50 currently and i am in my senior year. My sat's are pretty low, 1300/2400 and i am planning to take it again before applying. I have taken all honor classes from 10th grade on. I have more math credits then they reccomended because i was in a special math program and i had to do geometry/algebra 2/trig in one year. I am currently taking 3 A.P. classes, A.P. biology, A.P. English/lit, A.P. calculus and because i don't have space on my schedule, i am taking A.P psychology on the side. I am involved in the Interact/Rotary club in which i am vice president, in the National Honor Society, and i participated in the chemathon, a chemistry competiton in University of Maryland in which me and 5 others were the first to represent our high school in this competition. I have currently over 150 hours of community service but that should go up to 400-500 before i apply. I am also in the science fair club, where me and my partner will compete locally and hopefully beyond even that. I am volunteering for the public library and i have already volunteered for the school library. I am also volunteering at the Washington Hospital Center in the department of Radiology. I should get major hours and have a great experience. I have also attended the student leadership program in which they give us necessary skills on how to be a great leader and we also recieve a certificate. I forgot, i also was a part of the Computer video club, but our supervisor left so it is no more. I plan on having many reccommendations from teachers and the hospital. Hopefully i would have a great Essay, i am working on it with my A.P. English/lit teacher and if she can't help me then no one can(just kidding). I want anyone's honest opinion on if i have a good shot, and i heard that i could get into the honor program if i get my SAT's up. Really i just want to know if i can just get in and then you can tell me if i have a shot at the honor program. Thank you to anyone who answered.

    • ANSWER:
      Hi there, i work at UMBC and a 1300 SAT with a 3.5 will should definitely get you in. Last year's average SAT was around 1100-1200. At this point, you're retaking the SATs probably for scholarships so go for it.

      I think, but cannot speak specifically, but I think you'll also have no problem getting into the Honor's College. You can call them and speak with Ms. Maureen McCormick at 410-455-3720.

      Good luck

11. QUESTION:
    Should the west provide aid to poor countries when?
    1.Their are people in this country with terminal cancer that are being denied life extending drugs because they are too expensive.
    2.Countries like India choose to to spend their own money on Space programs
    3.We deprive millions of people of their money in taxes only to give it to African people who choose to have large families despite the fact they cannot afford to support them. Don't get me wrong I believe we have a moral obligation to help people less fortunate than ourselves but it shouldn't be at the expense of our own people and especially when they are not willing to change themselves. I mean they might be uneducated but their not stupid and it doesn't take a astrophysicist to work out that, if you cant afford to feed yourself then you probably wont be able to afford to feed 10 kids either. If they make a conscious decision to have children knowing they wont be able to provide for them should that be our responsibility?

    Your thoughts?

    • ANSWER:

12. QUESTION:
    Do these qualify as G-dubs positives? ?
    Be objective -- he made mistakes, I already know that...do you think the below are positives in his Administration?

    He made the Northwest Hawaiian Islands a Marine sanctuary to prevent fishermen from wiping out endangered species there

    President Bush went after a weak dollar policy. This directly challenged China and the Chinese governments subsidizing of their currency. The weak dollar policy had foreign investment into America at a high level. Nissan, Toyota, Honda, BMW, and many other international companies BUILT FACTORIES IN AMERICA to provide people with good quality jobs that will last for a long time.
    President Bush hired in record numbers, the number of people to work for the government. High paying, excellent benefits and fairly easy work. This is easy I could go on for a while.
    African AIDS Funding/Malaria program

    Space/Mars trip initiative

    AIDS funding

    Gave the military the largest pay increases in decades

    he made HUGE tax cuts, including the marriage tax

    Economic Stewardship (avoided deflation, number of quarters in continuous growth)

    No terrorist attack after 9/11

    IRAQ – Part 1: 30 days, no oil fields ablaze, no chem warfare

    IRAQ – Part 2: took longer than expected, but we adjusted (a big positive) to win the war against foreign fighers

    • ANSWER:
      He made the Northwest Hawaiian Islands a Marine sanctuary to prevent fishermen from wiping out endangered species there

      Neutral. Most of Hawaii already was surrounded by a general fishing ban on endangered species. Enforcement of the fishing restrictions will be difficult.

      President Bush went after a weak dollar policy. This directly challenged China and the Chinese governments subsidizing of their currency. The weak dollar policy had foreign investment into America at a high level. Nissan, Toyota, Honda, BMW, and many other international companies BUILT FACTORIES IN AMERICA to provide people with good quality jobs that will last for a long time.

      The weak dollar policy also contributed to growing income disparities between the rich and the poor; inflation hurts the poor the hardest, and by virtue of the mechanics, siphons money to the rich, specifically, the bankers.

      President Bush hired in record numbers, the number of people to work for the government. High paying, excellent benefits and fairly easy work. This is easy I could go on for a while.

      On a campaign promise of reduced government. Pay and benefits are doled out in dollars whose purchasing power has been reduced. Government jobs create very little if any real productivity.

      African AIDS Funding/Malaria program

      There is absolutely no constitutional authority for something like this. Bill and Melinda Gates have probably done more for AIDS/Malaria than Bush.

      Space/Mars trip initiative

      Get back to me when we get there.

      Gave the military the largest pay increases in decades

      And also consigned thousands of young people to their deaths. We still haven't captured OBL. A letter of marque and reprisal would have nailed OBL within a few months.

      he made HUGE tax cuts, including the marriage tax

      Economic Stewardship (avoided deflation, number of quarters in continuous growth)

      Why is deflation something to avoid?
      http://www.qjae.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae6_4_2.pdf

      "Continuous growth" is a matter of interpretation. You can pump a lot of money into digging a big hole, provide everyone with a salary, and then when we realize that it was a giant waste, you'd be hard-pressed to acknowledge that all that digging really resulted in "growth", even if the numbers say that it was.

      No terrorist attack after 9/11

      Until we get declassified intelligence reports, we'll never know. Get back to us in 50 years.

      IRAQ – Part 1: 30 days, no oil fields ablaze, no chem warfare

      This was actually good! Although we shouldn't have invaded Iraq, setting a real mission to capture Baghdad first with a real objective resulted in a stunning success. Libs who criticize the "mission accomplished" banner are silly. The lack of chemical warfare, however, cannot be attributed to Bush, because it seems like in the end Saddam Hussein simply wanted us to THINK he head chemical weapons in an attempt to dissuade invasion.

      IRAQ – Part 2: took longer than expected, but we adjusted (a big positive) to win the war against foreign fighers

      Have we won? I don't think so. We're withdrawing and calling it a "victory". Which is just as well, we shouldn't be there at all. Note that Iraq has a really diffuse set of goals, and that's the primary difference between the stunning early success and the atrocious wrap-up.

      I actually like Bush's immigration policy (seal the borders and create new guest worker programs), but sadly he had lost so much political credibility that he couldn't get it executed.

13. QUESTION:
    Is Obama so determined to drag the USA down to a 3rd rate nation?
    His latest attack on the prestige of the USA is shortsighted and stupid (like all of his actions so far)..His cancellation of the Constellation rocket program will lower the USA's participation in the exploration of space to the level of someplace like Pakistan!! Then again he has never really professed any pride or love for his adopted country, like his wife also admits....Is this just another Machiavellian way for Obama to downgrade the USA to the level of some despotic African state?

    • ANSWER:
      Well, ..., Frankly I don't believe that Obama is dragging down the space program. I do believe it was a mistake to cancel the moon program mainly because of the vast research potential and benefit that remains to be unlocked from the moon.

      However, NASA itself has been floundering for some time due to lack of direction. This is a complex problem that is not easily solved. We need achievable national goals that can be measured with in the term of a presidency. Kennedy's dream (had he lived to see it) was achievable within one or two terms of a presidency. Bush did a disservice to NASA by creating a goal that could not be achieved in his presidency and therefore was doomed to the budgetary ax of his successor. Talk about Machiavellian Bush was certainly "The Prince".

      So, yes, there is the possibility that we could slide into mediocrity and for our sakes I hope that doesn't happen. But we do need solid clear minded goals with which we can demonstrate solid achievement. I still think going to the moon is a great idea. But, also, developing cheaper propulsion (cut down flight time) and better lifting bodies also makes a lot of sense. Developing asteroid deflection technology makes real survival sense, as well as, using asteroids as jumping off points for space travel.

      Of course the bottom line is money. We've spent all of our reserves during the last administration blowing it up in Iraq and Afghanistan. You can't take your paycheck spend 90% of it on fireworks and then expect to pay your monthly bills and buy medicines for the kids with the 10% that is left over. Essentially that's what we've done. So it's most unfortunate that the U.S. is now in a bind and it is really sad for R&D because when you stop R&D you're basically stopping your ability to make new money.

      So, basically, the space program and NASA need some restructuring and some new direction. Overall is could be a real lift for NASA. So, knowing that this is a complex problem, let's see what he as to say before pass judgement on the president or the US future in space.

14. QUESTION:
    History Help Please!!!!!!!?
    1.President Kennedy made the statement in the box in 1961. What message do you think he might have intended to send?

    "I believe that this nation should commit itself to
    achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
    landing a man on the moon and returning him
    safely to Earth. No single space project in this
    period will be more impressive to mankind."

    a.The United States is the only country that will ever be capable of landing a man on the moon.
    b.The United States can demonstrate its superiority to the Soviet Union by sending a man to the moon.
    c.It is important to maintain the U.S. long-time reputation as the leader in the space race.
    d.If the United States cannot land a man on the moon within ten years, the government should abandon the space program.

    2.Before World War II, many African countries were ruled by a handful of European nations. How did many of the colonies achieve independence in the decades following the war?

    a.They rebelled against their tribal rulers.
    b.They employed the tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience.
    c.They fought for independence.
    d.They negotiated peacefully for independence.
    please help me I had to do 20 homework questions but I can't find the answers to these two questions please help me I can't find the answer in my book please please please

    • ANSWER:
      1. c, No single space project in this period will be "more impressive to mankind." He was speaking to the whole world with that sentence, not just the Soviets.
      2. c
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_independence_movements

15. QUESTION:
    why did the racist dude delete his question when i proved him wrong?
    he said an africancountry would never have anything to do with space programs but then when i said nigeria launched a satelite to space, he deletes it and there was this girl from my city no lie, i swear on everything(nigeria), she went to space but through the american space program, i think she won a competition that was worldwide and she got picked so the iq debate has also been proved wrong
    here's the story for all you racists
    http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/youth-achiever/5148-i-feel-like-a-role-model-stella-felix-first-nigerian-and-african-student-to-take-zero-gravity-flight-into-space.html
    @hello there- i didn't say the origin of the manufactured machine, i only said they launched it, check thequestion and read carefully
    cromagn- well duh its a developing nation or what do you expect, you're just another racist

    • ANSWER:
      I guess "this racist dude" deleted his question because you proved him wrong...

16. QUESTION:
    A Society on the Move, HELP PLEASE!!!!?
    1. Many people migrated to the Sunbelt to (1 point)

    buy inexpensive land and start family farms.
    work in the defense, aerospace, electronics, and petrochemical industries.
    escape traffic, overcrowding, and environmental problems in northern cities.
    take advantage of government incentive programs encouraging them to relocate.

    2. The flight of the urban middle class to the suburbs (1 point)

    opened more affordable housing units to the urban poor.
    generated new job and business opportunities in inner cities.
    hurt cities economically because the middle class paid a large share of the taxes.
    spurred urban renewal projects that led to greater economic development in downtown districts.

    3. The rise of car culture led to the (1 point)

    decline of shopping malls.
    revitalization of older city neighborhoods.
    increasing dependence on mass transportation.
    spread of fast-food restaurants and drive-in movie theaters.

    4. Which of the following made the scale of suburban growth possible? (1 point)

    travel and tourism
    high-interest loans
    interstate highways
    multinational corporations

    5. Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of (1 point)

    rising immigration.
    massive population shifts.
    the Soviet Union’s space program.
    the growth of information industries.

    6. Which of the following best describes the racial divisions in the North after suburbanization in the 1950s? (1 point)

    African Americans remained in the inner cities, while whites moved to the suburbs.
    African Americans and whites created mixed suburbs.
    African Americans were pushed out of the cities into the suburbs by whites.
    Both African Americans and whites created segregated suburbs

    • ANSWER:
      B
      C
      D
      C
      C
      A

17. QUESTION:
    Wouldn't this be an Amazing idea?
    why cant America be a liberal democratic society?
    we should do this. we should legalize gay marriage in all 50 states,
    we should give amnesty and automatic citizenship to every single illegal immigrant here in USA.
    we should eliminate and get rid of social security numbers so the government wont have much control over our lives.
    we should make every single state in America a liberal state instead of republican conservative.
    we should give free welfare to every individual in America whether they qualify or not.
    we should tax the rich more and give more to the poor. we should make all public college universities free in USA. so everyone can go to college and get an education.
    just absolutely free! no tuition,no fees,no bullsh*t.

    we should have open borders with Mexico and Canada and let people come and go as freely as they choose to.

    we should give 40million people from india citizenship so they can come here and help develop our educational system and do alot of skilled jobs that US americans dont want to do or dontqualify for.
    we should give 40million people from china citizenship so they can help us work on our NASA space program.

    then we should give at least 2 million people automatic citizenship from every country in the world. so they can come here and mix up with us.

    we should encourage inter-racial relationships/marriages so we can throw away racism and start looking at each other as humans rather than skin color.

    we should build up all over our land so we can bring jobs and more opportunity here in USA.

    we should start on an African-american plan, to build a road bridge from USA all the way to Africa, so people can com and go as they please.

    we should build underground subways in every state here in America, so we can travel by subway underground from any state. like from new york to california.. or texas to florida. or oklahoma to washington state.

    we should also build a bridge that connects every single state in USA, so Americans can walk on the bridge from any state to any state that they want to go to!

    we should be more open minded about sex, allowing teenagers and adults to fornicate in public schools,public places and encourage more sex to help reduce stress and the number of suicides due to frustrations.

    we should have public live sex shows at theatres and all over plays across America. like for example they have movie theatres to go watch movies. well lets have theatres to where you can go watch live sex shows.

    we should beable to hold public sales and public garage sales without notifying the state or paying the state any holdings or to get permission.

    we should beable to build a circus.carnvial in the neighborhood. or beable to build rollercoasters in our backyard.

    instead of just gas stations,pool hauls,and laundry mats. we should beable to sell lottery everywhere including on the streets and in public schools.

    we should put a casino in every single state. we should put slot machines where ever we want like public schools,living rooms,grocery stores,arcades,walmarts,malls,even in church.

    we should beable to build anything we want on any type or any place of land without the government telling us where we can and cant build.

    we should get 6months off for summer vacation from school. and when we attend school we should only go for 3 days a week from 6am til 11am or only 5 hrs. so we can get an afternoon nap and have along fun day

    we should beable to drive anything we want on public roads,streets,highways,freeways, such as
    mopeds,golf carts,tractors,horses,camels,elephants,ostriches,lawn mowers,go karts,wagons,tricycles.

    we should eliminate 5$,10$,and 20$ bills. we should make 500$ and 1 million dollar$ bills.
    we should build a disneyland in every single state here in USA.

    we should beable to own exotic pets and let them live in the house and backyards, we should beable to own any weapon that we choose to own.

    we should make marajiuna legal, make crack legal, and sell liquor and all alcohol at grocery stores, and fast food places such as mcdonalds,taco bell,KFC,churches chicken.

    let people start drinking at 15 years old.
    we should legalize LSD and other kinds of highs for both medical and personal reasons.

    we should all be allowed to drive airplanes around on public highways and in the country side and even around in the city.

    we should all beable to choose rather to wear clothes or to walk out in public naked.
    what ideas do you guys would think be best for America?

    what would you want America to be like?

    wouldnt you want real freedom?

    lets all have free healthcare,education,food,money

    the more liberal we are the less trouble and laws will not be broken.

    we should allow fireworks in all 50 states to beable to pop and celebrate every single day of the year!not just 4th of july.

    we should beable to go out in public and crossdress and wear costumes or whatever we want without people caring!

    • ANSWER:
      Too much verbiage! Also, we are a REPUBLIC, not a democracy!

      Dude, if you tax the "rich" (AKA small businesses/employers) you hurt everyone. Employers must cut back by either not hiring or not expanding or raising costs. Businesses are not in business out of the goodness of their hearts. They are supposed to make money. They are taking the risks and should be rewarded!

18. QUESTION:
    plz help stumped completely?
    16. In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term iron curtain to refer to the (1 point)
    heavily fortified border between Poland and the Soviet Union.
    boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
    border between Eastern Europe and the communist Soviet Union.
    boundary separating Eastern Europe from East Germany.
    17. The Korean War began when (1 point)
    Soviet forces attacked North Korea.
    North Korean forces invaded South Korea.
    U.S. forces attacked North Korea.
    Chinese forces invaded South Korea.
    18. Fear of Mutual Assured Destruction kept the Soviets and Americans (1 point)
    from producing large stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
    on friendly terms throughout the entire Cold War.
    from ever using a nuclear weapon against each other.
    from ever officially admitting that they had nuclear weapons.
    19. How did the Soviet Union react to Hungarian demonstrations in 1956? (1 point)
    It allowed Hungarians more control over their government.
    It brutally crushed the Hungarian revolution.
    It entered into peace negotiations with Hungarian freedom fighters.
    It forced Hungary to withdraw from the 1956 Olympic Games.
    20. Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to coordinate (1 point)
    efforts to develop nuclear weapons to be used from space.
    U.S. Army and Air Force plans to destroy Sputnik 1.
    the space-related efforts of U.S. scientists and the military.
    a response to the threat posed by the Chinese space program.
    21. What did the term McCarthyism become a catchword for? (1 point)
    U.S. foreign policy during the 1950s
    extreme, reckless charges
    a provable charge of communist activity
    the act of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union
    22. One American was born every 7 seconds during the peak of (1 point)
    World War II.
    the decade known as the Hollywood Ten.
    demobilization.
    the baby boom.
    23. Which statement identifies a key reason why Americans moved to suburbs after World War II? (1 point)
    A decline in population freed up housing in suburban areas.
    Americans wanted to escape the overcrowding in rural areas.
    There was a severe shortage of housing in urban areas.
    Suburban life reduced the need for Americans to buy cars.
    24. What was one reason Americans moved to the Sunbelt? (1 point)
    to shift political influence from the Northwest to the Northeast
    to find jobs in the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries
    to escape the cold climate in the southern and western states
    to protest the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles
    25. What was the fundamental change in the postwar economy? (1 point)
    the rapid growth of the service sector
    the rapid growth of the manufacturing sector
    the steady increase in the number of farmers
    the decline of jobs in the information industries
    26. Shopping became a popular pastime in the United States after World War II because Americans (1 point)
    saw shopping as an alternative to watching too much television.
    had more money, access to easy credit, and new products to buy.
    saw shopping as one of the few activities that they could afford.
    enjoyed the thrill of buying things in a time of growing scarcity.
    27. Rock music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of which group? (1 point)
    Italian Americans
    German immigrants
    Mexican immigrants
    African Americans
    28. What did the termination policy aim to do? (1 point)
    end tribal government and relocate Native Americans to cities
    end the bracero program that had begun during World War II
    assimilate Puerto Ricans into mainstream American culture
    ease the plight of the rural poor by lowering taxes on farm labor

    • ANSWER:
      16. In 1946, Winston Churchill used the term iron curtain to refer to the (1 point)
      boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.

      17. The Korean War began when (1 point)
      North Korean forces invaded South Korea.

      18. Fear of Mutual Assured Destruction kept the Soviets and Americans (1 point)
      from ever using a nuclear weapon against each other.

      19. How did the Soviet Union react to Hungarian demonstrations in 1956? (1 point)
      It (and the other Warsaw Pact countries) brutally crushed the Hungarian revolution.

      20. Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to coordinate (1 point)
      the space-related efforts of U.S. scientists and the military.

      21. What did the term McCarthyism become a catchword for? (1 point)
      extreme, reckless charges

      22. One American was born every 7 seconds during the peak of (1 point)
      the baby boom.

      23. Which statement identifies a key reason why Americans moved to suburbs after World War II? (1 point)
      There was a severe shortage of housing in urban areas.

      24. What was one reason Americans moved to the Sunbelt? (1 point)
      No answer is correct. People move there for jobs in Agriculture - mostly the poor, and migrants from Mexico. Or for jobs in new industries - such as internet and computer industries. And to escape the cold winters in the Northern states.
      Your teacher probably expects this answer:
      to find jobs in the aerospace, defence, and electronics industries

      25. What was the fundamental change in the postwar economy? (1 point)
      Both of these are correct
      the rapid growth of the service sector
      the rapid growth of the manufacturing sector

      26. Shopping became a popular pastime in the United States after World War II because Americans (1 point)
      had more money, access to easy credit, and new products to buy.

      27. Rock music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of which group? (1 point)
      African Americans

      28. What did the termination policy aim to do? (1 point)
      end tribal government and (encourage) relocation of Native Americans to cities

19. QUESTION:
    10 points for 3 history questions!!!!!!!?
    3. President Kennedy made the statement in the box in 1961. What message do you think he might have intended to send?

    "I believe that this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind"

    a. The United States is the only country that will ever be capable of landing a man on the moon.
    b.The United States can demonstrate its superiority to the Soviet Union by sending a man to the moon.
    c. It is important to maintain the U.S. long-time reputation as the leader in the space race.
    d. If the United States cannot land a man on the moon within ten years, the government should abandon the space program.

    11. What was the situation in most newly independent African nations in the 1960s and 1970s?

    They were experiencing a surge in economic growth.
    They were fighting with their African neighbors.
    They were experiencing violence, civil war, and unrest.
    They were making a peaceful transition to democracy.

    Whose efforts in the 1940s and 1950s has nearly eliminated a widespread, deadly disease?

    Vladimir Zworykin

    Jonas Salk

    Norman Borlaug

    Marshall McLuhan

    • ANSWER:
      3. B

      11. They were experiences violence, civil war...

      other question. Jonas Salk (he found the cure for polio).

20. QUESTION:
    Is Anybody good at History ?
    The invention and development of television was accomplished __________.

    mostly through the efforts of a single inventor

    through the work of many competing inventors

    as the result of accidental discoveries about radio waves

    mainly to support the development of the space program

    In the 1950s and 1960s technology such as television and satellites revolutionized life in many big and small ways. Which was one of the results?

    American children began to make significant improvements in school.

    Chinese factory workers were able to produce automoblies in greater quantities.

    American teenagers listened to music that was popular in Great Britain.

    Mexican farmers increased the quality and quantity of their crop yields.

    Which best explains why some newly independent African countries, such as Kenya, were able to avoid civil war immediately after gaining independence?

    African neighbors intervened to prevent civil war.

    They immediately allied themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union.

    Colonial rulers made an effort to prepare the colony for independence.

    Imperial soldiers remained for many years to maintain peace and order.

    Oil has transformed life in the Middle East. Which did not happen as a result of producing so much oil?

    The gap between the rich and the poor widened.
    Middle Eastern countries exerted economic influence on the West.
    Clashes intensified between modernizers sympathetic to the West and supporters of traditional Islamic culture.
    All Middle Easterners had an opportunity to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.

    17. All were results of the 1967 Six Day War except __________.

    the Palestine Liberation Organization became more militant

    the number of Palestinian refugees increased dramatically

    Israel gained considerable territory, including the Sinai Peninsula

    a lasting settlement to the conflict emerged from the peace treaty

    . Despite attempts by the United States, Israel, and __________ in 1978 to achieve peace between Israelis and Arabs, the Middle East continues to be plagued by conflict and strife.

    Lebanon

    Egypt

    Syria

    Jordan

    • ANSWER:
      1939 the New York World's Fair ?

      through the work of many competing inventors

      American teenagers listened to music that was popular in Britain

      All Middle Easterns had the opportunity to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.

      17. a lasting settlement to the conflict emerged from the peace treaty

      Egypt

21. QUESTION:
    History help please!?
    How was the television developed?
    (Points: 3)
    mostly through the efforts of a single inventor

    as the result of accidental discoveries about radio waves

    mainly to support the development of the space program

    through the contributions of several scientists

    2. Which of the following best describes the impact television had on the world in the 1940s and 1950s?
    (Points: 3)
    It contributed greatly to the rapid industrialization and modernization of many countries.

    Television reinforced the world's vision of America as a land of plenty.

    Television had very little effect on world culture in the 1940s and 1950s.

    The United States and the Soviet Union used television as a weapon during the Cold War.

    3. What event resulted in a space race that increased tensions between the two superpowers during the Cold War?
    (Points: 3)
    the creation of the Warsaw Pact

    the construction of the Berlin Wall

    the launch of Sputnik

    the invention of television

    4. Life changed fairly dramatically in the 1950s and 1960s as a result of technologies such as television and satellites. Which of the following describes one result of the change?
    (Points: 3)
    American children began to make significant improvements in school.

    Chinese factory workers were able to produce automobiles in greater quantities.

    Mexican farmers increased the quality and quantity of their crop yields.

    French teenagers wore clothing that was popular in the United States.

    5. In the post-World War II era, an international pop culture developed. What effect did it have on the world?
    (Points: 3)
    It increased isolationism in Europe.

    It made the world seem like a smaller place to many people.

    It magnified the differences between cultures.

    It caused conflict between the two superpowers.

    6. In what ways do South Asia's monsoons affect its population?
    (Points: 3)
    People must migrate from region to region, based on monsoon conditions.

    Most businesses and factories close, affecting local economies.

    People may lose their homes or lives due to devastating floods.

    The monsoons do not really affect South Asia's population.

    7. In Africa, how did most of the European colonies achieve their independence?
    (Points: 3)
    through the use of civil disobedience

    through armed struggle and resistance

    peacefully, with little violence

    by going to war with their own rulers

    8. Why did most European imperial powers show little resistance to letting their African colonies become independent?
    (Points: 3)
    They did not want Africa to become a battleground for the Cold War.

    They were concerned that the United States would demand such action.

    Many Western nations realized it was time to respect the ideals of self-determination.

    The United Nations required them to grant independence to their colonies.

    9. What was the situation in most newly independent African nations in the 1960s and 1970s?
    (Points: 3)
    They were experiencing a surge in economic growth.

    They were fighting with their African neighbors.

    They were experiencing violence, civil war, and unrest.

    They were making a peaceful transition to democracy.

    10. Which of the following best explains why some newly independent African countries, such as Kenya, were able to avoid civil war immediately after gaining independence?
    (Points: 3)
    African neighbors intervened to prevent civil war.

    They immediately allied themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union.

    Colonial rulers made an effort to prepare the colony for independence.

    Imperial soldiers remained for many years to maintain peace and order.

    11. What did the United Nations do after World War II that resulted in much conflict in the Middle East?
    (Points: 3)
    allowed Jewish settlers to emigrate and settle in Palestine

    granted Syria and Iraq full independence

    created a Jewish state within the borders of Lebanon

    proposed to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states

    12. Why is Islamism creating conflict in the Middle East today?
    (Points: 3)
    Most Muslims believe that Jews and Christians should not be allowed to live in the region.

    Some Muslims believe Arab governments should be based on Islam, others believe in secular governments.

    Some Muslims do not believe Israel should be allowed to exist in the region; others believe it has that right.

    Many Israelis believe that there is no place in their society for people who are not Jewish.

    13. What was one result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War?
    (Points: 3)
    Thousands of Palestinians fled their homeland and remai

    • ANSWER:
      I'm going to go out on a limb and bet that no one wants to do all of your homework for you.

22. QUESTION:
    Help Please I Need It Badly?
    Please Help ME and Thanks you to all whom help me

    1. How was the television developed?
    (Points : 3)
    through the efforts of many competitors

    through the determined efforts of a single inventor

    as the result of accidental discoveries about sound waves

    as an offshoot of the space program

    2. Which of the following best describes the impact television had on the world in the 1940s and 1950s?
    (Points : 3)
    Television enabled developing nations to quickly modernize and industrialize.

    The United States and the Soviet Union used television as a weapon during the Cold War.

    The world's vision of America as a land of plenty was reinforced by television.

    Television had very little effect on world culture in the 1940s and 1950s.

    3. What event resulted in a space race that increased tensions between the two superpowers during the Cold War?
    (Points : 3)
    the creation of the Warsaw Pact

    the invention of television

    the launch of Sputnik

    the construction of the Berlin Wall

    4. Life changed fairly dramatically in the 1950s and 1960s as a result of technologies such as television and satellites. Which of the following describes one result of the change?
    (Points : 3)
    American children began to make significant improvements in school.

    Chinese factory workers were able to produce automobiles in greater quantities.

    Mexican farmers increased the quality and quantity of their crop yields.

    French teenagers wore clothing that was popular in the United States.

    5. In the post-World War II era, an international pop culture developed. What effect did it have on the world?
    (Points : 3)
    It increased isolationism in Europe.

    It made the world seem like a smaller place to many people.

    It magnified the differences between cultures.

    It caused conflict between the two superpowers.

    6. In what ways do South Asia's monsoons affect its population?
    (Points : 3)
    People must migrate from region to region, based on monsoon conditions.

    Most businesses and factories close, affecting local economies.

    People may lose their homes or lives due to devastating floods.

    The monsoons do not really affect South Asia's population.

    7. Before World War II, many African countries were ruled by a handful of European nations. How did many of the colonies achieve independence in the decades following the war?
    (Points : 3)
    They rebelled against their tribal rulers.

    They employed the tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience.

    They fought for independence.

    They negotiated peacefully for independence.

    8. Why did European imperial powers let their African colonies go, for the most part, without much resistance?
    (Points : 3)
    They knew it was time to live up to Western ideals of self-determination.

    They were concerned that the United States would demand such action.

    They did not want Africa to become a battleground for the Cold War.

    They were required by the United Nations to grant independence to their colonies.

    9. In the 1960s and 1970s, what were most newly independent African nations experiencing?
    (Points : 3)
    wars with neighboring African nations

    sudden economic growth

    peaceful transition to democracy

    violence, civil war, and unrest

    10. Which of the following best explains why some newly independent African countries, such as Kenya, were able to avoid civil war immediately after gaining independence?
    (Points : 3)
    They immediately allied themselves with either the United States or the Soviet Union.

    Imperial troops stayed in the former colony for many years to maintain peace and order.

    Neighboring African countries intervened to prevent civil war.

    Colonial rulers made an effort to prepare the colony for independence.
    11. What did the United Nations do after World War II that resulted in much conflict in the Middle East?
    (Points : 3)
    allowed Jewish settlers to emigrate and settle in Palestine

    granted Syria and Iraq full independence

    created a Jewish state within the borders of Lebanon

    proposed to divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states

    12. Why is Islamism creating conflict in the Middle East today?
    (Points : 3)
    Most Muslims believe that Jews and Christians should not be allowed to live in the region.

    Some Muslims believe Arab governments should be based on Islam, others believe in secular governments.

    Some Muslims do not believe Israel should be allowed to exist in the region; others believe it has that right.

    Many Israelis believe that there is no place in their society for people who are not Jewish.

    Please help and thank you sooooo much

    • ANSWER:
      #1. A
      #2. C
      #3. C
      #4. C
      #5. B
      #6. D
      #7. B
      #8. C
      #9. B
      #10. C
      #11. C
      #12. C

23. QUESTION:
    HELP!!! i need to get my grades up ASAP! no room for mistakes!?
    1. How was the television developed? (Points : 3)
    through the efforts of many competitors
    through the determined efforts of a single inventor
    as the result of accidental discoveries about sound waves
    as an offshoot of the space program

    2. Which best describes the impact television had on the world in the 1940s and 1950s? (Points : 3)
    Television enabled developing nations to quickly modernize and industrialize.

    The United States and the Soviet Union used television as a weapon during the Cold War.

    The world’s vision of America as a land of plenty was reinforced by television.

    Television had very little effect on world culture in the 1940s and 1950s.

    5. Which describes one result of technologies, such as television, satellites, radio, and movies, in the 1950s and 1960s? (Points : 3)
    American children began to make significant improvements in school.

    French teenagers wore clothing that was popular in the United States.

    Chinese factory workers were able to produce in greater quantities.

    Mexican farmers increased the quality and quantity of their crop yields.

    6. In the post-World War II era, an international pop culture developed. What effect did it have on the world? (Points : 3)
    It increased isolationism in Europe.
    It made the world seem like a smaller place to many people.
    It magnified the differences between cultures.
    It caused conflict between the two superpowers.

    7. In South Asia, the monsoons strike every year. How do they affect the people? (Points : 3)
    People must migrate from region to region, based on monsoon conditions.
    Most businesses and factories close, affecting local economies.
    The monsoons do not really affect South Asia’s population.
    Sometimes the floods destroy thousands of homes and lives.

    8. Whose efforts to teach Mexican farmers to increase their crop yields led to the beginning of the Green Revolution? (Points : 3)
    Norman Borlaug
    Marshall McLuhan
    Philo Farnsworth
    Jonas Salk

    9. How did most of the European colonies in Africa achieve their independence? (Points : 3)
    through the use of civil disobedience

    peacefully, with little violence

    by going to war with their rulers

    through armed struggle and resistance

    10. Why did European imperial powers let their African colonies go, for the most part, without much resistance? (Points : 3)
    The United Nations demanded that they grant their colonies independence.
    Many Western nations realized it was time to respect the ideals of self-determination.
    They were concerned that the United States would demand such action.
    They did not want Africa to become a battleground for the Cold War.

    11. What was the situation in most newly independent African nations in the 1960s and 1970s? (Points : 3)
    They were experiencing a surge in economic growth.
    They were fighting with their African neighbors.
    They were experiencing violence, civil war, and unrest.
    They were making a peaceful transition to democracy.

    12. Which best explains why some newly independent African countries, such as Kenya, were able to avoid civil war immediately after gaining independence? (Points : 3)
    They immediately allied themselves with either the United States or the USSR.

    Colonial rulers made an effort to prepare the colony for independence.

    Imperial troops stayed in the former colony for many years to maintain peace and order.

    Neighboring African countries intervened to keep civil war from breaking out.

    13. What action did the United Nations take after World War II that led to a lot of conflict in the Middle East? (Points : 3)
    It divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.
    It allowed Jewish settlers to emigrate to Palestine.
    It granted Syria full independence.
    It created a Jewish state within the borders of Lebanon.

    14. Which best explains how Islamism is causing conflict in the Middle East today? (Points : 3)
    Some Muslims believe Arab governments should be based on Islam; others believe in secular governments.

    Most Muslims believe that Jews and Christians should not be allowed to live in the region.

    Some Arabs do not believe Israel should be allowed to exist in the region; others believe it has that right.

    Jews living in Israel believe that there is no place in their society for people of other faiths.

    • ANSWER:
      For No. 2 I think Television had very little effect on world culture in the 1940s and 1950s.

24. QUESTION:
    HISTORY HELP ME PLEEEZ!!!!!?
    1. How was the television developed? (Points: 3)
    A.through the efforts of many competitors
    B.through the determined efforts of a single inventor
    C.as the result of accidental discoveries about sound waves
    D.as an offshoot of the space program

    2. Which best describes the impact television had on the world in the 1940s and 1950s? (Points: 3)
    A.Television enabled developing nations to quickly modernize and industrialize.
    B.During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union used it as a weapon of propaganda.
    C.Television had very little effect on world culture in the 1940s and 1950s.
    D.It reinforced the impression around the world that America was a land of plenty.

    3. Who was the American plant breeder responsible for dramatically improving crop yields in the 1960s? His efforts to teach Mexican farmers how to be more productive marked the beginning of the Green Revolution.
    (Points: 3)
    A.Jonas Salk
    B.Norman Borlaug
    C.Marshall McLuhan
    D.Philo Farnsworth

    4. Which best describes the situation in most newly independent African nations in the 1960s and 1970s? (Points: 3)
    A.wars with neighboring African nations
    B.violence, civil war, and unrest
    C.sudden economic growth
    D.peaceful transition to democracy

    5. What action did the United Nations take after World War II that led to a lot of conflict in the Middle East? (Points: 3)
    A.It divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.
    B.It allowed Jewish settlers to emigrate to Palestine.
    C.It granted Syria full independence.
    D.It created a Jewish state within the borders of Lebanon.

    6. What lasting effect has the 1948 Arab-Israeli War had on the Middle East? (Points: 3)
    A.Islamists and secularists continue to fight for control of Palestine.
    B.Sunnis and Shi’ites both claim territory in Israel.
    C.Tens of thousands of Palestinians have no homeland.
    D.Egypt and Israel continue to fight over the Sinai Peninsula.

    7. Oil has transformed life in the Middle East. Which did not happen as a result of producing so much oil? (Points: 3)
    A.The gap between the rich and the poor widened.
    B.Middle Eastern countries exerted economic influence on the West.
    C.Clashes intensified between modernizers sympathetic to the West and supporters of traditional Islamic culture.
    D.All Middle Easterners had an opportunity to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.

    8. All were results of the 1967 Six Day War except __________. (Points: 3)
    A.the Palestine Liberation Organization became more militant
    B.the number of Palestinian refugees increased dramatically
    C.Israel gained considerable territory, including the Sinai Peninsula
    D.a lasting settlement to the conflict emerged from the peace treaty

    9. Despite attempts by the United States, Israel, and __________ in 1978 to achieve peace between Israelis and Arabs, the Middle East continues to be plagued by conflict and strife. (Points: 3)
    A.Lebanon

    B.Egypt

    C.Syria

    D.Jordan

    10. Whose efforts in the 1940s and 1950s has nearly eliminated a widespread, deadly disease? (Points: 3)
    A.Vladimir Zworykin

    B.Jonas Salk

    C.Norman Borlaug

    D.Marshall McLuhan

    • ANSWER:
      any of these can be googled. You don't deserve any answers if you can't take that initiative. How about doing your own homework.

25. QUESTION:
    Why are some in the democratic party still so angry?
    * They spent trillions on the new deal and the war on poverty
    * They have 90-95% of the African American vote locked up every year
    * They have the majority of the poor dependent on government for food and housing
    * They dominate the music industry with liberal musicians
    * They are spending billions to build a smart power grid
    * They dominate the mainstream media
    * They dominate the colleges with liberal professors
    * They control the teachers union
    * They control Hollywood with liberal celebrities
    * They got a trillion dollar stimulus passed
    * They got obamacare passed
    * They put a moratorium on oil drilling
    * They are building electric cars
    * They are spending billions on green energy
    * They have a DOJ that refuses to prosecute blacks
    * They appointed liberal judges to the SCOTUS
    * They passed new hate crime laws
    * They passed new banking and financial reforms
    * They are sending tax dollars to pay for abortions in other countries
    * They control fannie mae and freddie mac, the largest realtor in the united states
    * They controlled congress from 2007 to 2010
    * They are granting illegal immigrants back door amnesty
    * They have purchased millions of acres of land to save horses
    * They took over student loans
    * They will not enforce the defense of marriage act
    * They have gone all over the world apologizing to muslims
    * The got restaurants to change their menus
    * They shut down the space program
    * They have the EPA enforcing strict regulations to save the planet
    * They have gays serving openly in the military
    * They are guaranteed to receive support from the unions
    * They have passed net neutrality laws on the internet
    * They killed osama bin laden
    * They have sent guns across the border to mexico
    * They increased funding for the national endowment for the arts
    * They still control the senate
    * They still control the white house

    I don't get it....

    They are getting almost everything they want and they still blame republicans for obstruction. They have all this money, power and control and they haven't been able to fix anything yet...

    what are they still so angry about and when is it ever going to be enough?
    @ shane
    everything on this list is common knowledge and can be easily verified

    • ANSWER:
      Simple--------all of this is destroying America and they have to blame someone. All of this has a negative efffect on American lives. Problem is, Americans ARE PAYING attention------vote conservative candidates only and get America BACK on track

26. QUESTION:
    List of future improvements to the world?
    2010
    The International Space Station will be completed.

    The Space Shuttle program will be retired by NASA and replaced by Project Constellation. This project will include new space vehicles called Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, as well as the Orion capable of traveling to the Space Station, to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.

    GM expects to release a production model of the Chevrolet Volt electric car.

    2011
    California will open the world's largest solar power plant.

    Several electric vehicles are expected to enter the U.S. market.

    2012
    a proposed super computer built by Intel and SGI for NASA's Ames Research Center, will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 10 Petaflops

    a proposed super computer built by IBM for the National Nuclear Security Administration will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 20 Petaflops

    2013
    The new fuel efficient, Airbus A350-900 is scheduled to enter airline service in the summer
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/A350xwb.jpg

    Solar power will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2013.

    2014
    The Masdar City is scheduled to be completed. Its goal is to be the world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, and zero-waste city. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Masdar_City.jpg

    The United States Government ban on incandescent lightbulbs to take effect.

    2017
    O. J. Simpson may be eligible for parole from the Nevada correctional system.

    2018
    China's One-child policy is expected to end.

    NASA currently projects that its Vision for Space Exploration program will reach the Moon by 2018 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration

    According to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, by 2018 “there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.

    The Giant Magellan Telescope will be completed.

    2019
    Super computers are projected to reach 1 Exaflop.

    2020
    NASA starts moon colonization for future human exploration to Mars

    JAXA plans to send robotic astronauts to the Moon, followed by human astronauts

    Last nuclear power plant in Germany will be shut down

    British newspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020. These predictions include widespread use of artificially intelligent cars, "smart" clothing incorporating computer chips, and green energy sources.

    Global oil production is expected to peak

    According to current plans and workings for Project Constellation, NASA should be returning Humans to the Moon by 2020.

    Volvo hopes to use radar, sonar and other advanced technologies to create a crash-proof car by 2020

    all automobiles will have some level of hybridization by 2020. all Toyota cars produced will be hybrid vehicles by the year 2020

    2021
    Intel scientists predict that the shrinking of microchips roughly every 18 months (Moore's Law) will reach a fundamental limit by 2021.

    2026
    Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme

    2027
    Release of FBI documents pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr

    2028
    Institution of the Afro as the official currency of the African Union

    By this time, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, all our energy will come from clean sources, such as solar power

    2029
    Intel predicts the performance of supercomputers to reach zettaflops scale.

    NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to leave the solar system.

    2030
    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will construct a manned lunar base.

    All New Zealand cars will be hybrid, bio-fuel, or electric.

    2031
    Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator

    2037
    The 2037 Bomber, an optionally manned, stealthy, hypersonic, heavy-bomber is scheduled to enter service this year

    2039
    According to the Kabbalistic commentator Nachmanides, the Messiah must come by this time or else Armageddon will occur.

    2040
    The population of Earth is expected to be 9 billion people

    2042
    According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, African American, Asian, Indian American, Native Hawaiʻian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites

    2045
    Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts a Technological Singularity for 2045, i.e. a runaway cycle of self-improvement by intelligent machines, resulting in explosive technological development

    2046
    World coal supply presumed to peak.

    Robotics experts predict that around this time most work in advanced industrial nations will be done by Robots (news reports, December 2006).

    2050
    In July 2008, the G8 agreed to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

    In October 2007, artificial intelligence researcher David Levy predicted that by 2050, human-robot marriages and human-robot sex will become common.

    • ANSWER:
      Here is a larger view on mankind's continual progress on earth.

      First will come one standard world language of English, with many words from other languages being added as expanded "English". Maybe in one hundred or less years.

      Then one world race will be largely achieved; this mixed race will be superior to today's nine somewhat blended races. Life expectancy will increase to several hundred years on average. Maybe in a few hundred more years.

      Then one planetary government of all people, by all people, and for all people will be established and well functional. Maybe in one or two more thousand years.

      Then one planetary and universe supernal philosophy and religion will happen in a few thousand to 50,000 (maximum) more years. Sooner if there is another Divine Visitation perceived by some or all.

27. QUESTION:
    DO you know our Futures destiny?, I do!?
    2012
    a proposed super computer built by Intel and SGI for NASA's Ames Research Center, will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 10 Petaflops

    a proposed super computer built by IBM for the National Nuclear Security Administration will be completed, reaching a peak performance of 20 Petaflops

    2013
    The new fuel efficient, Airbus A350-900 is scheduled to enter airline service in the summer
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/A350xwb.jpg

    Solar power will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2013.

    2014
    The Masdar City is scheduled to be completed. Its goal is to be the world's first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, and zero-waste city.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Masdar_City.jpg

    The United States Government ban on incandescent lightbulbs to take effect.

    2017
    O. J. Simpson may be eligible for parole from the Nevada correctional system.

    2018
    China's One-child policy is expected to end.

    NASA currently projects that its Vision for Space Exploration program will reach the Moon by 2018 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_for_Space_Exploration

    According to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, by 2018 “there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.

    The Giant Magellan Telescope will be completed.

    2019
    Super computers are projected to reach 1 Exaflop.

    2020
    NASA starts moon colonization for future human exploration to Mars

    JAXA plans to send robotic astronauts to the Moon, followed by human astronauts

    Last nuclear power plant in Germany will be shut down

    British newspaper The Guardian published a series of magazines in September 2004 predicting life in 2020. These predictions include widespread use of artificially intelligent cars, "smart" clothing incorporating computer chips, and green energy sources.

    Global oil production is expected to peak

    According to current plans and workings for Project Constellation, NASA should be returning Humans to the Moon by 2020.

    Volvo hopes to use radar, sonar and other advanced technologies to create a crash-proof car by 2020

    all automobiles will have some level of hybridization by 2020. all Toyota cars produced will be hybrid vehicles by the year 2020

    2021
    Intel scientists predict that the shrinking of microchips roughly every 18 months (Moore's Law) will reach a fundamental limit by 2021.

    2026
    Automatic mission to Mars as proposed in the Aurora Programme

    2027
    Release of FBI documents pertaining to Martin Luther King, Jr

    2028
    Institution of the Afro as the official currency of the African Union

    By this time, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, all our energy will come from clean sources, such as solar power

    2029
    Intel predicts the performance of supercomputers to reach zettaflops scale.

    NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to leave the solar system.

    2030
    The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will construct a manned lunar base.

    All New Zealand cars will be hybrid, bio-fuel, or electric.

    2031
    Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator

    2037
    The 2037 Bomber, an optionally manned, stealthy, hypersonic, heavy-bomber is scheduled to enter service this year

    2039
    According to the Kabbalistic commentator Nachmanides, the Messiah must come by this time or else Armageddon will occur.

    2040
    The population of Earth is expected to be 9 billion people

    2042
    According to the United States Census Bureau, Americans who identify themselves as Hispanic, African American, Asian, Indian American, Native Hawaiʻian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites

    2045
    Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts a Technological Singularity for 2045, i.e. a runaway cycle of self-improvement by intelligent machines, resulting in explosive technological development

    2046
    World coal supply presumed to peak.

    Robotics experts predict that around this time most work in advanced industrial nations will be done by Robots (news reports, December 2006).

    2050
    In July 2008, the G8 agreed to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

    In October 2007, artificial intelligence researcher David Levy predicted that by 2050, human-robot marriages and human-robot sex will become common.

    • ANSWER:
      wow o.o

      uhmm
      ok

28. QUESTION:
    Is it right for the Uk to give foreign aid to India whilst implementing huge spending cuts for the UK?
    Britain is to give more than £1billion in aid to India over the next four years, even though it has almost three times as many billionaires as we do.
    Ministers defended handing around £280million a year in taxpayers’ cash to one of the world’s biggest economies.
    They insist it will re-energise the relationship with the former colony and claim it still needs international aid.
    However, critics pointed out that India is a nuclear power, has its own space programme and is rich enough to donate money to poor African nations each year.

    either we are broke like Cameron keep telling us or he is telling porkies about how much money we do have?

    • ANSWER:
      No its not, its not right to be giving the EU 45million a day, soon to be rising to 69 million a day, either. But we have a terribly destructive combination in this country. We have the worst parliament in history, a building full of parasites thieves and downright traitors who are cooperating with the EU to destroy the very country they are paid to serve. And a weak servile spineless population that couldn't give a toss for its children's future, and does nothing to stop any of it. That combination is bringing the country to its knees.

29. QUESTION:
    Americans..wich one would you like to be remembered as being a part of ?
    Ben & jerry / or / Tom and Jerry ?
    Bugs Bunny / or / A Hot dog ?
    Kennedy / or / Washington ?
    Dick Chaney / Nixon ?
    Space Programme / or / Wining the Cold War ?
    Dropping the Bomb on Hiroshima / or / Atrocities committed against Native Americans & African Americans ?
    Presley / or / Munroe ?
    Walt Disney / or / Laurel & Hardy ?
    Yank on Moon / or / Defeating Communism ?
    First Afro-American President elected / or / End of Slavery ?
    Defeat in Vietnam / or / Atrocities committed by USA in Vietnam ?
    Freedom Of Speech / or / The Right To Bare Arms ?
    James Dean / or / Bob Deniro ?
    Q .Tarintino / or / Sam Peckinpah ?
    Hollywood / or / Declaration Of Independence ?
    The American Mafia / or / Corrupt Politicians ?
    This is a serious Spycology Test I am doing.. please ommit (one of the either or's) and select the one you want to keep as "American History"
    @ Lee Mason .:I'll Kick yer Bollox Ya Fan**
    Yeah I Know ,
    Psychology
    I've been up for hours and hours and hours Studying......going to the Pub now

    • ANSWER:
      All of them.

30. QUESTION:
    history test- i forgot my book at schoool, please please please help!?
    2. What themes for government action emerged during FDR's first hundred days as president?
    (Points : 1)
    the business of America is business; the government should not intervene

    heavy regulation of the banking industry; a laissez-faire approach to other businesses

    relief to individuals, economic recovery, reforms to avoid future economic disaster

    less emphasis on a market economy; a move to a command economy

    3. Why did Roosevelt move so quickly at the beginning of his first term to propose legislation to establish new agencies and programs?
    (Points : 1)
    He wanted a strong record in order to be reelected.

    He hoped to motivate businesses to support his campaign.

    He wanted people to forget Herbert Hoover as quickly as possible.

    He believed the government had a moral obligation to help families survive.

    4. Use the Word Bank to match each piece of legislation from the first hundred days with its intended goal. Answer the question by entering the correct letter in the blank space provided.

    Which act reopened banks and led to creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

    (Points : 1)

    5. Use the Word Bank to match each piece of legislation from the first hundred days with its intended goal. Answer the question by entering the correct letter in the blank space provided.

    Which program put young men to work planting trees, fighting fires, and improving parks?

    (Points : 1)

    6. Use the Word Bank to match each piece of legislation from the first hundred days with its intended goal. Answer the question by entering the correct letter in the blank space provided.

    Which act subsidized farmers who took land out of production in order to raise crop prices?

    (Points : 1)

    7. Use the Word Bank to match each piece of legislation from the first hundred days with its intended goal. Answer the question by entering the correct letter in the blank space provided.

    Which program provided electricity to rural areas in seven states?

    (Points : 1)

    8. Use the Word Bank to match each piece of legislation from the first hundred days with its intended goal. Answer the question by entering the correct letter in the blank space provided.

    Which agency helped struggling homeowners restructure their mortgages?

    (Points : 1)

    9. Use the Word Bank to match each piece of legislation from the first hundred days with its intended goal. Answer the question by entering the correct letter in the blank space provided.

    Which act intended to help regulate industry and trade?

    (Points : 1)

    10. Which was not a technique used by FDR to maintain political and public support for early New Deal programs?
    (Points : 1)
    He held twice-weekly press conferences for reporters.

    He delivered fireside chats on the radio.

    He built a political coalition including immigrants, women, youth, and African Americans.

    He established a citizen advisory council to represent people from all walks of life.

    11. Which group correctly describes the New Deal opponents and their arguments?

    (Points : 1)
    Group A

    Group B

    12. What was the administration's response to opponents' criticism?
    (Points : 1)
    FDR gave more fireside chats to gain public support.

    FDR fought back with more legislation in a second New Deal.

    The administration eliminated some costly programs.

    Congress passed sedition legislation.

    13. Which legislation passed during the second New Deal became the New Deal's most popular and long-lasting program?
    (Points : 1)
    Social Security Act

    Wagner Act

    Public Works Administration

    Works Progress Administration

    14. Which kind of organizations grew because of New Deal legislation that supported and protected them?
    (Points : 1)
    labor unions

    church organizations

    conservation groups

    teachers' associations

    15. Which is a common historical view of the New Deal? (Points : 1)
    President Roosevelt failed to understand the needs of the common people during the crisis.
    Reforms would have occurred under any president because the situation was so dire.
    The New Deal was a revolution similar to what happened in several European nations.
    President Roosevelt was unable to end the Great Depression through his programs.

    16. Which was not an effect of the New Deal programs on American life?
    (Points : 1)
    Unemployment dropped significantly.

    Government power grew.

    Public works projects had a national impact.

    The economy rebounded to 1928 levels.

    • ANSWER:
      2) relief to individuals, economic recovery, reforms to avoid future economic disaster
      3) He believed the government had a moral obligation to help families survive.
      4) Emergency Banking Act
      5) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
      6) Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
      7) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
      8) Homeowners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
      9) National Industrial Recovery Act
      10) (not sure)
      11) whichever group included these people: http://quizlet.com/5613528/opposition-to-new-deal-flash-cards/
      12) FDR fought back with more legislation in a second New Deal.
      13) Social Security Act
      14) labor unions
      15) (not sure)
      http://quizlet.com/2208400/print/

31. QUESTION:
    I Need Help On Editing This..... Thank You Loads!! :) <3?
    I wanted to know how on Earth can I put all this information into complete sentences and paragraphs, it's really hard for me... I tried but it sounded so kindergarden.. can anyone help me? I would really appreciate it you's be life savers!!! <3

    Here's the information:

    Nationality: African-American

    Born: 22/11/1942

    Place He Was Born: Philadelphia/Pennsylvania
    Education: Graduated from Overbrook High school

    Family: Married, Linda Tull.... Two sons

    Honors: - Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University, 1964
    - master of science in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, 1974
    - Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology, 1978
    - master of business administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1987
    - 11 honorary doctorate degrees from various universities

    Training: Guion Bluford entered the Astronaut Training Program, and became an astronaut in August 1979.

    Missions: Guion participated in 4 flight of space shuttle between the years of 1983 to 1992.

    Random: He was the second balck person to go up into space and the first African American. He is a retired astronaut. He has an elementary school named after him. Before he became an astronaut he was in the Air Force, where he served as a pilot during the Vietnam War and flew 144 combat missions. When he attended Overbrooks High he never got straight a’s but that certainly never stopped him.

    • ANSWER:
      Astronaut, Guion Bluford was born in Philadelphia/Pennsylvania on the 22 November 1942. Since graduating from Overbrook High School, the African-American received many honours including: a bachelor and master of Science and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and a master of business administration as well as 11 honorary doctorate degrees from various universities. Bluford entered the Astronaut Training Program and became an astronaut in August 1979 before becoming only the second black person in history to go up into space. He participated in 4 space shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. Bluford married Linda Tull and had two sons. He is now retired and has honoured with an elementary school in his name.

32. QUESTION:
    Do I stand a chance at acceptance?
    I'm currently a junior, and I need to start weighing my odds at getting into certain schools. I'll compile a short, but detailed list of my high school career so far, and please let me know what you think. I'm currently looking at the University of Richmond and George Washington University and comparable Universities. My intended major is in business.

    Freshmen Year
    Algebra 1
    Honors Science (Earth/Space)
    Wellness/Fitness
    Music Theory 1
    English 9
    Honors History (African/Asian)
    Spanish 3
    Life and Career
    Software Applications

    Spanish Club
    Freshmen Soccer Team
    Two local recreation teams, both seasons
    Local travel league for soccer

    Sophomore
    English 10
    Business and Personal Law
    Honors Science (Bio)
    Honors Math (Geometry)
    Honors History (Western Civ)
    Spanish 4
    Health
    Introduction to Business

    Two rec. soccer leagues, both seasons
    Local travel league (different one)
    FBLA state qualifier (8th place)
    NHS inductee
    Class Council
    International Club
    Started Key Club International in my school
    Attended PFEW (business camp)

    Junior
    Honors Math (Alg 2)
    English 11
    AP US History
    Honors Spanish Seminar 5
    Entrepreneurship and Corporate Dynamics
    Honors Chemistry
    Phys-ed 1

    Assistant coach for younger soccer league, both seasons
    2 soccer rec leagues, both seasons
    Job at Red Robin (8-12 hrs a week)
    Started Key Club and chartered it/ President
    NHS
    FBLA officer/state qualifier (Received 4th place in State)
    International club officer
    Debate club
    Get Real Program Chief Operations Officer (Business Department in my school forms a student-run business every year, where students in Entrepreneurship class literally run and control the business until the end of the year).
    Currently have an internship at local Chamber of Commerce
    Give private soccer lessons to kids for free

    Currently trying to accomplish:
    2000+ on SAT's
    Distinguished Key Club President (VERY hard to do)
    Receive FBLA BAA Future and Business awards
    Receive Presidential Service Silver Medal Award
    Running for a more prestigious position in FBLA

    Senior Year
    AP Statistics
    AP History (Gov/Economics)
    AP Biology
    Honors English 12
    Calculus/Math Analysis (I'm trying to take Math Analysis during the summer, but if I can't, I'll have to take it next year)
    Honors Spanish Seminar 6 (Taking AP test)

    I'm also going to be getting recommendations from my Kiwanis adviser (from Key Club) and a business teacher whom has taught me and I know very well through FBLA.

    So what do you think? Do I stand a chance at being accepted into these colleges? For the record, it's 11 at night, and I'm writing as my conciseness is seemingly fading, so my writing and grammar is not nearly what it is normally. Thanks!

    I have over a 4.0 weighted, and a 3.85 unweighted. I have no real problems with money; with financial aid/scholarships, I can afford the schools of my choice.

    • ANSWER:
      You should have no problems getting into these schools.

      Try the Cappex "What are my chances?" calculator

      https://sites.google.com/site/paul7collegeinfo/

33. QUESTION:
    Do I stand a chance at the college(s) of my choice?
    I'm currently a junior, and I need to start weighing my odds at getting into certain schools. I'll compile a short, but detailed list of my high school career so far, and please let me know what you think. I'm currently looking at UPenn, the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond, and George Washington University. My intended major is in business.

    Freshmen Year
    Algebra 1
    Honors Science (Earth/Space)
    Wellness/Fitness
    Music Theory 1
    English 9
    Honors History (African/Asian)
    Spanish 3
    Life and Career
    Software Applications

    Spanish Club
    Freshmen Soccer Team
    Two local recreation teams, both seasons
    Local travel league for soccer

    Sophomore
    English 10
    Business and Personal Law
    Honors Science (Bio)
    Honors Math (Geometry)
    Honors History (Western Civ)
    Spanish 4
    Health
    Introduction to Business

    Two rec. soccer leagues, both seasons
    Local travel league (different one)
    FBLA state qualifier (8th place)
    NHS inductee
    Class Council
    International Club
    Started Key Club International in my school
    Attended PFEW (business camp)

    Junior
    Honors Math (Alg 2)
    English 11
    AP US History
    Honors Spanish Seminar 5
    Entrepreneurship and Corporate Dynamics
    Honors Chemistry
    Phys-ed 1

    Assistant coach for younger soccer league, both seasons
    2 soccer rec leagues, both seasons
    Job at Red Robin (8-12 hrs a week)
    Started Key Club and chartered it/ President
    NHS
    FBLA officer/state qualifier
    International club officer
    Debate club
    Get Real Program President (Business Department in my school forms a student-run business every year, where students in Entrepreneurship class literally run and control the business until the end of the year).

    Currently trying to accomplish:
    2000+ on SAT's
    Distinguished Key Club President (VERY hard to do)
    Receive FBLA BAA Future and Business awards
    Receive Presidential Service Silver Medal Award
    Intern at local Commerce Chamber
    Running for a more prestigious position in FBLA
    Running for an officer position in my class or NHS
    Placing at FBLA states
    Organizing a soccer clinic for younger kids

    Senior Year
    AP Statistics
    AP History (Gov/Economics)
    AP Biology
    Honors English 12
    Calculus/Math Analysis (I'm trying to take Math Analysis during the summer, but if I can't, I'll have to take it next year)
    Honors Spanish Seminar 6 (Taking AP test)

    I'm also going to be getting recommendations from my Kiwanis adviser (from Key Club) and a business teacher whom has taught me and I know very well through FBLA.

    So what do you think? Do I stand a chance at being accepted into these colleges? For the record, it's 11 at night, and I'm writing as my conciseness is seemingly fading, so my writing and grammar is not nearly what it is normally. Thanks!

    I have over a 4.0 weighted, and a 3.85 unweighted. I have no real problems with money;, I can afford the schools of my choice.

    • ANSWER:
      You don't want Wharton. In Wharton there is a curve where a certain set percentage gets A,B,C, D, F. All the students in Wharton are either Jewish, Chinese, affirmative action or athletes who got in through recruiting. Wharton has the great name and everything, but in terms of a program it is highly overrated and not worth attending. The only reason to go to a school such as UPENN would be to make connections, but if you are busy studying all the time you wont have time for such things such as On Campus Recruiting.

      Also your SATS are low for an ivy - let alone Wharotn. 2000 really wont help you unless your at a school such as Exeter, Andover, Choate,, or Lawrenceville that have 200 year old connections with the Ivy's. If you wanted Penn your best bet is to try the College or Nursing with those SATs.

      UVA you probably stand a better chance but still a difficult chance.

      I applied to many undergraduate business schools and they normally dont care about writing. They tend to want SAT scores around 1400-1600, a gpa A- or above and then something that makes you stand out. I don't know what that would be for you but many people have weird talents.

      Depends on the schools but if your not at a prep school they will want you to get 4's and 5's on those ap exams and not have just taken your high school "ap" course.

      I'm sorry that I'm coming off a little bitter but the college process is really harsh. I've gone through it...colleges are pricks.

34. QUESTION:
    What are my chances of admission?
    I'm currently a junior, and I need to start weighing my odds at getting into certain schools. I'll compile a short, but detailed list of my high school career so far, and please let me know what you think. I'm currently looking at the University of Richmond and George Washington University and comparable Universities. My intended major is in business.

    Freshmen Year
    Algebra 1
    Honors Science (Earth/Space)
    Wellness/Fitness
    Music Theory 1
    English 9
    Honors History (African/Asian)
    Spanish 3
    Life and Career
    Software Applications

    Spanish Club
    Freshmen Soccer Team
    Two local recreation teams, both seasons
    Local travel league for soccer

    Sophomore
    English 10
    Business and Personal Law
    Honors Science (Bio)
    Honors Math (Geometry)
    Honors History (Western Civ)
    Spanish 4
    Health
    Introduction to Business

    Two rec. soccer leagues, both seasons
    Local travel league (different one)
    FBLA state qualifier (8th place)
    NHS inductee
    Class Council
    International Club
    Started Key Club International in my school
    Attended PFEW (business camp)

    Junior
    Honors Math (Alg 2)
    English 11
    AP US History
    Honors Spanish Seminar 5
    Entrepreneurship and Corporate Dynamics
    Honors Chemistry
    Phys-ed 1

    Assistant coach for younger soccer league, both seasons
    2 soccer rec leagues, both seasons
    Job at Red Robin (8-12 hrs a week)
    Started Key Club and chartered it/ President
    NHS
    FBLA officer/state qualifier (Received 4th place in State)
    International club officer
    Debate club
    Get Real Program Chief Operations Officer (Business Department in my school forms a student-run business every year, where students in Entrepreneurship class literally run and control the business until the end of the year).
    Currently have an internship at local Chamber of Commerce
    Give private soccer lessons to kids for free

    Currently trying to accomplish:
    2000+ on SAT's
    Distinguished Key Club President (VERY hard to do)
    Receive FBLA BAA Future and Business awards
    Receive Presidential Service Silver Medal Award
    Running for a more prestigious position in FBLA

    Senior Year
    AP Statistics
    AP History (Gov/Economics)
    AP Biology
    Honors English 12
    Calculus/Math Analysis (I'm trying to take Math Analysis during the summer, but if I can't, I'll have to take it next year)
    Honors Spanish Seminar 6 (Taking AP test)

    I'm also going to be getting recommendations from my Kiwanis adviser (from Key Club) and a business teacher whom has taught me and I know very well through FBLA.

    So what do you think? Do I stand a chance at being accepted into these colleges? For the record, it's 11 at night, and I'm writing as my conciseness is seemingly fading, so my writing and grammar is not nearly what it is normally. Thanks!

    I have over a 4.0 weighted, and a 3.85 unweighted. I have no real problems with money; with financial aid/scholarships, I can afford the schools of my choice.

    • ANSWER:

35. QUESTION:
    17 questions in history....please help!?
    Ill put the answers I think it is and please tell me what the right answer is or if im right
    1. Which laws called for strict separation of the races in the South? (1 point)anti-discrimination laws
    Plessy v. Ferguson laws
    (this one) Jim Crow laws

    2. Why was Brown v. Board of Education a victory for the civil rights movement? (1 point)It determined the fine a school would pay for refusing to desegregate.
    It declared the policy of separate but equal facilites for different races unconstitutional. (this one)
    It mandated the busing of students to achieve racially mixed schools.

    3. How does a boycott achieve change in a community? (1 point)by causing a business to lose customers until it changes an unfair law
    by keeping a business from operating until it stops an injustice (this one)
    by attacking the means of production at a particular business

    4. What was the goal of the March on Washington? (1 point)to celebrate the desegregation of the Montgomery buses
    to kick off the beginning of Freedom Summer
    to push for the passage of the Civil Rights Act (this one)

    5. Which of the following groups organized around the problems of African Americans in northern and western cities? (1 point)the Black Panthers
    the Congress on Racial Equality (this one)
    the Southern Christian Leadership Council

    6. Young civil rights activists attempted to desegregate Southern restaurants by holding (1 point)protests.
    sit-ins.
    boycotts. (this one)

    7. Why were Americans so alarmed by the Cuban Missile Crisis? (1 point)Missiles in Cuba could reach major American cities.
    It proved that the Cubans had developed nuclear weapons.
    Most North American countries supported Cuba. (this one)

    8. Which of the following was a foreign policy failure for President Kennedy? (1 point)the Cuban Missile Crisis (this one)
    the signing of the SALT treaty
    the Bay of Pigs incident

    9. The Great Society was a series of programs working to end (1 point)
    war.
    poverty.(this one)
    corruption.

    10. Which of the following community organizations might have received Great Society funding? (1 point)a church
    a private school
    a library (this one)

    11. What was the goal of the space race? (1 point)to send a satelite into space before the Russians
    to create orbiting nuclear weapons
    to put a human on the moon within ten years (this one)

    12. Why did President Eisenhower support the new anticommunist government of South Vietnam? (1 point)He was committed to the struggle against communism.
    He wanted to bring American soldiers home.
    He wanted to make South Vietnam a U.S. colony. (this one)

    13. What is the name for the following idea? If one country becomes communist, one by one, the others will also become communist until the entire region is under communist control. (1 point)the domino theory (this oneee)
    the infection of communism
    the containment strategy

    14. In 1965, President Johnson significantly increased the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam because (1 point)air strikes had made it safe for ground forces to enter the war.
    communist forces continued to fight despite intense U.S. bombing.
    South Vietnamese troops were no longer willing to fight. (this one)

    15. The United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War because (1 point)of the failings of Vietnamization and growing dissent in America.
    the North Vietnamese threatened to start using nuclear weapons.
    the U.S. defeat at My Lai proved that victory was impossible. (this one)

    16. The Vietnam War harmed the Great Society program because (1 point)the U.S. military refused to administer the Great Society program. (this one)
    paying for the war left less money for programs to end poverty.
    most Americans backed the war instead of Great Society goals.

    17. During the Vietnam War, many Americans lost faith in their government because (1 point)the government's message did not match what Americans saw on television.
    Americans thought the government should do more to stop communism. (this one)
    money was being cut from the space race to go to funding the war.
    Pkeaseee helppp ): thanks.

    • ANSWER:
      For number 6, didn't they approach segregation with sit ins at restaurants? Take a look at this picture. It depicts a "sit in"; A form of civil disobedience. http://www.crmvet.org/crmpics/sit-in.jpg

36. QUESTION:
    Honestly: What are my admission chances?
    I'm currently a senior, and I need to start weighing my odds at getting into certain schools. I'll compile a short, but detailed list of my high school career so far; please let me know what you think. My top school is University of Richmond, by far. I'm also looking into similar schools, such as UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, and Boston College. My intended major is in business. I live in PA.

    Freshmen Year
    Algebra 1- A
    Honors Science (Earth/Space)- A
    Wellness/Fitness- A
    Music Theory 1- A
    English 9- A
    Honors History (African/Asian)- A
    Spanish 3- A
    Life and Career- A
    Software Applications- A

    Freshmen Soccer Team
    Two local recreation teams, both seasons
    Local travel league for soccer

    Sophomore
    English 10- A
    Business and Personal Law- A
    Honors Science (Bio)- A
    Honors Math (Geometry)- B
    Honors History (Western Civ)- A
    Spanish 4- B
    Health- A
    Introduction to Business- A

    Two rec. soccer leagues, both seasons
    Local travel league (different one)
    FBLA state qualifier (8th place)
    NHS inductee
    International Club
    Started a chapter of Key Club International in my school
    Attended PFEW (business camp)

    Junior
    Honors Math (Alg 2)- B
    English 11- A
    AP US History- A (I got a 5 on the exam)
    Honors Spanish Seminar 5- B
    Entrepreneurship and Corporate Dynamics- A
    Honors Chemistry- B
    Phys-ed 1- A

    Assistant coach for younger soccer league, both seasons
    2 soccer rec leagues, both seasons
    Job at Red Robin (8-12 hrs a week)
    Started Key Club and chartered it/ President and re-elected as President
    National Honors Society
    FBLA officer/state qualifier for banking and financial systems (Received 4th place in State)
    International club
    Debate club
    Get Real Program Chief Operations Officer (Business Department in my school forms a student-run business every year, where students in Entrepreneurship class literally run and control the business until the end of the year).
    Currently have internships at local Chamber of Commerce and a local business called A Basket Case/MultiTouch Marketing Solutions. I've worked at the chamber for 6 months and a basket case for 2 months for about 11 hours a week.
    Created a business in which I give private soccer lessons.
    Qualified for a national poetry contest. I'm currently a semi-finalist.

    Senior Year
    AP Statistics- A (possibly a B)
    AP History (Gov/Economics)- A
    AP Biology- A
    Honors English 12- A
    Math Analysis- A
    Honors Spanish Seminar 6- B
    Marketing- A

    29 ACT score
    1980 SAT score
    730 US History SAT II
    AP US History Exam: 5

    I have strong letters of recommendations from both internships and a school teacher who oversaw me during the Get Real Program.

    Additionally, I was recruited to work at a bank. I accepted the offer and will start in December. I am still doing all the other extracurriculars above, save the internship at the local chamber of commerce and debate club, but add coaching in a soccer league as opposed to assistant coaching. Additionally, I am the Chief Marketing Officer of a program called Junior Achievement, in which students create and run their own quasi-corporation.

    So what do you think? Do I stand a chance at being accepted into these colleges (specifically Richmond)? Thanks!

    I have over a 4.0 weighted, and a 3.75 unweighted and rank in the top 15% of my class.

    • ANSWER:
      wow! YOUR chances are really good! It might help if you apply to a safe, solid, and stretch school. safe for you know you will definately get in, solid school you may or may not but more likely you will, and stretch school... chances are against you but you want to go there..

37. QUESTION:
    Please tell me where I stand in chances at admittance!?
    I'm currently a senior, and I need to start weighing my odds at getting into certain schools. I'll compile a short, but detailed list of my high school career so far, and please let me know what you think. I'm currently looking at the University of Richmond, UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, Boston College, Lehigh University, and comparable Universities. My intended major is in business.

    Freshmen Year
    Algebra 1- A
    Honors Science (Earth/Space)- A
    Wellness/Fitness- A
    Music Theory 1- A
    English 9- A
    Honors History (African/Asian)- A
    Spanish 3- A
    Life and Career- A
    Software Applications- A

    Freshmen Soccer Team
    Two local recreation teams, both seasons
    Local travel league for soccer

    Sophomore
    English 10- A
    Business and Personal Law- A
    Honors Science (Bio)- A
    Honors Math (Geometry)- B
    Honors History (Western Civ)- A
    Spanish 4- B
    Health- A
    Introduction to Business- A

    Two rec. soccer leagues, both seasons
    Local travel league (different one)
    FBLA state qualifier (8th place)
    NHS inductee
    International Club
    Started a chapter of Key Club International in my school
    Attended PFEW (business camp)

    Junior
    Honors Math (Alg 2)- B
    English 11- A
    AP US History- A (I got a 5 on the exam)
    Honors Spanish Seminar 5- B
    Entrepreneurship and Corporate Dynamics- A
    Honors Chemistry- B
    Phys-ed 1- A

    Assistant coach for younger soccer league, both seasons
    2 soccer rec leagues, both seasons
    Job at Red Robin (8-12 hrs a week)
    Started Key Club and chartered it/ President and re-elected as President
    National Honors Society
    FBLA officer/state qualifier for banking and financial systems (Received 4th place in State)
    International club
    Debate club
    Get Real Program Chief Operations Officer (Business Department in my school forms a student-run business every year, where students in Entrepreneurship class literally run and control the business until the end of the year).
    Currently have internships at local Chamber of Commerce and a local business called A Basket Case/MultiTouch Marketing Solutions. I've worked at the chamber for 6 months and a basket case for 2 months for about 11 hours a week.
    Created a business in which I give private soccer lessons.
    Qualified for a national poetry contest. I'm currently a semi-finalist.

    Senior Year
    AP Statistics- A so far
    AP History (Gov/Economics)- A so far
    AP Biology- A so far
    Honors English 12- A so far
    Math Analysis- A so far
    Honors Spanish Seminar 6 (Taking AP test)- B so far

    Currently have a 29 ACT score, 1980 SAT score, and a 730 US History SAT II and 5 on the AP US History exam.

    I have strong letters of recommendations from both internships and a school teacher who oversaw me during my the Get Real Program.

    Additionally, I was recruited to work at a bank. I accepted the offer and will start in December. I am still doing all the other extracurriculars above, save the internship at the local chamber of commerce and debate club, but add coaching in a soccer league as opposed to assistant coaching.

    So what do you think? Do I stand a chance at being accepted into these colleges? Thanks!

    I have over a 4.0 weighted, and a 3.75 unweighted and rank in the top 15% of my class.

    • ANSWER:

38. QUESTION:
    Honestly: What are my chances of admissions?
    I'm currently a senior, and I need to start weighing my odds at getting into certain schools. I'll compile a short, but detailed list of my high school career so far, and please let me know what you think. I'm currently looking at the University of Richmond, UVA, UNC Chapel Hill, Boston College, Lehigh University, and comparable Universities. My intended major is in business. I live in PA.

    Freshmen Year
    Algebra 1- A
    Honors Science (Earth/Space)- A
    Wellness/Fitness- A
    Music Theory 1- A
    English 9- A
    Honors History (African/Asian)- A
    Spanish 3- A
    Life and Career- A
    Software Applications- A

    Freshmen Soccer Team
    Two local recreation teams, both seasons
    Local travel league for soccer

    Sophomore
    English 10- A
    Business and Personal Law- A
    Honors Science (Bio)- A
    Honors Math (Geometry)- B
    Honors History (Western Civ)- A
    Spanish 4- B
    Health- A
    Introduction to Business- A

    Two rec. soccer leagues, both seasons
    Local travel league (different one)
    FBLA state qualifier (8th place)
    NHS inductee
    International Club
    Started a chapter of Key Club International in my school
    Attended PFEW (business camp)

    Junior
    Honors Math (Alg 2)- B
    English 11- A
    AP US History- A (I got a 5 on the exam)
    Honors Spanish Seminar 5- B
    Entrepreneurship and Corporate Dynamics- A
    Honors Chemistry- B
    Phys-ed 1- A

    Assistant coach for younger soccer league, both seasons
    2 soccer rec leagues, both seasons
    Job at Red Robin (8-12 hrs a week)
    Started Key Club and chartered it/ President and re-elected as President
    National Honors Society
    FBLA officer/state qualifier for banking and financial systems (Received 4th place in State)
    International club
    Debate club
    Get Real Program Chief Operations Officer (Business Department in my school forms a student-run business every year, where students in Entrepreneurship class literally run and control the business until the end of the year).
    Currently have internships at local Chamber of Commerce and a local business called A Basket Case/MultiTouch Marketing Solutions. I've worked at the chamber for 6 months and a basket case for 2 months for about 11 hours a week.
    Created a business in which I give private soccer lessons.
    Qualified for a national poetry contest. I'm currently a semi-finalist.

    Senior Year
    AP Statistics- A so far
    AP History (Gov/Economics)- A so far
    AP Biology- A so far
    Honors English 12- A so far
    Math Analysis- A so far
    Honors Spanish Seminar 6 (Taking AP test)- B so far

    Currently have a 29 ACT score, 1980 SAT score, and a 730 US History SAT II and 5 on the AP US History exam.

    I have strong letters of recommendations from both internships and a school teacher who oversaw me during my the Get Real Program.

    Additionally, I was recruited to work at a bank. I accepted the offer and will start in December. I am still doing all the other extracurriculars above, save the internship at the local chamber of commerce and debate club, but add coaching in a soccer league as opposed to assistant coaching.

    So what do you think? Do I stand a chance at being accepted into these colleges? Thanks!

    I have over a 4.0 weighted, and a 3.75 unweighted and rank in the top 15% of my class.

    • ANSWER:
      Looking very competitive for these scools. Other comparable ones to apply to are Holy Cross and Bucknell.

39. QUESTION:
    U.S. History Questions I don't get it!?
    Write the key word or phrase that goes with each sentence:

    1. This 1925 case involved a Tennessee law against the teaching of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in public schools.

    2. This defined an illegal beverage as any one over 1% alcohol by volume.

    3. This program was first announced by FDR to promote friendly relations with Latin American nations.

    4. These laws were enacted by Congress in the 1930s to prevent the U. S. from becoming involved in the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia.

    5. At this meeting of the "Big Three" Allied leaders in 1945, the Soviet Union agreed to wage war against Japan and the U. S. agreed to permit the Soviet occupation of Polish territories.

    6. The U. S. policy, proposed by George Kennan, that attempted to prevent Soviet power and Communism from expanding into non-Communist nations.

    7. The southern, conservative wing of the Democratic party who were bitterly opposed to Truman's civil rights agenda.

    8. President Truman relieved him of his command because this general failed to implement the President's policies in Korea.

    9. A small artificial Soviet satellite launched into space in 1957. This spread fear in the hearts of Americans who felt that the U. S. was lagging behind the USSR in science and technology.

    10. Cuban exiles, secretly trained by the C. I. A. and supplied by the U. S. government, attempted to invade the island and overthrow Castro's Communist government there.

    11. This 1962 U. S.-Soviet confrontation was the closest the world ever came to global thermal nuclear war

    12. The full-scale attack by Communist forces in 1968 against major South Vietnam cities.

    13. He worked to win rights for migrant farmers. He is most famous for a strike he organized with the help of grape pickers in California in 1965.

    14. An organization of African American Southern leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that conducted peaceful civil rights demonstrations.

    15. This Supreme Court decision declared Plessy v. Ferguson unconstitutional..

    • ANSWER:
      (1) prohibiting the teaching of evolution
      http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/tennstat.htm

      (3) Good Neighbor Policy

      (4) Neutrality Acts

      (5) Yalta Conference

      (7) Dixiecrats

      (8) Gen. Douglas MacArthur

      (10) Bay of Pigs

      (11) Cuban Missile Crisis

      (12) Tet Offensive

      (13) Cesar Chavez

      (14) Southern Christian Leadership Conference

      (15) Brown v. Board of Education

40. QUESTION:
    spanish homework help!! please?
    Please help:

    You participated in an immersion program in Madrid for three weeks. You are showing your American family a picture of your host family and friends from different countries. Give the correct form of the verb ser and provide the appropriate adjective of nationality according to their country of origin.
    An example is
    Eduardo y Ana (Cuba) son cubanos.

    1)Jacques y Sara (Francia) ___________ .
    2)Akiko (fem.) (Japón) ___________ .
    3)El Sr. Marín (España) _____________ .
    4)Marco y Omar (Canadá) _________ .
    5)Yo (masc.) (Puerto Rico) __________ .

    You are having some difficulty learning that, in Spanish, subject pronouns are not used as frequently as in English. For practice, you are asked to provide the subject pronoun in each of the following sentences. In the space provided, write the pronoun that takes the place of the noun. Notice that some words are feminine while others are masculine and some are singular while others are plural. This should help you determine which pronoun to use.
    an example:Muchos italianos son generosos. Ellos

    1)Carolina y Teresa son españolas. ___________
    2)Carlos y tú no son flexibles. ___________
    3)Soy inteligente. ______________
    4)Alejandro y Samuel son materialistas. __________
    5)Liza es liberal ______________

    As you have learned thus far, there are many Spanish-speaking countries and people in the world. The Hispanic culture and language are rich and varied. For each statement below, select whether it is Cierto or Falso.

    1)The subject pronoun ellos can only be used to describe a group of males.
    Cierto

    Falso

    2)When Hispanics meet each other they may shake hands and/or greet with a besito.
    Cierto

    Falso

    3)Languages are constantly evolving.
    Cierto

    Falso

    4)The United States has the fifth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world.
    Cierto

    Falso

    5)English is the official language of the United States.
    Cierto

    Falso

    6)The only language spoken in Spanish-speaking countries is Spanish.
    Cierto

    Falso

    7)The word yo means “he.”
    Cierto

    Falso

    8)The first day of the Spanish week is Sunday.
    Cierto

    Falso

    9)There is a Spanish-speaking country on the African continent.
    Cierto

    Falso

    10)There are no differences between the Spanish and English alphabets.
    Cierto

    Falso

    • ANSWER:
      You participated in an immersion program in Madrid for three weeks. You are showing your American family a picture of your host family and friends from different countries. Give the correct form of the verb ser and provide the appropriate adjective of nationality according to their country of origin.
      An example is
      Eduardo y Ana (Cuba) son cubanos.

      1) Jacques y Sara (Francia) son Francesas
      2) Akiko (fem.) (Japón) es Japonesa
      3) El Sr. Marín (España) es Español
      4) Marco y Omar (Canadá) son Canadienses
      5) Yo (masc.) (Puerto Rico) soy Puertorriqueño.

      You are having some difficulty learning that, in Spanish, subject pronouns are not used as frequently as in English. For practice, you are asked to provide the subject pronoun in each of the following sentences. In the space provided, write the pronoun that takes the place of the noun. Notice that some words are feminine while others are masculine and some are singular while others are plural. This should help you determine which pronoun to use.
      an example: Muchos italianos son generosos. Ellos

      1) Carolina y Teresa son españolas. Ellas
      2) Carlos y tú no son flexibles. Ustedes
      3) Soy inteligente. Yo
      4) Alejandro y Samuel son materialistas. Ellos
      5) Liza es liberal Ella

      As you have learned thus far, there are many Spanish-speaking countries and people in the world. The Hispanic culture and language are rich and varied. For each statement below, select whether it is Cierto or Falso.

      1) The subject pronoun ellos can only be used to describe a group of males.

      False... When there is at last 1 man/boy in a group of women/girls you've to say Ellos(male) and not Ellas(female)

      2) When Hispanics meet each other they may shake hands and/or greet with a besito.
      Cierto

      3) Languages are constantly evolving.
      Cierto

      4) The United States has the fifth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world.

      Falso ( the second one according to wikipedia)

      5) English is the official language of the United States.

      Falso (its official only in 28 states)

      6) The only language spoken in Spanish-speaking countries is Spanish.

      Falso (for example in Spain they also speak Catalán)

      7) The word yo means “he.”

      Falso (it means I)

      8) The first day of the Spanish week is Sunday.
      Falso (monday)

      9) There is a Spanish-speaking country on the African continent.

      Cierto i don't know about this one.

      Falso

      10) There are no differences between the Spanish and English alphabets.

      Falso, the Spanish alphabet is the same as the English alphabet with the addition of the ñ.

41. QUESTION:
    Is this a gang symbol?
    was surfing my space & came across pictures of hispanic & african americans making hand signs (not sign language), on one hand they cross their ring finger with their middle finger & make a shape of a "W" does anyone know what this means? I've also seen this on MSNBC when they do the programs on prison gangs. ??? just curious

    • ANSWER:
      The "w" means westcoast......meaning California. They are just repping where they are from.

      Hey first replier...funny!!!!!

42. QUESTION:
    Is this long enough? DON'T have to read it!!!!?
    don't have to read it, just tell me if it's long enough for an author's biography! it has to be double-spaced for my project.

    Mildred D. Taylor

    Mildred Taylor is an African American author. She was born in on September 13, 1943 in Jackson, Mississippi. Mildred focuses her work on the struggles of the African American families in the Deep South. She then moved to the North do to the violence that had occurred in the Jackson area around September, 1943. Her father chose to move to Toledo because he had a large network of friends and relatives there. Even after their move, the Taylor family took car trips to the South, and Mildred’s experience of the environment provided the settings of her stories/books. In the South that the Taylors visited, segregation was a tangible reality. However, for Mildred, the racism of the South is also a place for family and community. The family theme is very important in Taylor’s books. Stories about her family (uncles, aunts, and great-grandparents), as told by her father. Taylor calls these stories "a different history from the one I learned in school" and credits her father's storytelling with her decision to become a writer. When the family moved into a newly integrated Toledo neighborhood, ten-year-old Mildred was the only black child in her class at school and realized that her actions might be judged as representative of her race. She was shocked by the "lackluster" histories of African-Americans which she found in her history textbooks. When she shared her stories with her class, the students and the teacher thought she was inventing stories. Despite the fact that she lived in the North, when a black student was chosen as the homecoming queen at Taylor's school during her freshman year (1957) many white students reacted with anger and even violence, reminding Taylor that racism was far from dead. Taylor attended college at the University of Toledo and spent most of her free time writing, something she found difficult, but at which she was determined to succeed. After college, Taylor applied for and was selected to join the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. Her father was both proud of his daughter and worried about her being so far away for so long. After graduating with a degree in education from the University of Toledo, Taylor accepted the Peace Corps assignment and taught history in Ethiopia. Upon returning to the United States in 1967, Taylor worked as a Peace Corps recruiter from 1967-1968 and as a Peace Corps instructor in Maine in 1968. In the fall of 1968, Taylor matriculated at the University of Colorado's Graduate School of Journalism. There, during the era of Black Power, she joined the Black Student Alliance and was instrumental in the creation of a black studies program at the university. After receiving her Master of Journalism, Taylor worked for the Black Education Program as a study skills director. During her involvement with the BSA, Taylor studied black culture, black history, and black politics. She was approached by Life magazine to write an article about the BSA, but the magazine disagreed with Taylor's portrayal of the organization and never published the article. Disappointed, Taylor returned briefly to Ethiopia. Taylor moved to Los Angeles after returning to the United States and worked at a number of temporary jobs. She refused a job at CBS as she grew more and more interested in writing. In August 1972, she married Errol Zea-Daly. The two divorced in 1975 and have one daughter. Taylor's first big break came when she won a contest sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Her winning piece, Song of the Trees (1975), was a revision of an old manuscript based on a family story about trees cut down by money-hungry white men. Taylor had originally planned to tell the story from the point of view of her grandmother, but found it to be more successful when told from the perspective of eight-year-old Cassie Logan. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, was Taylor's second book about the Logan family. Published in 1976, it won the Newbery Award, which recognizes excellence in books written for children. The book was dedicated to Taylor's father, who the characters of Stacey and David were based on. A television miniseries adaptation starring Morgan Freeman aired on ABC TV in 1978. Another Logan family book, Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981), continues the story of the family's struggle during the Great Depression. The fourth Logan family book, The Road to Memphis (1990), revisits Cassie as a high school senior attending school in Jackson, Mississippi. Both books met with critical acclaim. A related book, Mississippi Bridge (1990), is narrated by Jeremy Simms, a white character from Taylor's earlier books about the Logans. Taylor's latest Logan book, The Well: David's Story (1995) depicts ten-year-old David Logan (Cassie's father). Taylor wrote two other books, The Friendship and The Gold Cadillac, both publi

    • ANSWER:
      oooookkkk.........first of all, i havent read it, but it seems from the words im seeing that u have a well intellegent paper, but its not how long it has to be but how organized and injected w/ good information that will get u an A, like they say "quality not quantity" ( unless it has to be a "something hundred" word biography) but i would advice u to look it over and make sure that u didnt repeat anywords,sentences, have any wrong punctuation, spelling , ect. and just revise it to see if its how u want it to be.

43. QUESTION:
    Parenthetical Citation PLEASE HELP!!!?
    Create a parenthetical citation for the following information. Be careful! Remember, your spacing and punctuation must be exact.

    page 126 of the book, The African American and the Settling of the West, by Sarah Nichols and Marie Hernandez, edited by Aaron Wilds.

    NOTE: The program will not allow you to use italics or underlining. For this exercise, you will ignore that punctuation.

    • ANSWER:
      (Nichols and Hernandez 126)

44. QUESTION:
    Am I a terrible person; inside and outside?
    On Friday, May 20th, 2011, I, along with my father, my mother, and my brother, drove to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey. Although it was raining outside, I still took the liberty of driving to the hospital so that my father won’t miss his doctor’s appointments. After my father’s medical appointments, I drove to ShopRite, where my mother and I went to buy some more groceries. After ShopRite, my mother and I went to Rite Aid, where my mother and I filled my father’s prescriptions. After Rite Aid, I started to get out of the parking space. This is where everything had gotten totally bad. I was backing out of my parking space, and my father was yelling at me constantly, and continued to holler at me all the way home. I even told my mother that my father has copied himself inside each and every person in the world, programming them to yell at me whenever they see me or hear my name. Everyday, I regretted getting my driver’s license, being his daughter, and being entirely different than everyone else. My father has been both bullying and threatening me since I was born, which is why NO ONE in the world would want to hire me, because they would rather hire women with nice fathers, whereas my father is, and always will be, a complete and total bully; inside and outside; and which is also why NO MAN in the world would want to marry me, because they only marry women whose fathers are extraordinary, as well as kind and wonderful; inside and outside. I’m the only African-American woman in Englewood, New Jersey, that is, always will be, forever single, forever childless, and forever unemployed. I’m a complete and total loser; inside and outside; because unlike ALL beautiful women, I’m the only ugly African-American woman; inside and outside; whose both stupid and weird enough to let her father beat, bully, punch, slap, and threaten her.

    • ANSWER:
      Sounds to me like you're not the one with the problem. Your parents aren't treating you right.

45. QUESTION:
    When will we be seeing the return on these Obama "investments?
    Protecting a Michigan insect collection from other insects
    Highway beautified by fish art in Washington
    University studying hookup behavior of female college coeds in New York
    Upgrades to seldom-used river cruise boat in Oklahoma
    Developing a program to develop "machine-generated humor" in Illinois
    Studying methamphetamines and the female rat sex drive in Maryland
    Studying mating decisions of cactus bugs in Florida
    Maryland group gets money to develop "real life" stories that underscore job and infrastructure-related research findings
    Studying social networks like Facebook in North Carolina
    Removing graffiti along 100 miles of flood-control ditches in California
    Privately-owned steakhouse rehabilitating its restaurant space in Missouri
    National dinner cruise boat company in Illinois outfitting vessels with surveillance systems to protect against terrorists
    Refurnishing and delivering picnic tables in Iowa
    Digital television converter box coupon program in D.C.
    Elevating and relocating 3,000 feet of track for the Napa Valley Wine Train in California
    Hosting events for Earth Day, the summer solstice etc. in Minnesota
    Raising railroad tracks 18 inches in Oregon because the residents of one small town were tired of taking a detour around them
    Minnesota theatre named after Che Guevara putting on "socially conscious" puppet shows
    Low-income housing residents in one Minnesota city receiving free laptops, WiFi and iPod Touches to "educate" them in technology
    University in California sending students to Africa to study why Africans vote they the way they do in their elections
    University in Pennsylvania researching fossils in Argentina
    Studying the impact of global warming on wildflowers in a Colorado ghost town
    Bridge built over railroad crossing so 168 Nebraska town residents don't have to wait for the trains to pass
    Removing overgrown weeds in a Rhode Island park
    Testing how to control private home appliances in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts from an off-site computer
    Beautification of Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard
    Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
    New spring training facilities for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies
    Putting free WiFi, Internet kiosks and interactive history lessons in 2 Texas rest stops
    Road signs touting stimulus funds at work in Ohio
    Researching how paying attention improves performance of difficult tasks in Connecticut
    Deer underpass in Wyoming
    "Clown" theatrical production in Pennsylvania
    Sending 11 students and 4 teachers from an Arkansas university to the U.N. climate change convention in Copenhagen, using almost 54,000 lbs of carbon dioxide from air travel alone
    Storytelling festival in Utah
    University studying whether mice become disoriented when they consume alcohol in Florida

    How soon will our stimulus investments pay off? And how many trillions will we be getting from this?

    • ANSWER:
      You'll see a return. Whether you like what you'll get or not depends on you.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   how do space shuttles and get enought fuel to travel such long distances?
   how do space shuttles and get enought fuel to travel such long distances?
   i believe there a space shuttle going to pluto and will reach it at about july in 2015 which is about 7 yrs away, how will it have enough fuel to last that long?

   • ANSWER:
     This is a classic case of misunderstanding about space travel. On Earth, to move you must expend energy. Once you stop expending fuel Earth's gravity and friction with the surface or the air will bring you to a stop. In the vacuum of space this doesn't hapen. You fire up the engines to accelerate yourself to a high enough speed to escape Earth's gravity, and thens witch them off. Then you coast the rest of the way there. The New Horizons probe going to Pluto is not currently using any fuel. It is coasting along with nothing to slow it down.

2. QUESTION:
   How is math related to the landing of Space Shuttles?
   I have a school project where I have to talk about math in the landing of Space Shuttles and I can't find anything.

   • ANSWER:
     Here's a couple.

     After the shuttle had completed reentry and is gliding through the earth's atmosphere, it needed to touch down in a very specific spot (usually the Shuttle landing facility runway). So you have to be able to calculate how fast it needs to decend to be at ground level when it reached it's touchdown spot. It's called "rate of descent".

     Also, since it had wings that generated lift, it had to land at a certain speed. Too fast, and it would "float" down the runway without landing--too slow, and it loses lift and comes down short of the runway. So, you needed to calculate how quickly the shuttle had to slow down. That ties in to the "rate of decent" problem--since the shuttle was a glider, you could only gain speed by loosing altitude. If you bled off too much speed to early, you wouldn't have enough altitude to lose to make up the speed, and you'd come down short of the runway.

3. QUESTION:
   What is the difference between Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and space shuttles?
   I'm talking about like the space shuttles and missions and things like that.. i have a test on all of it tomorrow and i dont understand the difference. were those all missions? and then like the Challenger, Columbia, Endeavor and those were just shuttles? what's the difference between those and the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo things?

   • ANSWER:
     Try reading these articles on each program. Frankly, the differences between the programs are too numerous to explain here.

4. QUESTION:
   what are some questions about space shuttles?
   i have to make up a 30 question worksheet on space shuttles. even if you can only think of one i would really appriciate it. it is due tomorrow and i really need to finish it but i cant think of that many questions. will someone please help?

   • ANSWER:
     You could look into the Q&A's FOR STS" thread in the Orbiter-Forum, there are some really good questions about the Space Shuttle in it.

     http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=679

     Alternatively, download one of the astronaut workbooks or training manuals of the Space Shuttle from the JSC homepage, and pick some questions, they have a question section after each chapter for memorizing the information.

     http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/flightdatafiles/index.html

5. QUESTION:
   What does the retirement of space shuttles Endeavour, Discovery, and Atlantis mean?
   What does it mean for the future of the space program? Not just the effect on the American Space program, I'm asking about internationally.

   • ANSWER:
     Well, it won't have any ripples on unmanned spaceflight. For manned spaceflight, if NASA takes on a mission before a replacement can be developed (and nothing is in the works, as the Constellation Program has been canceled), it will have to use the spacecraft of another nation.

     Manned space travel can still be done, most will probably be the Russian Soyuz rockets. Remember, after the Columbia disaster, and the shuttle fleet was 'grounded' for an extended time, the Soyuz was the only method humans had for manned spaceflight.

     It is a good design, and even the European Space Agency has been quoted as stating it is the "most frequently used and most reliable launch vehicle in the world."

     That being said, you won't see NASA sending people into space, with their own launch vehicles.

6. QUESTION:
   How big on average are most space shuttles?
   I need to write about a trip to the moon for English and how you'd arrive there. Can anybody tell me how big most rockets are?

   • ANSWER:
     Space Shuttles are incapable of travel to the moon and back. They were not designed for that. However, the vehicle that would carry a lunar-bound ship out of earth's atmosphere would probably be the Saturn V rocket. The link below has some real good information about it (including the dimensions).

     BTW, the reason for using the Saturn V is b/c that particular rocket was designed to carry extremely heavy payloads into space. The Ares V was to replace the Saturn V, but production was cancelled in 2010.

7. QUESTION:
   So will the Russian Kliper space shuttle be the next generation of space shuttles?
   I have almost forgot about them, what do you think, will this project actually take place or will it just be another interesting idea that will never take place?

   If you think that it will take place, when do you think it will happen?

   • ANSWER:
     likely, but there is no way that they'll be rolling it out in 2011.
     it's the russians we're talking about. they have enormous know-how but face a terrible funds crunch.
     the last shuttle they launched was in 1988, called the 'Buran', that was one of the saddest aviation story I've ever herd, reminds me of the Avero Arrow.
     It seems to me that the russian Soyuz capsule will be humanity's only way to the stars for some time.

8. QUESTION:
   when will it be possible for space shuttles to go as far as Pluto in space?
   and when the space station is built..will it be possible to do this? how so? what about beyond the solar system>?

   • ANSWER:
     The "space shuttle" doesn't even go as far as the moon. It takes us to EARTH ORBIT, back and forth from the ISS.

     There are PROBES that go to the orbit of Pluto, just not yet.

     New Horizons is the name of the space probe that is scheduled to approach Pluto in July 2015.
     http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

     As for probes going beyond the boundary of the solar system, those are Voyager 1 & 2 and Pioneer 1 & 2. They aren't destined for anywhere in particular though.

9. QUESTION:
   Is Obama pulling troops out of the War zone and using the entire fleet of space shuttles for his trip to India?
   According to Rush Limbaugh it is 200 million per day. Other Republicans say it will take almost the entire fleet of our warships will be diverted to India.

   Facts: None of the above. No warships diverted and about exactly the same cost as every Bush trip and Clinton trip. About 3-5 million per day.

   Why do some Republicans think that Obama does not deserve the same security or dignity as Bush or other Presidents?
   We paid for entire Bush family, Clinton and Reagan's so why not Obama's family?

   • ANSWER:
     These are the same people who bring loaded firearms to political rallies to "protest," and who curb-stomp liberal women found in their midst.

     They're a bunch of thugs. It should come as no surprise that they're upset that the President employs security.

10. QUESTION:
    Where does NASA keep its Space Shuttles?
    I know that Enterprise is kept in a museum, but what about the others?

    • ANSWER:
      They are kept in hangars at the Cape...

11. QUESTION:
    Does anyone ever wonder what the space shuttles could be doing to our atmosphere?
    I mean they do go straight through our protective ozone layer. And think about all the fuel that is burned up every second just to get the thing off the ground.

    • ANSWER:
      They don't harm the ozone layer.

      As for the fuel... the shuttle engines use liquid hydrogen and oxygen... the only by product of which is water (vapour).

      The booster are solid fuel and use an aluminium powder.

      Far worse comes out of the old coal power stations and old car engines.

12. QUESTION:
    Do the space shuttles, or the space station have radar?
    I read about the encounter with debris from the Chinese Anti-Satellite, and was wondering if they were equipped with radar?

    • ANSWER:
      They have a type of radar, plus they have tracking station to send up data during the flight.

13. QUESTION:
    Is it true that ceramic tiles are used on space shuttles?
    I'm doing a lot of research into materials and I was told that ceramic tiles were used on space shuttles, they said something about things that can enter the atmosphere being rock and sand, though I doubt that's the reason they use tiles. Does anyone know if and why they're used? thanks xx

    • ANSWER:
      The ceramics are used because they can withstand the extremes of heat and cold the shuttle goes through. Pretty amazing stuff. You can heat it until it nearly melts and then pick it up (by the edges) with your bare fingers.

      I've used similar stuff in a job long ago for quick drying fast moving paper. While it can withstand the heat, the stuff is very fragile and soft.

14. QUESTION:
    How Would An Entry For Space Shuttles Be Including In An Outline For An Article About Spacecraft?
    I've Got A Make-Up Test And Its Not In The Book, So Can You Please Help And Answer This Question?
    Because Im Used To Typing Like This, And I Need This Answer. I Did'nt CHEAT On Anything.
    =='

    • ANSWER:
      Why Are You Typing Like This? Do You Normally Capitalize Every Word??

      FUrtHeRmOre, wHY ShOUlD wE heLp yOu cHEat oN a QuiZ?

15. QUESTION:
    Space Shuttles brought about Transistors?
    I heard from somewhere that the reason that we have transistors today, is because of the need for smaller computers in space shuttles, is that true? and If it is, where can i find sources to back that up?

    • ANSWER:
      Some good answers above. The solid-state transistor was developed at Bell Labs in 1947.

      The space program has brought about many innovations and breakthroughs in electronics, miniaturization, chemistry and chemical engineering, and other branches of applied science.

      The use of integrated circuits to miniaturize computers would have been more in the time frame of the Apollo project. Integrated circuits were used in combat aircraft somewhat before the first shuttle flights.

      But the general idea that the cutting edge of modern technology has often been in the space program is certainly correct.

16. QUESTION:
    If god was so worried about men reaching heaven in the Tower of Babel, why doesnt he crash more space shuttles?
    And wouldn't it have been more efficient to do nothing to the tower builders and just let them climb so high that they asphyxiated and died instead? Not like he had a problem being cruel back then nor with letting people die now...

    • ANSWER:
      Because NASA already planned for occurrences such as this. They spent years in laboratories to find the exact distance of gods striking range, and to plot a course around it. It worked quite well, except for the challenger, God upgraded technology, and we were not aware. As of 2009, NASA has a god proof shuttle that works great.

17. QUESTION:
    I need a to have a question about the fuel/fuel tanks of space shuttles!?
    Hi, an astronaut is visiting my school tommorrow and I need to ask him a question about the fuel and/or fuel tanks of space shuttles. Can anyone give me a question to ask about that topic? I really appreciate it, I am in a real bind.

    • ANSWER:
      "When the external tank is jettisoned, how does NASA make sure that the orbiter and external tank do not collide?"

18. QUESTION:
    does the space shuttles and sattelites decreases the weight of the planet that could makes it unstable?
    i am just thinking about the gravity

    • ANSWER:
      The mass of a space shuttle is approx. 2030000 kg. Earth's mass is 5.9736×10^24 kg, or 2.9*10^18 times greater, meaning that the space shuttle makes up 0.000000000000000034 % of the Earth's mass. Do you think it will affect the gravity?

19. QUESTION:
    Why are Space Shuttles being Retired?
    I have been hearing a lot about Space Shuttles being retired when the International Space Station is complete. Why are Space Shuttles being retired. Is it only a few space shuttles of that model being retired or are they retiring the entire model because they have a new shuttle to manufacture. I'm confused

    • ANSWER:
      All of the space shuttles are being retired this year, as are current plans and previous plans with the cancelled constellation program. They are over 25 years old and simply need to be replaced. Our new spacecraft are privately built by a California company SpaceX, which are contracted by NASA for replacing the space shuttles for flights to the ISS. NASA just tested one of the new Falcon 9 engines earlier this month (successful, though it caused UFO sightings in Australia). The falcon rocket stages are said to be reusable, as is will be the Dragon spacecraft that will be launched into orbit on the Falcon 9. The space shuttle, too, is reusable, but the Russian Soyuz (currently the only other spaceflight option) are not. NASA plans to continue test flights, with the first ISS mission coming in 2011.

20. QUESTION:
    A few questions about space shuttles?
    I know that there are currently three orbitors in NASA's space shuttle fleet, so how do they decide which shuttle to use?

    • ANSWER:
      they have three orbiters as you know, 1 orbiter (Endeavor) is currently undergoing (and almost finished) a major modification process and will fly on STS 118, from there i think they alternate orbiters, as it takes several months to refurbish the orbiters and get them ready for launch again.

21. QUESTION:
    Fairly easy question for 10 points, about space shuttles lol :)?
    Explain why protective tiles are used on space shuttles.
    plz give me a website so i can use it in my bibliography and also give me a good answer with a fair bit of writing if u can haha cheers :)

    • ANSWER:
      First off, I just put in "space shuttle protective tiles" into google to get you some references you might be able to use (just do the same!). However, i did not look at any of them, since I've been interested in the ss for a very long time. :) The links on the first page should give you plenty to work with!!

      The protective tiles are first-and-foremost used as protection against heat as the space shuttle returns to Earth. they are tiled so that they are easy to replace once the shuttle returns to Earth (since a single tile broken during re-entry would not be disastrous). Just think of a giant heat shield in front of you when facing a bonfire. If a small square of your shield popped out, you would still be protected from the heat (albeit slightly less). And it would be really easy to shove a replacement tile back into its spot!

      Anyway, the tiles are almost specifically so that when the shuttle re-enters the Earth's orbit (and encounters resistance by the atmosphere) (yes, really fast speed and 'air' causes much heat!!!) the shuttle is protected against the majority of the heat that the encounter produces.

      I hope that the google search words help, and that this basic introduction helps you!! :D

22. QUESTION:
    Did you know the Space Shuttles SRBs dimensions were based on horses a*ses?
    Does the statement, "We've always done it that way" ring any bells?

    The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet,
    8.5 inches That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?

    Because that's the way they built them in England, and English
    expatriates built the US Railroads.
    Why did the English build them like that?
    Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the
    pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.

    Why did "they" use that gauge then?

    Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools
    that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.

    Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?

    Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would
    break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's
    the spacing of the wheel ruts.

    So who built those old rutted roads?

    Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (and England)
    for their legions. The roads have been used ever since.

    And the ruts in the roads?

    Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to
    match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made
    for Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing..

    The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is
    derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot!!
    And bureaucracies live forever.

    So the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse's
    ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, because the Imperial Roman
    army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two
    war horses.

    Now the twist to the story

    When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big
    booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are
    solid rocket boosters or SRBs.

    The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory at Utah. The engineers who
    designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the
    SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad
    line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel.
    The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad
    track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds.

    So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's
    most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand
    years ago by the width of a horse's ass.

    • ANSWER:
      Why reinvent technology?
      The computer you are using probably has a DOS Editor. Count the 80 characters on a line. It is the same as a Hollerith (IBM) 80 column punch card invented in 1895 for unit record equipment. It was made that size so they could use a lot of the same equipment that was used to deal with the old size American dollar bills.
      You and I are using the Roman alphabet right now to communicate.

23. QUESTION:
    The space shuttles twist about 90 degrees when they go up. What are the procedure called and the purpose?

    • ANSWER:
      The Shuttle, and all rockets for that matter, have engines that gimbal to control the direction of their flight and their attitude. There are three body axes used: the pitch axis, the yaw axis, and the roll axis. The engines gimbal about these axes. As the rocket sits on the launch pad, the axes have some given geometric orientation. This "clock angle" is fixed, is always the same for every launch. After liftoff, and after the tower is cleared, the rocket rolls through some angle to align the axes for its desired flight path. How much it rolls is a function of its final desired orbit for that particular mission. After the roll, they gimbal to start a pitch down maneuver to make the rocket go downrange. Otherwise the rocket would continue to fly straight up. Onboard computers control the engine thrust direction, to keep it through the constantly changing cg of the vehicle, and to achieve the final desired trajectory.

      Good question. Hope this helps.

24. QUESTION:
    i wanna know a movie name...and the story is about a guy and small baby space shuttles?
    the movie is about a guy who stays in a building and soon to be demolished, but suddenly a space shuttles came and make his life easier...and the small space shuttles can make babies of space shuttles...and it charges itself...and the guy kept thode space shuttles on top of his building roof in a wooden house...i donno about the movie alot coz it was along time ago..and i miss it..

    • ANSWER:
      batteries not included

25. QUESTION:
    Is the launch of space shuttle atlantis tomorrow the last time you will go in space?
    I've heard some stuff about the space shuttle launch tomorrow but I'm a little confused. Is this the last time we will ever go in space? I've heard it called "the final space shuttle launch" and "final space flight ever" but Ive also heard its just the last launch before we switch to different rockets. So is the last time we go to space or is it just that we are switching to different rockets and not using the space shuttles anymore?
    also what will the space shuttle atlantis being doing up in space?

    • ANSWER:
      My friend works at NASA, and the space program has came to basically a halt. Obama believes it is a waste of money. They have cut many peoples jobs. So tomorrow is technically the last one, although there are still people, including my friend, that are working on other things.

26. QUESTION:
    Where will space shuttle Atlantis go after retirement?
    The space shuttles are being retired in 2010, and I've heard that Discovery is going to the Smithsonian and Endeavour is possibly going to a museum in California. Where is Atlantis going? Will it just be torn apart for scrap metal or will it be on display at a museum somewhere? I heard that Atlantis was originally supposed to be commissioned in 2008 and used for spare parts for Discovery and Endeavour, which makes me wonder if NASA is just going to forget about it and scrap it. Thanks if you can help.

    • ANSWER:
      I truly doubt that ANY shuttle will be torn apart for scrap. There are science and aviation museums around the country--and the world--who would fight for the chance to display one.

27. QUESTION:
    why do we need space shuttles?
    hi, I'm doing a science project on space shuttles and i need some help. ive been on some websites but wikipedia and the nasa website it doesnt all make sense so could someone help me just to write a bit about why we need them? ive been ill lately and it needs to be handed in pretty soon. thank you!!! x

    • ANSWER:
      The original concept of a shuttle was as a SPACE PLANE.

      It was supposed to eventually be able to go up to space then come down get a wash and a wax and be sent up again.. over and over.. nasa found out fast that the cost of fixing the tiles and getting the shuttle ready for the next launch was not going to allow a quick turn around.

      The shuttles tiles are very fragile and it usually looses alot of them on each flight or they get chipped and we know what that causes....

      When the space shuttle was first conceived it was to save the SKY LAB space station.. the predecesor to the space station that is being built now. But do to cuts in budgets and lack of interest in space since the space race was over. The shuttle wasnt in time to save the skylab and SKYLAB fell to earth over many miles mostly uninhabitted areas and most peices burned up on the way down it was a spectacle though.

      The shuttle has been very useful for some things that could not be done otherwise.. the REPAIR OF THE HUBBLE would not be possible without the shuttle .. the satellite had to be grasped and held while repairs were performed and that would not have been possible with any other type of launch vehicle.

      The lack of specific uses for the shuttle that cant be done by other space craft is the reason for its demise and replacement. One of the temporary replacements is a capsule like the old moon mission type vehicle mounted on TOP of the main tank so that it doesnt need to worry about falling debris from the tank damaging tiles.

      contellation space craft to replace shuttle.
      http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceexploration/orion.html

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq_4Mm-1-C0&NR=1

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO9z-nyf75M

      I hope that helps you a little I tried to find a photo of orion but I couldnt find the one I had before..

      Good luck with the report.

28. QUESTION:
    How fast can a space shuttle travel?
    How fast are we capable of making a space shuttle travel? I'm asking because I was reading about the new planet, Gliese 581, which is said to have earth like habitation characteristics, but is 20.5 lightyears away-- impossible to reach in a human lifetime. So I would like to know how fast our space shuttles go (in lightyears, preferably), to see how much time it would actually take to reach that planet.

    • ANSWER:
      The shuttle goes 17,500 MPH. That speed is not high enough to escape from Earth orbit, but FYI, that is about 38,263 times slower than light speed. (Calculated as 186,000 miles per second times 3,600 seconds in an hour divided by 17,500 miles per hour.) So if the shuttle could leave Earth orbit and travel at 17,500 MPH all the way to that star, it would take 784,391 years to get there. (Calculated as 20.5 * 38,263.)

29. QUESTION:
    Circular motion and space shuttles?
    Hi, I'm stuck on this problem:

    A space shuttle orbits earth in a near-circular orbit at a constant speed approximately 100 miles above the Earth's surface.
    If we assume that the centripetal acceleration is equal to the acceleration due to gravity at sea level (9.8 m/s^2) and the orbital radius is equal to the radius of the Earth (6380 km):

    a) what is the average speed of the shuttle?
    b) How long does it take the shuttle to make one orbit around earth?

    I'm specifically having problems w/ the wording on the first sentence, is 100m the speed of the shuttle or is it the distance above earth?
    is it:
    ...at a constant speed 100 miles, above the earth's surface...
    or
    ...at a constant speed, 100 miles above the earth's surface.

    - in any case how would i go about solving it?
    I know that for circular motion:

    Acceleration = (Velocity^2)/ Radius

    • ANSWER:
      100 miles is the distance from the Earth's surface. Essentially you have a situation where the centripetal acceleration of the shuttle is equal to the shuttles acceleration due to gravity at sea level. Set these values equal to each other and solve for velocity.

      m g = m v^2 / r => g r = v^2 so v = sqrt(g * r) to get velocity of shuttle

      To find time to get one orbit, take the circumference of the orbit and divide by the shuttle's velocity. Also, make sure to convert that 100 miles into meters before doing any calculations or your answers will be very screwed up.

30. QUESTION:
    What will replace the space shuttle craft when they retire them in 2010?
    I have been reading about the current space shuttle mission and have seen a few times that the space shuttles are to be retired in 2010 after the space station is finished. So what program is going to replace the space shuttle or will there be a space station that is unreachable, or reachable only by soviets?

    • ANSWER:
      Well, there will be 3 things that will be involved in replacing the space shuttle.

      The thing that Nasa will own is the Constellation system, which consists of a series of vehicles - 2 rockets, the Ares I and V, the Orion Capsule, a Lunar Lander, and an Earth departure stage.
      Ziggle did cover this very well

      However, this won't be ready until 2014, and quite possibly later.

      What will really be flying astronauts to the International Space Station is the SpaceX Dragon and the Rocketplane Kistler K-1. The Dragon is a capsule being developed by Space Exploration Techologies, or SpaceX, which was founded by and owned by Elon Musk. It will be launched by the Falcon 9 rocket. Details of the Dragon can be found at http://www.spacex.com/dragon.php
      BTW, almost everything on the Dragon and the Falcon 9 are reusable.

      The K-1 is a launch vehicle and an orbital vehicle. It is entirely reusable. Details of it can be found at http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/

      Both of these vehicles are being funded in part by Nasa, called the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, but also largely by private money.

      In addition, there are other companies that are pursuing the Phase 2 COTS contract. Some of these companies are Constellation Services INternational, PlanetSpace, SpaceDev, Transformational Space, as well as other.

      Details concerning COTS can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Orbital_Transportation_Services

31. QUESTION:
    What Should be done in light of the space shuttle disasters.?
    Really these guys have only fixed the current shutles. The united states is down two Space shuttles, Somethings got to be done. I'm not asking as to what the next "space shuttle" should be. i just wanna know what can we do. not that i can do anything about it but, but this is a serious problem that needs fixing and is really burning in my head. no answer is to rediculus, really i could use a good laugh.

    • ANSWER:
      NASA is starting work on a new vehicle. See the source. It is a capsule on an expendable rocket, much like Apollo, not a new shuttle, but it is intended to replace the shuttle.

32. QUESTION:
    Facts about space shuttles and how they launch into space?

    • ANSWER:
      The space shuttles, properly known as the Space Transportation System (STS), are resuable (mostly) spacecraft designed to carry cargo to and from low Earth orbit (LEO).

      The system has three main components: the solid rocket boosters (SRBs), the external tank (ET), and the orbiter vehicle (OV) . It is the orbiter that is commonly referred to as the space shuttle.

      The SRBs are the largest solid rocket motors ever built. They produce about 2,000,000 pounds of thrust each for about two minutes. Like any other solid rocket motor, the SRBs cannot be shutdown. They produce thrust until they run out of fuel. The SRBs fall into the ocean on parachutes and are retrieved by boats, towed to shore, and rebuilt for use in the next mission.

      The ET carries the liquid oxygen LOX) and liquid hydrogen (LH) for the main engines that are carried by the orbiter. The SRBs and the orbiter are bolted to the ET for launch. The ET is not reusable. It is jettisoned on the way up. Most of burns up. Some of it falls in the ocean.

      The OV is about the size of a Boeing 727 airliner. It is completely reusable. It can carry seven astronauts and up to 50,000 pounds of cargo to LEO. It has three engines known as the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs). Each SSME produces about 1,500,000 pounds of thrust all the way to orbit. The SSMEs burn the LOX and LH in the external tank as propellant (fuel).

      How does it all work?

      At T minus 0, all three SSMEs ignite. If they all work well, the launch is on. You'll hear the call "three at a hundred" from the crew if all is well. This means that all three SSMEs are running at 100 percent. (The SSME's actually operate at 104 percent of rated power because the engines exceeded the specifications.)

      At that point, two things happen: The SRBs are ignited and the the frangible (explosive) bolts that hold the entire shuttle to the launch pad are exploded. The shuttle lifts off fast.

      As it clears the tower, you'll see the shuttle roll upside down and pitch over to start its climb to orbit.

      At about two minutes, the SRBs start to run out of fuel and the thrust they produce starts to tail off. At this point, more frangible bolts fire and the SRBs are separated from the ET. This is known as SRB SEP. The SRBs fall for a while and then the parachutes open to drop them in the ocean for recovery and reuse.

      Now, the shuttle is running on the SSMEs only. It accelerates at about 3Gs until it reaches the velocity needed for the orbit that the mission requires. That's 0 to 17,500 mph in 8.5 minutes.

      At this point, another set of frangible bolts fires and the ET separates and slowly reenters the atmosphere.

      The orbiter is now coasting to orbit.

      All the orbital manuvers and corrections are performs using the Orbital Manuvering System (OMS) located in the big pods on either side of the tail. These are hypergolic engines. They are fired once the shuttle reaches (approximately) the correct altitude to circularize the orbit.

      At this point, the crew will open the cargo bay doors so that the radiators on the inside can dispose of all the accumulated heat.

      On-orbit operations begin.

      This is it in a nutshell.

      The book I referred to below is awesome.

33. QUESTION:
    what topic should I pick about space?
    I have to do a project for science & i still haven't chosen a topic, because I don't really know anything about space. So i just have to pick anything, something interesting??
    Black holes, the sun, solar flares, the moon, space shuttle are some that are already taken.

    • ANSWER:

34. QUESTION:
    Whay is the space shuttles having problems with exterior tiles now vs. in the past?
    The USA 'Discovery' shttle will launch July 4 and there is concern about the exteror fuel tank foam amd tiles on the suttle coming off. What's up about this vs. not haing problems int he past?

    • ANSWER:
      Actually the foam tiles have always been a problem. Even the very first shuttle flight in1981, STS-1, suffered tile losses but they were in non-critical areas. Tile loss was such a concern that NASA had even tried developing a tile repair kit but later dropped the concept before the first flight deciding it wasn't worth the risk and training. Budget concerns may have also been an issue.

35. QUESTION:
    What's this I hear about NASA shutting down the shuttles?
    I heard from one of my students' parents that NASA is only planning five more launches with the space shuttles, and then they are planning on ending the space program for some time, renovating or rebuilding the shuttles, something like that. I haven't been able to find anything about it on the NASA site, was wondering if anyone else had read/seen/heard anything factual about this or if its just a rumor.

    • ANSWER:
      For some time they have been planning to replace the shuttle with a new launch system known as Ares.

      The Ares system uses tried and trusted concepts from the Saturn 5 and Apollo days, combined with solid rocket boosters from the shuttle launch system to reduce the costs and risks associated with launches.

      The first test firing of an Ares rocket is due next month.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_I

      Cheers!

36. QUESTION:
    Advanced question: Weird colors in the sky right before space shuttle landing?
    I’m trying to identify something I saw a long, long time ago off the coast of California. I saw it right before a space shuttle landing. It looked like a red-colored psychedelic rainbow – like somebody released dye into the clouds.

    Does NASA ever release rust into the air (right before a space shuttle landings) as part of some kind of electromagnetic research?

    Is there anything you know about space shuttles that can explain the colors in the sky that I saw?

    • ANSWER:
      It was the speed of the space shuttle travelling at a very high rate of speed and the colors you saw were atmospheric gases being ionized as they hit the heat shields on the space shuttle.

37. QUESTION:
    What is the name of the inscription that NASA puts on anything they send into outer space?
    I heard a couple of years ago that NASA puts a special inscription anything they send into outer space (satellites, space shuttles, etc.). It has information about Earth, such as that there are male and female humans, we have water and land on earth, and other basic information about our planet and the human race. Its purpose is to inform any form of life that comes in contact with the object to learn where it came from and who made it. Does anyone know where I can find more information about this? I might use it in a research project about outer space.

    • ANSWER:
      The Pioneer Plaques and the Voyager Golden Record are probably the most famous of the objects you're referring to. They were sent with the Pioneer and Voyager probes, respectively, when they were launched. The Pioneer Plaque shows male and female humans and various information about the vehicle and Earth. The Voyager Golden Record (which I think is cooler, but I'm also a Carl Sagan fan) contains much more information, such as music, vocal greetings, sounds of Earth, and other information about us. However, its contents will probably be completely indecipherable by any alien species, so it's more of a cosmic time capsule than a real message intended for aliens.

38. QUESTION:
    Water on Space Shuttles?
    Water on space shuttles is very rare/limited. I know that astronauts get some of their water from fuel cells. But do they also bring some bottles of water onto the space shuttle themselves? If so, what containers do they use? And about how much water do they actually bring on?
    Also, can you guys indicate your source/reference?

    • ANSWER:
      I think you will find all the info here:
      http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/orbiter/eclss/water.html

      "The supply and waste water systems provide water for the flash evaporator, crew consumption and hygiene. The supply water system stores water generated by the fuel cell power plants, and the waste water system stores waste from the crew cabin humidity separator and from the flight crew. There are four supply water tanks and one waste water tank located beneath the crew compartment middeck floor."

      I don't know if they bring any water with them, perhaps a little bit of drinking water. But it seems that the fuel cells provide enough water for all their needs.

39. QUESTION:
    informations about launching of rockets and space shuttles?
    i need all sorts of information about what happens when a rocket or space shuttle is launched?what processes occur in a space shuttlewhen being launched? i need initial and various procees that occur at tht stage of launching

    • ANSWER:
      try nasa.com ?

40. QUESTION:
    2 questions about space shuttles?
    Briefly describe the events in a typical space shuttle mission.

    why are space shuttle flights still very expensive even though the shuttle is reused?

    • ANSWER:
      Briefly? Wow that is a challenge.
      The shuttle flight needs to be planned, that takes months or even years; then astronauts have to train for it; then the flight is schedules, the shuttle is launched and reaches orbit, performs the mission, then comes back to earth. I am not sure if this what you had in mind.

      As to the cost, the vehicle itself is a small price of the total. Even if the shuttle is reusable, every part has to be inspected, and that could actually cost almost the same as a brand new component, as some have to be totally dismantled and reassembled. Fuel and ground support cost are also very high, the shuttle is a heavy vehicle because it needs to bring wings all the way to space, wings that serve no purpose during the takeoff and the orbital operation.

41. QUESTION:
    No more space shuttles?
    I am hearing this is the last launch of a space shuttle and Ive read that the space shuttle program was scheduled to end in 2011 after 30 years...

    Are we not going to do more space shuttles in the future to learn about space??

    • ANSWER:
      Yes, Atlantis which was launched today is the last space shuttle that will be launched. They are trying to find better ways to explore space.

42. QUESTION:
    why can't space shuttles get threw clouds?
    like my question asks, why can't space shuttles get threw clouds?
    whats so bad about it?
    sorry, i meant -through

    • ANSWER:
      The Shuttle, like a plane, can fly through clouds.

      However, if they are Thunderstorm clouds, or even rain clouds in any way, they avoid landing in situations when these are present. Lightning Risk.

      Remember- when the shuttle returns to earth, it is essentially a glider.
      They have 1 chance to land it, so NASA always makes sure the shuttle lands in clear weather- which is why they bumped the landing last week to california instead of Florida- Rain Clouds.

43. QUESTION:
    Would it be possible for the space shuttle to go to the moon?
    I'm NOT asking if it could land there, just orbit. Call it a scenic drive. Is there anything about the shuttles engineering that would preclude it from traveling there?

    • ANSWER:
      Not without extensive modification and a LOT more fuel. The shuttle uses the two solid rockets plus all the fuel in the external tank plus a little of the manouvring fuel just to get to low Earth orbit. Then it is travelling at 17,500mph. To get to the Moon it has to accelerate another 7,500mph, so it would require more fuel. It would then need more fuel to slow itself down once it reached the Moon in order to go into orbit, and then even more fuel to break out of lunar orbit to come home.

      When it gets here it will have another big problem. The shuttle orbiter was designed to withstand re-entry at 17,500mph. By the time it gets back to Earth it will be doing closer to 25,000mph. The thermal protection system will likely fail because it is not designed for the temperatures that will result from hitting the atmosphere that fast, and the structure itself will probably fail because it was not designed to withstand the aerodynamic loads it will encounter at that speed. The only way round that is to use more fuel to slow it down before re-entry.

      So, to get the shuttle to and from the Moon would require launching extra fuel and modifying the shuttle to allow connection to another fuel tank while in space. It's actually easier to design a whole new vehicle for the task.

44. QUESTION:
    If the concord hadn't of been decomissioned in 2003, would it have been a space plane in the future?
    Later in the distant future does anyone wonder if the concorde survived would it be taking people to the moon or even different planets? And will there ever be a plane that replaces the concorde? And do space planes exist and I'm not talking about the U.S. and Russian space shuttles either?

    • ANSWER:
      No. It was designed for flight in the atmosphere. It would have been easier to design a new plane.

      There are no space planes. (None that takeoff and land conventionally and climb higher than 400,000 feet.)

45. QUESTION:
    A question about gravity and space shuttles..?
    Ok so in Apollo 13, when the shuttle's power is gone, they basically float around the moon in a circle so they can rocket off back to Earth by turning the power back on and with the momentum from floating around the moon. My question is, without being able to steer the shuttle or anything, how can they remain the correct distance from the moon without being sucked in by its gravity or being too far out that gravity no longer has enough hold on them and they float off?
    Please give me sources if available.

    • ANSWER:
      "...without being able to steer the shuttle or anything, how can they remain the correct distance from the moon without being sucked in by its gravity or being too far out that gravity no longer has enough hold on them and they float off?..."

      First off, the shuttle *is* steerable. Very small rocket-like engines called thrusters can be fired to adjust the attitude and altitude of the shuttle.

      Secondly, the shuttle is not designed to go to the moon at all.

      Finally "...how can they remain the correct distance from the moon without being sucked in by its gravity or being too far out that gravity no longer has enough hold on them and they float off?..." If you tied a weight on a length of string and twirled the weight around your head what would happen? The weight would continue to circle your head at the same distance. The reason this happens is because the *speed* of the weight is trying to make it fly away from you, but at the same time the string is preventing that from happening. Now just substitute the weight for some spacecraft orbiting the moon and the string for the moon's gravity. As long as the spacecraft continues to maintain the same velocity (...which tries to force it away from the moon...) the moon's gravity (...the string...) will be just enough to cancel out that flying-off-into-space force. The trick is to make sure the spacecraft has the correct velocity.

About the author: Chris Freville also explains how the SRB release path is calculated to drop in the ocean, from where they are recovered to be reused again. Lighter in weight now, space shuttle continues its ascent, fueled by the three SSMEs.

Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/a-brief-history-of-space-shuttle-innovation-1400798.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   what are the odds of being in the air force space program?
   Im considering joining the air force and i would like to know my odd of getting in the space section of the air force?

   • ANSWER:
     Better go to the Air Force Academy first. It's a highly competitive program and most everyone who gets in is a pilot for the Air Force. Unfortunately, most of these pilot slots are filled by Academy graduates so it's almost a necessity to attend there if you plan on entering an aviation career in the AF. I suppose there are support positions you could do but I'm assuming you mean actually being qualified for space travel.

2. QUESTION:
   How do I become part of the Air Force Space Program?
   I am joining the AFROTC program in 2010 and I would love to get a job in the space program. How do i prepare to have a better chance in getting a job in that department?

   • ANSWER:
     You should ask a recruiter, if you get to go to flight school and become a pilot, it could help, or a technical or administrative position will involve special training. The recruiter should be able to cover the details for you, and may be able to get the schools lined up before you join.

     Also, the other branches could be a possibility if the USAF doesn't work out for you. The new NASA administrator, Charles Bolden, was a pilot in the USMC, and flew the Shuttle for NASA.

3. QUESTION:
   How can I be part of the Air Force Space Program?
   I am joining the AFROTC program in 2010 and I would love to get a job in the space program. How do i prepare to have a better chance in getting a job in that department?

   • ANSWER:
     Hit the math and science hard hard hard. Also engineering. You will need to be a top graduate and an outstanding citizen. Volunteer for worthwhile causes, be a leader. Maintain top physical condition at all times. Communicate with your instructors regularly, get known, and build up a list of references and contacts. Good luck!

4. QUESTION:
   Air Force Space Program?
   Hey I am a junior in college starting AFROTC in the fall, with a bachelors in mathematics and then continuing ROTC while I get my masters in aerospace engineering. I have a pretty good idea of what most of the career fields that I could be put into entail, except for any of the space and missile command jobs. I'm wondering what kind of work I could expect to be doing in those careers. Also, just a secondary question, what is the policy on the air force giving permission for eye surgery to become a pilot. I'm not dead set on becoming a pilot or anything, but it would be pretty sweet to be a pilot and I would like to know if its a possibility for me, at least in the air force.

   • ANSWER:
     Yes you can get a waiver foir eye surgery, prk or lasik only.

     But you have to wait one year after the eye surgery before you can apply for flight school.

5. QUESTION:
   In 10 years when we have no Air Force and no space program, can we blame Obama for being underadvanced?

   Should we just screw progress and go back to the dark ages?
   How can you be a space junkie if you think nebulous spending you can't even identify is more important than the space program? More liberal BS.

   • ANSWER:
     I don't have to wait ten years to do that.

     I've only to look at the repeatedly slurs made by him and his cabinet toward our developmentally disabled, et al, along with their bend toward using drunken nightclub language, to know we, as a nation and highly respected world power, have entered a period wherein, we are beginning to retrograde.

6. QUESTION:
   Wha is the Air Force's space program like?
   Are these jobs interesting and fun? I am extrememly interested in space and I was curious as to if the program would be worth my time? Which jobs in the space program would you recommend? Is it difficult to get a job in the program?

   • ANSWER:
     Dc pulled funding from NASA not the USAF space command. Space commands job is to track OBC (objects of concern) and to track space debris. Overall it's pretty boring you will not go to space and the space programis expanding however. The USAF launches satellites and increases Americas military presence in space. Last year they launches a space UAV as big as the shuttle. It's competitive but not as much as NASA. Anyway the USAF doesn't have any exciting spacewalkers but does have people at computers going over computer data on flight plans and making sure no space debris hit the ISS or US satellites. Hope this helped:)

7. QUESTION:
   What should I take in college to be part of the space and missile program in the air force?
   I no I need to talk to a recruiter but I was just wondering now cause I'm kinda of impatient. I'm a freshman in college and am looking at a career in the air force after college.
   If it makes a difference I got a 64 on the ASVAB
   Well I was asking for a specific major even a school you can suggest? In Massachusetts or new Hampshire would be perfect.

   • ANSWER:
     You probably want to look into majoring in something like Aeronautics. You'll probably have to go to a tech school to find that kind of major. Even better would be if you got into the US Air Force Academy.

8. QUESTION:
   Why do liberals think we need no air force or manned space program? Is progress no longer needed?
   Specifically, the F-22 and Constellation programs have both been cancelled by Obama. Are we suddenly living in a world without the need for competition or advancement?
   Well Andy, being far from one myself, I say we do because we need to keep up with the competition. What happens when Russia sells its own advanced stealth fighter to every country and we have none? What happens when China has bases on the moon and we have none? Short answer is we'll discontinue as a country and a "great experiment" in democracy.
   Carole, your link tells me nothing new. The Constellation program is in fact being replace with NOTHING. Hoping that the private sector will come up with something better is unrealistic.

   • ANSWER:
     I understand this advancement thing is new to a conservative mind. But I am glad to see you are trying. Allow me to bring you up to speed.

     Right now the advancement we are focusing on is renewable energy solutions.
     That is on the technology side.

     On the social side the issue is gay rights.

     I appreciate your interest in the advancement of our race and welcome you with open arms!

9. QUESTION:
   Spiritually contemplating, Why do I have to join the Zimbabwe air force before I join their space program?

   • ANSWER:
     Spiritually answering, ask Zimbabwe!

10. QUESTION:
    Is NASA the only American company that do Space Programs that send people into Space?
    And the Air Force I guess, but I read the Air Force Space Program does no send people into Space, but they send Airmen to NASA. Of course, I can be wrong.

    • ANSWER:
      NASA is a government agency, not a company. For the moment, it's the only US space program that has put people into space. But that won't be the case for long. Privately owned companies, like Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, are making a lot of progress.

11. QUESTION:
    What is the future of NASA, will the Air force take over?
    Now that NASA has been de-funded, what is the exact future of the united state's space program? Is it likely for us to expect the Air force space command to take NASA's place?

    • ANSWER:
      Air Force is doing stuff NASA could only dream of right now.

12. QUESTION:
    Advice of Air Force AFSC retraining or career path?
    I am currently a 5-level SRA at luke afb, AZ. I do Tactical Aircraft Maintenance and although overall the job is alright, there are things I do like and things I don't like.

    *LIKES*

    -I like the fact that Luke AFB is a training base and deployment / reassignments are virtually non existent. We just occasionally go TDY to different places for short periods of time. This makes married life alot easier.
    -I like the relaxed environment between Officer and Enlisted members on the flightline.

    *Dislikes*

    - You constantly work outside 12 hours a day and in AZ it is either extremely hot or extremely cold.
    - There is no such thing as a lunch break, you eat when you have time or dont eat at all some days.
    - The job holds enormous amounts of responsibility with Quality Assurance, signing your name to everything you do, and having a T.O in your hand for daily washing of the canopy.
    - With such a large squadron someone is always f**king something up and instead of holding the individual responsible, its always squadron punishment. It gets very annoying when its something you have no control of preventing as well.
    - And most of all, there is no special hazard pay like other shops get, even though we are always the ones directly exposed to all of the hazardous chemicals/mishaps.

    I am looking into either going guard or reserve, using my GI Bill to go to school full time and get bah pay. The only disadvantage to this is the almost 50% reduction in pay and I dont know the differences between guard and reserve and which would be a better choice.

    The second option I am looking into is to retrain into another afsc that I actually enjoy doing. This is what I am looking for:

    - Prefer Non-Deployments / Reassignments
    - Prefer an indoor or partial indoor job that doesn't require me to suffer through the extreme environments all day.
    - Prefer a job that is non mechanical (turning wrenches)
    - Prefer something computer based but not a boring scheduling job.
    - Prefer a job that would station me in southern california ( that is where i am from )
    - Prefer a job where I can work a normal 8-10 hour day, go home and hang out with my wife and not have a out of control schedule.

    I am interested in Los Angeles AFB - Space and Missile Systems Center. They have a Space Superiority Systems Wing that sounded like it had a exciting mission. I started looking into Space Systems Operations Apprentice but when I started reading about the job on forums everyone talks about you could get stuck in missile warning 12 hour shifts that are 6 days on 3days off or you could get command and control ofsatellitess which is more rewarding. Another thing everyone kept talking about being stationed at bases in colorado but no one every mentioned anything about being stationed in Los Angeles, CA.

    If anyone can comment on any of the topics discussed above, provide any AFSC that I may be interested in, or any advise to help me make a decision that would be great. Also if anyone has been stationed at Los Angeles AFB, what jobs might most fit my needs.

    I am really interested in the Air Force Space program though. I would enjoy exploring space through video and images, controllingsatellitess, discovering new things and more. Maybe someone can even provide a rewarding career path where i go guard or reserve and use my Gi Bill to get into something like that.

    Thank you for any input you give.

    • ANSWER:
      I suggest you just get out and away from the military.

      1. No base is perfect, no job is perfect. I'm sure you could get your dream job and dream base and still gripe about something.
      2. You're a SRA... get over it! You will answer to your superiors and to your TO at all times, because if you mess it up, someones life is at stake!
      3. Arizona.. cold? Honey, come on up here to Minot, ND. Currently a warm and fuzzy (-10), and that's warmer than the temp on the flight line! Oh, and did they mention that you could get Minot with space/missiles?
      4. EVERYONE deploys. You've been blessed for these first few years, but everyone is deployable, either in your career field or as an augmentee. Even our space folk deploy as augmentees.
      5. Everyone would love a normal 8-10 hour day, even your commander and your chief. And their wives would love it as well.
      6. As for special duty pay... only the fuel shop guys dealing directly with the hydrazine get that measly 0 a month. And for that I sent my hubby to work every day for 6 years, praying that nothing would happen and there would be no spills, while he lived day in and day out with those fuel bladders.

      So... best bet... get out! Quit and go find a nice comfy job in the outside world where they can give you all of that.

13. QUESTION:
    just joined the air force, need a top secret clearance will my past haunt me!?
    I went to school in the UK for a year as an exchange, while there i got a bunch of charges for a stupid drunk night, i was put in jail to the courts could see me, and given a court date to return, however, i was due to be back in the US and had my tickets only a few weeks later and at the time figured skipping the court date would'n't effect me since i live in the US.

    Fastfoward, I now have a warrant for my arrest for a lot of charges, some legit, some BS but in the UK. I enlisted in the air force space program because i needed to pay off student loans and hope to work in the industry so figured i could kill two birds with one stone. I need a TS clearance, the recruiters told me not to mention the legal issues in UK that no one iwll know. Further, they did the initial check and nothing came up in the US, so they said they won't check anymore records, just check my references. and i'll be good, i was told this by a lot fo people in the recruiting office. . .
    so will this open court case come out, i know there is a warrant for my arrest but it's in another country, but they know i lived there for a while with school and all so won't they check it out? or is it hit or miss, they may or may not check? i saw they checked my credit report about 2 weeks ago. They did my fbi and local checks and found no warrants or issues, now i just need an interview and such. I'm still in DEP. I didn't think about it but because i'm in a field that requires a TS clearance won't they check really deep? is there a waiver for an open court case?

    I tried asking the recruiters by the way at, seperate offices to top it off and they ALL keep saying it won't effect me! only if i wasn't a us citizen.

    I want to come clean but i can't afford to fly to UK spend time in jail while htey process me again and all that!
    and FROG good point lol, i get in get the job and then get arrested at my duty station!

    WHAT IS A GIRL TO DO!
    it's been 2 months since at meps if that matters, and one month till i ship to Bootcamp
    not that it matters, some basic details, me piss drunk, dont'deny it, a guy touched my ass, then it's a blur he ended up with a bloody face and his friend holding me back, witnesses saw me attacking him, i then, like a drunk idiot tried to flee the cops which was basically me making it 3 steps and falling flat on my face.

    i don't deny any of it and i got tons of assault and assaulting a police officer, i was 19 and hadn't drank much in my life prior, barley remember the night, and since the incident have never had more than a drink or to. alcohol ruins lives i'm convinced.

    • ANSWER:
      If you got fingerprinted in the UK, then that may show up from your NAC check, and definitely for the TS clearance. You are in a pickle.

      If you get about 2 to 3 weeks past MEPS, and haven't heard anything - that means nothing popped on your NAC (National Agency Check - FBI etc).

      The TS? Good luck. I truly believe they will catch that.

      ** You are going to have to do something about the outstanding charges, or else you AND the recruiters are going to be in deep Sh**. The recruiters will promptly say you are lying (as in "she never told me that!!") and throw you right under the bus - so you could face a fraudulent enlistment discharge later. Get it fixed.

14. QUESTION:
    How is your job chosen in the Air Force?
    I'd like to work in the Space program of the Air Force, but I don't know how they choose what you do once you enlist.

    Do they set you up according to your ASVAB Score, Do you choose what occupation you want, or is it random?

    What is the probability of getting into the Space program?

    If it is random, what is the probability of getting stuck with an Direct Combat Occupation.
    About the 20/20 vision thing, is it an actual requirement? If so, I will have to get LASIK surgery done.

    • ANSWER:
      usually when you enlist you can pick your job with your recruiter...so you know what job youre getting.

      however, you do need a higher asvab score for some jobs.

      so go talk to a recruiter about jobs youre interested in and the asvab requirements.

      p.s. space is an awesome air force job

      EDIT:

      If you want to know about the AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code, aka air force career field) 1C6X1, Space Systems Operator read this link. About.com has a short summary of practically every AFSC.

      http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforceenlistedjobs/a/afjob1c6x1.htm

      It also lists required ASVAB scores...

      Good Luck!

      EDIT: Flying career fields like pilot and nav are the only ones that require 20/20.

15. QUESTION:
    Air Force- Space Systems Operation Tech School?
    Hi, I am an air force spouse and my husband just got accepted into the space system operation program. I would like to know if anyone knows how long the tech school will be. I know it is in CA, but I am worried because my hubby said that if it isnt long enough we may have to stay behind in Germany, (we are currently stationed in Germany)...I really dont want us to be apart, I think i am more anxious than he is...i try to get him to call the base and ask, but he just brush it off...THanks in advance!

    when i say we may have to stay behind i mean that my little one and i may have to stay while my hushand is in school...back in the states..

    • ANSWER:
      wow CA! good to know.. i might be going here. I have a long ways to go tho.. i haven't even been through BMT!! hahah Good luck tho

16. QUESTION:
    Is the Air Force the reason why the shuttle program is terminated?
    The x-37b
    Lot of space jobs within the last three years

    Air Force taking over space?

    • ANSWER:
      Nothing to do with the Air Force but a lot to do with Oblabla wanting the Muslim Brother hood to enter the space race.

17. QUESTION:
    did Obama cut NASA because the Military has their own Space Shuttle that doesn't need people?
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268138/X-37B-unmanned-space-shuttle-launched-tonight.html Anyway why does our Military spend so much money. is the AIR forces Space Program larger than NASA's entire budget?

    • ANSWER:
      The military budget is gigantic, bloated, and wasteful. We are spending a huge amount of money on our military and almost none of it is used to defend our coutry. Obama messed with the NASA budget because our country is broke and he has no idea how to fix it.

18. QUESTION:
    did Obama cut NASA because the Military has their own Space Shuttle that doesn't need Humans?
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268138/X-37B-unmanned-space-shuttle-launched-tonight.html Anyway why does our Military spend so much money. is the AIR forces Space Program larger than NASA's entire budget?

    • ANSWER:
      No. First of all he didn't cut the budget. He increased it slightly over what it was last year. But he wants to get rid of expensive programs like the shuttle and constellation, and use commercial rockets instead, which will be cheaper.

      The military does launch satellites on conventional rockets like the Atlas or Delta. They have a lot of satellites, including spy satellites, communication satellites and the GPS satellites. GPS started out to be a military navigation system but was quickly made public. It depends on satellites built, launched, and operated at the expense of the U.S. military. I suppose there could be a fee to use the system, but there isn't, so that cost is part of the military space budget.

      The X-37 space plane began as a NASA project in 1999, then was transferred to the US Department of Defense in 2004. This is just one more X plane, like the X-1 that was the first supersonic airplane and the famous X-15. Those are all military projects. In fact GPS, the internet, jet airplanes, and all kinds of stuff was first developed by the military. I once saw an exhibit of middle ages armor and learned that screws were originally invented to hold knight's armor in place. Yes, the common screw and screw driver is military technology. In fact the military is BY FAR the biggest driver of new technology in the world, and always has been.

19. QUESTION:
    air force for the space engineer?
    okay to some this may sound dumb but i love engineering and well i love the study of space and i also love this country and the military! but i have asthma, i am a soccer athlete though. so its under control. i am however ignorant to the air force because ive loved the marines so please answer me some questions! well i read up about the space program so how do i get there? if there, can i choose which base i would like to go (i live in illinois and there is a base up here)? can i become a officer and do the engineering? thank you for your time!

    • ANSWER:
      If you have asthma you will likely be banned from service in all branches. However, IF you get in, to be in Space Command you would need to be stationed at a Space Command base. Meaning California, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, North Dakota, Greenland, and Florida. There is an Airforce Base in Illinois, but it is a Air Mobility Command base not a Space Command base.

      You can be an officer with almost any degree, however you will likely not be using that degree while you are in the service, unless you are a professional like doctor, lawyer or clergyman.

20. QUESTION:
    Is the final launch of the Space Shuttle "Discovery" mark the death of our space program?
    Pardon my ignorance, but it seems to me as if we'll not be sending anymore missions into space, except the Air-force. Please enlighten me.

    • ANSWER:
      Well for one, there are 2 other orbiters (Endeavor and Atlantis) and they each have one more scheduled mission.

      So no our space program has not ended, and the shuttle program itself has not yet ended, but will this year.

      The end of the Shuttle program is not the end of our space program. We will still be sending people, material and science to the space station, just using a hired taxi service rather than taking our limo for the foreseeable future.

      Additionally, our space program is not just the shuttle or the space station. To be honest our robotic missions have been much higher value at much lower cost than our human space flight. All of the awe, wonder, and revelations of new insights into our universe have come from robotic mission (Hubble, Chandra, Voyager, Cassini, Mars rover, etc.) Other than the sheer excitement of the Lunar missions of the late 60's and Early 70's, human space flight has done little for us compared to robotic missions.

21. QUESTION:
    USAF Space Program Size?
    How large is the U.S. Air Force's space program? Also, are the spacecraft manned or unmanned?

    • ANSWER:
      The Air Force has a robust space program. The manned part is through NASA. Some Air Force personnel get detailed to NASA. Most of the Air Force's space program involves satellites and space tracking.

22. QUESTION:
    What are the chances of being selected for a NASA space program?
    This is what I plan on doing, go to university , get a degree of some sort in avionic engineering, once that is done apply for the US Air force and obtain my pilots license through there, I will pay for any other extra hours required. Once iv done this and I apply, is there even the slightest chance to be picked? Im not american and am South African, I have however, through contacts in the US been told I will most likely be selected for the air force programme as my marks are very good for both physics and mathematics.

    • ANSWER:
      Good luck.
      Your chances are slender.

      Two of my friends (both with PhDs in space sciences, both fit, both with 3 languages) applied to the European Space Agency's selection program - and both failed at the 2nd round of selection, when there were about 1000 candidates.

      But don't overlook the many opportunities for non-flight crew - someone has to engineer, design and test, aerospace systems. If you're still at the pre-university stage I strongly suggest caution about pinning your career hopes on to one goal at this stage.

      Get the best degree you can (BTW, aerospace engineering is generally what such courses are called: avionics is a subset of aero-eng and deals with information/control systems in craft) and then another degree to specialize in. You'll find that even pilots are multiply degreed these days, and mission specialists tend to be 'doctored'.

23. QUESTION:
    Does the air force national guard have a simultaneous membership program?
    Im a senior in high school in nc and am looking into the military. My current plan is to join after graduation and ship off during the off-peak season then take advantage of this program after 2 years of normal ng duties ( the 2 yr space is so my husband can finish his degree ). I planned on going to an air force rotc accredited school (looking at East Carolina University and UNC Central University) but I can't find out whether the AIR FORCE has this program or is it just for the army please help!!!
    Thanks =]

    • ANSWER:
      I went to school at North Carolina Central University and the Air Rotc Program was a part of Duke like all the ROTC programs. There is no SMP program for the Air guard but it is best to contact the air guard for a similar program

24. QUESTION:
    Is Obama decapitating America? He cut the F-22 program, now the Constellation program?
    So we have no air force, and no space program now. Looks like an Islamic-style decapitation to me.
    In case you didn't know, Russia is building their own stealth fighter that is comparable to our now non-existant F-22. So when they start selling them to other countries, we will be at a disadvantage. Does that not matter to anyone?

    • ANSWER:
      Yes he's dismantling signs of America's dominance.

25. QUESTION:
    Is Obama really getting rid of the NASA Space Program?
    My friend tells me that Obama was getting rid of NASA. I wanted to get into the Air Force and eventually become an astronaut, but if he's right and we don't get it back, my dreams are crushed. Can I get some confirmation please?

    • ANSWER:
      That dumb Obama isn't getting rid of NASA, he has cut their budget to the bone to where the equipment to go back to the moon has ben put on hold, in other words for America to send astronauts or equipment to the space station Russia will be the ones we we have to hitch a ride with.
      Our federal government is stupid, when we get the ability to go into the future, they take a big step back, then when it looks like another country is going to get something out of going to the moon, they play catch up.
      If the China builds a base on the moon they will be bring the minerals mined on the moon back to earth and we will be the buyers no the sellers.
      By cutting NASA budget there will be probably another fifty thousand people out of work.

      It's the Democrats now known as the Dumbocrats fault along with Odummy, that America is becoming a second class country not a leader any more.

26. QUESTION:
    Does the Air Force have double standards on adultery for men and women?
    (I wrote this question with Governor Mark Sanford in mind. It is unbelievable that the cowardly high command of the Air Force let this Airman stay in his job and in his rank after he was AWOL and committed Adultery??? Please read the case about 1st Lt Kelly Flinn an Air Force Academy Graduate and B-52 pilot. Head and shoulders above Mark Sanford. Who committed adultery and was never charged.)

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    1LT Kelly Flinn
    United States Air Force

    Born December 23, 1970

    Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri
    Allegiance United States of America
    Service/branch United States Air Force
    Years of service 1993-1997
    Rank Lieutenant
    Other work Proud to Be
    Kelly Flinn, sometimes referred to as Kelly Flynn in media sources, (b. December 23, 1970, St. Louis, Missouri) was the first female B-52 pilot in the United States Air Force. Flinn was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 1997 after being charged with making a false statement, adultery, and disobeying orders.[1] Flinn's trouble with the Air Force received widespread media attention at the time and was discussed in a U.S. Senate hearing on May 22, 1997.[1]

    Contents [hide]
    1 Early life
    2 Academy
    3 Pilot training
    4 Post-training
    5 Missions
    6 Charged
    7 References

    [edit] Early life
    As a youth she moved to Marietta, Georgia where she attended Lassiter High School and was named "Miss LHS" in 1989 upon graduation. She decided to become a pilot after attending Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.

    [edit] Academy
    On June 29, 1989 Flinn was accepted by both the United States Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy, with nominations from Senator Sam Nunn and Congressman George "Buddy" Darden, choosing to enter the Air Force as a member of the Class of 1993.

    Considered by her Air Officer Commanding ("AOC") to be one of the top cadets at the academy, Flinn was active in many cadet programs, and was selected for an overseas Operation Air Force program, spending the summer of 1991 at Kunsan Air Base in Korea. She was further selected during her senior year to participate in an international exchange program with L'École de l'Air (the French Air Force Academy). Eight cadets are selected every year for this program, becoming provisional ambassadors to France, attending L'École de l'Air and participating in its programs. Flinn flew the Cap-10 and received French jump wings.

    [edit] Pilot training
    Flinn entered Undergraduate Pilot Training on January 24, 1994 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, and later attended water survival training and the Combined Services Support Program at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. In early 1995, Flinn worked in the Wing Scheduling Office back at Columbus AFB, organizing air show information, as well as coordinating Emergency Procedures Training for NASA.

    In April 1995, Flinn began B-52 training at Barksdale Air Force Base, in Louisiana, received the highest possible scores on all evaluations (including flight evaluations), and was titled as a distinguished graduate of her class.

    [edit] Post-training
    Later that October, Flinn was a delegate to the 1995 Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service conference at Luke Air Force Base. She spoke to several national military leaders, including the Air Force Chief of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force about Air Force policies concerning women in combat.

    [edit] Missions
    Arriving at Minot AFB, North Dakota, in October 1995, Flinn was mission-qualified for the B-52H Stratofortress by December, as a co-pilot, participating in various B-52 operations for both conventional and nuclear weapons. 1st Lt Flinn participated in various missions, including Hornet's Nest, Global Guardian, Bulwark Bronze, Statex, Green Flag, NORI, and CORI. Selected to demonstrate B-52H power projection capabilities to the Secretary of the Air Force, 1st Lt Flinn flew on a Global Power long-range airstrike during an international exercise, and participated at air shows at Andrews Air Force Base.

    [edit] Charged
    1st Lt Flinn faced a court-martial on May 20, 1997 for military charges of adultery with a soccer coach at Minot AFB who was married to a female enlisted subordinate; conduct unbecoming an officer; disobeying a lawful order (in writing, to stay away from the married man) and making a false official statement.[1]

    Flinn's case, due to her high visibility in Air Force recruitment advertisements, as well as the number of her accomplishments during her four years of active-duty service, drew national attention, eventually creating a media circus. She was allowed to resign from the Air

    • ANSWER:
      From what I can read she lied, got caught, was told to stop and then kept doing it. She is an Officer and was fully aware of the consequences. She falls under the UCMJ so she has to play by their, way more specific, rules. A Governor falls under conventional laws and sadly is not held to the same standards. As a military member, being fully aware of the laws, you gotta ask yourself "are my stripes/bars and everything I have accomplished worth it?" It must have been some really good sex.

27. QUESTION:
    Thinking of joining the military?
    Which would you recommend Air Force, Navy, Marines, or Army? Also what job should I go for depending on which one I decide to join. I scored a 78 on my ASVAB.

    I was thinking about the air forces space program anyone have information about this? Any suggestions?

    dont bother telling me its a bad idea, Im going. So thats that.

    • ANSWER:
      ok heres the easiest way to break it down to you, in the air force you are gonna have it the easiest and nobody can deny that but at the same time you arent going to see/experience the things the other branches will let you (and no not only iraq lol) the marines are known for being the "hard@sses" and having the cool uniform the army is known for having the most/longest deployments..and the navy obviously youre going to be on a ship..for the most part..

      what you have to do is decide which one is going to satisfy you the most.. i can give you the most info about the army because thats what i know.. if you join the army you are elidgeable for an enlistment bonus up to 20k on top of money for school and all that other stuff.. the army is the only branch that can guarentee you job of choice and station of choice. any civilian job there is and just about any job any other branch as the army has an equivilent to it.

      what you need to do is sit down with a recruiter from each branch and talk to them and see what they can offer you and whichever one you like thats the one you should go for.. dont do it on other peoples opininions because the airforce people are going to tell you to join the airforce, same with navy marines and army..

28. QUESTION:
    what is life like for an air force woman fighter pilot?
    since i was in jhs i decided to become an astronaut, later in hs i realized the real competitiveness of becoming one (atleast as a civilian), so i looked into a different approach. i found out about the space programs that the airforce has with nasa and started growing an interest in flying. i will become one of the best damn pilots the usaf has seen and improve my chances at qualifying for piloting a space shuttle.

    I am a 23yr old, unmarried woman. i have a BS in mechanical engineering (choose this major to improve my chances) and im in good health. I plan on becoming an air force pilot through the ots program and have already started studying for the afoqt. but before i can contact a recuiter, i am doing my research to know exactly what i will be getting into...a min. 10 year commitment as a fighter pilot is not very easy to give away. By the time im done with my commitment i will be 34.

    so with that said i want to know the life i will have from ppl who are in the airforce, esp from the pilots/women. how often will i be able to see my friends and family who are very close to me? how easy/difficult is it to find your "other half" while on active duty? will i have time to do things i like? traveling, sports, beaches, movies, and hanging out with friends?

    more disturbing as i was youtubing and googling, i kept finding out stuff bout rapes/threats from a lot of women inthe military (IE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDO9a03oZY0)...and thats coming only from the ones brave enough to speak out about it. is there a real line barrier between men and women in the usaf. its bad enough to be worried bout your life on enemy grounds, but to be constantly watching ur back even in the safe haven of your base which to most is "home", its just disturbin. i want to know if life in the service is really that bad, of if things have changed, or if there are better laws to prevent such things from happening.???

    PLEASE ANY ADVISE/COMMENT WILL HELP. 10 years is a serious commitment, but if i will not feel safe at my own "base/home" i dont want IN or any part of it.

    • ANSWER:
      What's your GPA? The AF only has about 50 slots a year for OTS and flight school, you'd better have an amazing GPA if you want a shot (and less than half will fly fighters, and there are a lot more men flying fighters than women because of physical advantages)

      Anyway, you say you want to be a f*cking fighter pilot, yet you're too damn worried about getting raped by your own airmen in the Air Force, you probably don't have the guts to be a friggin FIGHTER PILOT, and I promise you if you want to be a fighter pilot you better have the warrior attitude because they are not going to give it to you for being a f*cking woman.

      If you want to live a safe, comfortable life traveling around with the man of your dreams and playing sports, hitting up the beach, hanging out with friends, and going to the movies, the fighter pilot life is NOT for you.

29. QUESTION:
    how do you get selected for the astronaut program if your a pilot in the air force?
    i really want to be a pilot in the air force and if that goes throw i would like to get in the astronaut Program. How would you go about getting selected for this or do you sign up for it, and are their courses in collages that i should take that would help my chances of getting in to the program. my goal is to work for nasa and fly into outer space weather i get a job driving the ship or not as long as i get to be part of the team that goes up. so that brings me to my other question what other types of jobs dose nasa Select for officers of the air force if any but now that i think about it it would be awesome to fly the ship =)

    What are some of the qualifications to be come an astronaut that they look for any info well help and if you can include links that would be great.

    Thank you
    scotty

    sorry about any spelling or punctuation laptops about to die had to rush the question

    • ANSWER:
      Active-duty USAF pilots apply to the astronaut program using the same procedure as civilian applicants. If selected, the Air Force details them to NASA for the duration of their evaluation as an astronaut-candidate, and for the five-year tenure as a selected astronaut.

      Non-astronaut NASA details are assigned through the Air Force. That is, USAF maintains details for NASA assignments in both flight and ground roles. One requests such duty through normal USAF channels. NASA is a civilian organization. It is involved with the military only when the military controls resources that are necessary to NASA's missions and when developing that capacity in a civilian context is prohibitive. NASA does require highly qualified pilots for manned space missions, and for that purpose the military is often the only place where a pilot can obtain the required flight experience.

      Your academic preparation for an astronaut assignment should emphasize engineering and science. You will want to concentrate on aeronautical and astronautical engineering. You will also want courses in the natural and physical sciences such as physics, meteorology, astronomy, and so forth. You should plan to get a Master of Science degree and commit to superior academic performance.

30. QUESTION:
    The brain chip that tells the drone security force over US air space your not an enemy of the State - Security?
    Drones to protect you drones to keep the border safe

    We just need to stick this small satalite interfacing computer chip in you --- and you will be identified by OUR drones as friendly -- However your information will also be readable by all sides who may also have drones and they would naturally identify you as -- Not friendly

    Its for --- security

    Its just to enslave you further into a digital prison

    Its the mark of the beast

    its step one to a full out eugenics program to alter man into something more android like

    • ANSWER:
      10 years ago i would have thought you were nuts but then agains 10 years ago i would have thought them putting drones over US soil was a nutso idea too.

31. QUESTION:
    Is there an astronaut program in the military?
    I know a lot of astronauts have been selected from the navy / air force, but how do they become applicants for the space program?

    Is this still how NASA selects potential astronauts?

    • ANSWER:
      Actually, NASA gets the majority of their astronauts and rocket scientists from Purdue they have the number 1 aeronautical and aerospace programs available. So get some monies for college and go to purdue, become a pilot (theres a program there, or join the army as a pilot) get lots of flight hours, do your schooling, apply.

32. QUESTION:
    Should I join the Air Force?
    I have a few questions concerning me joining the air force...
    First of all let me give you a little back ground. I'm 20 years old, a college student (for the most part), and I have a job that barely pays my bills.
    I am on academic probation right now because I can't seem to pull my head far enough out of my *** to raise my GPA. This is the 3rd semester I've been on it meaning I can no longer receive financial aid.
    I want to be a geologist and lately I've been thinking about doing that in the space program somehow.
    I've thought about the Air Force before. When I graduated high school I saw it as a way to pay for school and a way to see a world I hadn't ever seen before. Considering I've lived in the bubble that is Utah my entire life. Looking back I wish I would have done it then.
    Anyways..on to the questions.
    As a small girl, I'm 5ft tall and all of 100 lbs, I'm scared the military life won't be easy for me physically. For those women who are in the air force or any branch of the military, how hard/easy was it for you to pass basic training? What are some things I should expect?
    I smoke weed right now. I'm willing to quit, that isn't an issue whatsoever. However, what is the possibility of getting a hair drug test?
    And on that note... I've done LSD and Ecstasy. Does the air force do spinal taps for people that want to be pilots? or to people at all? I know that it's happened in the past but I want to know about now.
    I'm really considering this and I just want to know what I should expect and if it's even an option at this point. Any and all feed back would be appreciated.
    Thank you:)
    Well I don't want to be a pilot. I want to somehow get into the space program. I've been fascinated with space since I was a kid. Am I too small to be an astronaut? haha
    Yggdrasil:
    I appreciate the long and detailed response. And I appreciate you telling me that I can't do it because I smoke weed right now. To be honest that only makes me want to do it more. People telling me I can't do something pushes me harder to do it.
    You say that because I'm a pot head right now I am not air force material, but you only know what I told you about me.
    My grades are the way they are not because I smoke weed but because I just don't apply myself. Even before I smoked weed I was like that so that can't really be used as an excuse.
    Like I said I appreciate the response.

    • ANSWER:
      The USAF worked for me. I had a 1.414 HS GPA...and flunked out in my first semester at Oregon, despite being a FB jock...so you are not alone. I went in as an Airman No Class, became a SSgt, and eventually a Captain. I took some time out to finish college and graduate school...got a Ph.D. and came back in as a Psychologist.

      Now, about the drugs. Do not do them anymore. No,why would they do a Spinal Tap? And no, it has NOT been done in the past. They will do the "Whiz Quiz" instead. Test hot and you are done.

      A lot of people will tell you to lie about your drug history. I am not one of them. It is a question of honor. If you did experiment, come clean with the recruiter...don't enlist fraudulently. There is a chance that you will get in if you are honest...but I would say that chance is no better than 50/50. Also, your chances for a security clearance will be impaired...maybe. It all depends on the Doc and how it gets written up.

      If you are currently blowing dope, you are NOT USAF material. Do yourself a favor...try reality. Get clean for a period of time and your grades will go up. Get clean for a longer period of time and you might be able to get into the military. No matter what you do...get clean and sober.

      For you to get into the space program is a distant possibility...after you get a Ph.D. But, to get into the Space Program, you need to get out of the Spaced Program.

      EDIT: OK...I was a USAF Psychologist...one of the people who made decisions like this just about every day...so what I say is NOT opinion, it is fact. Plus, the fact that you are getting defensive about it makes me think that you will not present well when talking to the recruiter or MEPS Doc. I spent 18 years shrinking heads...and I know what I am talking about. Good luck...you are going to need it.

33. QUESTION:
    Air Force enlisted jobs?
    I've been looking into the air force recently and have been interested in quite a few jobs. First I was looking at imagery analysis, where are they usually based and would that lead to a career in the CIA, NSA or FBI? Also what MOS's work in the space program, that would be awesome. Lastly, what job in the air force leads to a great job in the civilian world. Would it be worth it to forget about getting a job for the future and be a loadmaster, and be a cop when i get out which is what i originally planned?

    • ANSWER:
      I believe the MOS for the space program is space operations.

34. QUESTION:
    Air Force Enlisted Jobs?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate next june.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice I like to help people and to make an actual difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Chaplain Assistant(I dont know much about this, is it or is it not a combat job?)

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    Intel (Dreams of one day working in the CIA)

    Crypto linguist (I am Greek and am interested in learning Greek, but I know that Arabic is in high demand, I wouldnt mind learning this, and maybe I could get stationed at souda bay in crete,greece...just a thought)

    Airfield Transportation/Management

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    SERE,EOD and PJ [probably more of impulse choices]

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    intel
    emergency management/readiness
    Air Traffic control or crypto linguist or airfield management

    Thank You and God Bless.

    What is harder to become SERE, EOD, or PJ?

    PS: I have also thought about the coast guard as an AST (Aviation Survival Technician) and more minor as Damage controlman

    Also, How much time do you have between tech school graduation and base assignment?
    Although I would still appreciate info on the other jobs I've listed, I have pretty much narrowed it down to:

    Fire Protecction
    Intel (what is the difference between this and network intel 1n4)
    Air Traffic Control
    Emergency Management
    Crypto Linguist
    Airfield management

    • ANSWER:
      My job there transferred perfectly to civilian life. I repaired electronics in avionics on several different types of aircraft. The tech school was 12 months and then I repaired various systems for the remaining 3 years at bases over half the world.

35. QUESTION:
    What Air Force Job/MOS do you recommend?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate next june.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Chaplain Assistant(I dont know much about this, is it or is it not a combat job?)

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    Intel (Dreams of one day working in the CIA)

    Airfield Transportation/Management

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    SERE,EOD and PJ [probably more of impulse choices]

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    integrated avionics systems
    Intel
    Air Traffic control or PJ or Chaplain Assistant

    Thank You and God Bless.

    What is harder to become SERE, EOD, or PJ?

    PS: I have also thought about the coast guard as an AST (Aviation Survival Technician) and more minor as Damage controlman

    • ANSWER:
      Chaplain Assistant: It's not a combat AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code, they're not MOSs in the Air Force), but like all others, there's a possibility you'll be in a combat situation. This seems to contrast with your other choices. Are you religious (this isn't necessary, but is usually true)? Do you like counseling others and being a moral/ethical/religious guide? Definitely challenging and interesting, though there may be some desk work. Not a work-with-your hands sort of job, I don't know if that's exactly what you meant by "hands-on" (or if you just meant not a desk job).
      Aerospace Maintenance/Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief, Aerospace Propulsion Systems, Integrated Avionics Systems: Do you enjoy mechanical and electrical processes? That's what these fields are all about. Probably little desk work, though as with all jobs, that generally increases as you move up. Definitely challenging, interesting, and hands-on.
      Emergency Management/Readiness: Probably more of desk job/hands-on mix. You'll be writing, maintaining, reviewing, etc the emergency plans, but you'll also be inspecting, researching, managing, coordinating, etc related assets. You may do maintenance, but not necessarily. More desk-like, but the extent will differ some.
      Air Traffic Controller: You probably know what this is in general. Not really an on-your-feet job, but not so desk-like either. Not hands-on, but certainly brain-and-mic-on. Certainly challenging.
      Security Forces: This the AFSC closest to ground combat, except for special operations. Not desk-like, more hands-on-gun. Challenge and interest will vary by assignment--not to mention by how much you like the AFSC (true of all jobs, inside the AF and out).
      Space Systems: Lots of computer desk time. You're working with a lot of spacecraft data, from sensors to orbital patterns.
      Intel (Dreams of one day working in the CIA): If you're looking to go CIA, Intel's a pretty good place to be. It's got several different AFSCs, though. Let's see, there's ops intel, imagery analysis, signals intel, electronic signals, cryptolinguist, network intel, and electronic systems security. They're basically what they sound like, but I venture you were referring to operations intelligence. It's a pretty desk-like job (as with most of them), but you'll run into that in CIA intel as well (unless you're talking espionage, but probably not if you don't want combat). You'll be working with and gisting a lot of data for briefs and plans. 1N0X1 also does training for other airmen that may need to collect intel (aircrews, etc).
      Airfield Transportation/Management: You'll likely on runways, coordinating operations, dealing with emergencies, etc. You'll also monitor flight plans, hazards, weather, and so on. Not totally working-with-your hands, but outdoors and less desk-y than others.
      Aerospace Physiology: In short (perhaps too short), it's about training aircrews to work at altitude. You'll maintain that equipment and you might have some R&D. Pretty hands-on.

      SERE, EOD and PJ: If you don't want a combat job, you picked the wrong abbreviations.
      PJ: Special operations and definitely by far the most difficult to become. Think Navy SEALs, Green Berets, and Marine Force Recon, among others. You want to talk about challenging?
      SERE: Basically a survival instructor (very, very good ones). Not combat per say, but that's what you're training your students for (SERE: Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape). You'll do classroom and practical training for parachuting/egress, captivity, environmental survival, and combat. Of course, you have to learn all that first. You'll manage emergency plans, act as a risk management adviser and controller, among many other things. Challenging, interesting, not desk work (by and large), but if combat's not your thing, this probably won't be either. Then again, if combat's not your thing, you may be on the wrong career path entirely.
      EOD: Is what is sounds like (explosive ordnance disposal). You'll almost certainly see combat with this AFSC. Challenging it is.

      Your 'interesting, challenging, non-desk, hands-on, and non-combat' criteria make me think of something in the trades: your Aerospace Maintenance/Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief, Aerospace Propulsion Systems, Integrated Avionics Systems choices. There's also maintenance (AE ground/construction/flight/biomedical/airborne mission/egress equipment, aircraft armament/fuel/electrical/environmental/hydraulic/metals/structural/systems, helicopter, structural, facilities, utilities, etc), and electrical, electrical power, space/missile, cable/antenna, munitions, airfield, ground radar/radio, HVAC&Refrig work, and NDI.
      Besides similar trades, hands-on emergency work may appeal to you as a firefighter. Emergency Management is all I can think of there.

      For USCG, ASTs do maintenance and inspection as well as survival training (CG tends to ground together more functions than other services). Damage controlmen to emergency response (fire and othe

36. QUESTION:
    Air Force MOS/Job Selection?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate next june.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Chaplain Assistant(I dont know much about this, is it or is it not a combat job?)

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    Intel (Dreams of one day working in the CIA)

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    SERE,EOD and PJ [probably more of impulse choices]

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    integrated avionics systems
    Chaplain Assistant
    Intel
    And Maybe...SERE

    Thank You and God Bless.

    What is harder to become SERE, EOD, or PJ

    PS: I have also thought about the coast guard as an AST (Aviation Survival Technician) and more minor as Damage controlman

    • ANSWER:
      out of those jobs you have listed I would choose Air Traffic controller they only work 4 hour days and when you get out most ATC are starting out at over 100K a year perfect non combat job great thing to have under your belt to fall back on if you change jobs later on

      EOD is the hardest out of 16 that will try only 2 will make it more mental the Special forces guys wash rate is around 70 percent

37. QUESTION:
    Air Force Job Recommendation/Opinion?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Chaplain Assistant

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    EOD and PJ(Explosives Ordnance Disposal[probably more of impulse choices])

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    Crew Chief/aerospace maintenance
    integrated avionics systems
    emergency management/readiness(I would really like to know more about this job in particular)

    I dont know much about these jobs and I could use a lot of first hand info about them and others you would recommend. Thank You and God Bless.

    PS: I have also thought about the coast guard as an AST (Aviation Survival Technician) and more minor as Damage controlman
    Can Anyone tell me more about Chaplain Assistant?

    • ANSWER:
      Suggestions:

      1. Firefighter
      2. SERE - http://www.gosere.com
      3. Air Traffic Controller
      4. Chaplain Assistant
      5. Aerospace Physiology - Medical Person that deals with Pilots and Aviation personnel. You deal with altitude chambers and flight physical stuff.
      These based on the stuff you said you wanted. Also the SERE job sounds like the coast guard AST.

      EDIT:
      Also putting Security Forces down on your job sheet doesn't automatically get you selected for it. I did that on mine and got my second job selected from a list.

      Mine when I went through the job selection:
      1. Imagery Intelligence
      2. Operations Intelligence
      3. Life Supoort
      4. Firefighter
      5. Security Forces

38. QUESTION:
    Air Force Job Recommendations/Insight (enlisted)?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    aerospace physiology

    EOD (Explosives Ordnance Disposal[probably more of an impulse choice])

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    Crew Chief/aerospace maintenance
    integrated avionics systems
    emergency management/readiness(I would really like to know more about this job in particular)

    I dont know much about these jobs and I could use a lot of first hand info about them and others you would recommend. Thank You and God Bless.

    • ANSWER:
      nice choice on the air force. based on your firefighter quals I would recommend training to be a pararescueman (PJ). they seem to be very undermanned right now and you are able to help others, get full paramedic qualification and do some really bang up sh*t. granted, it is the hardest training in the military with around 80% wash out, but hey, risk/reward right? unfortunately it looks like you are not interested in combat so all the special tactics jobs might be out of the question as they are balls deep in it sometimes. With firefighter or PJ you will be a highly qualified firefighter in the civilian world but if you are already a FF2 then Fire Protection Apprentice might seem a little boring, I dont know. EOD looks fun and rewarding and contractors pay good for your service on the outside. Air Traffic Controller will get you a six figure job in the civilian world but I hear that working for the FAA is pure hell. I'm weighing the same options as you my man, and I'm 24. Good Luck.

39. QUESTION:
    Air Force AFSC/Job Selection Help?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate next june.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Chaplain Assistant(I dont know much about this, is it or is it not a combat job?)

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    SERE,EOD and PJ [probably more of impulse choices]

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    Crew Chief/aerospace maintenance
    integrated avionics systems
    Chaplain Assistant

    Thank You and God Bless.

    BTW, What is harder to become SERE, EOD, or PJ

    PS: I have also thought about the coast guard as an AST (Aviation Survival Technician) and more minor as Damage controlman
    Also I have have thought about going into Intel, as one day I would possibly want to work in the CIA.

    • ANSWER:
      Chaplain Assistant - there are usually one or more chaplains assigned to a base. You will simply be his or her assistant - this is definately not the kind of thing you have in mind.

      Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief - I did this on F-15's. Great job, lots of hand on but can get tedious and monotonous unless you volunteer to go TDY frequently.

      Emergency Management/Readiness - As readiness you would be in an office more than you like. You would probably be writing policy, developing evacuation plans for the base, helping to evaluate excercises, and training troops on Nuclear, Chemical and Biological warfare.

      Aerospace Propulsions Systems - jet engine mechanic. You'd be the guy the crew cheif called if the engines didn't work.

      Air Traffic Controller - high stress job, probably wind up sitting down more than you'd want to.

      Security Forces - really a lot more boring than people would think. Not a lot of crime on a military base (especially AF). You'd wind up patroling the flightline, the perimeter and the front gate. While deployed you would be doing the same thing.

      Integrated Avionics Systems - more electronics than mechanics. These are the guys that I used to call if I got an indication that there was something wrong with the avionics - they would come out, pull a box out of the nose cone and take it back to the shop to work on it.

      space systems - FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T PICK THIS! I've only met a few people in Space Systems and they all work at missile bases in the middle of NOWHERE. The generally do not deploy frequently. I really don't know what they do but one guy I met spent so much time alone in a bunker that he had HORRIBLE social skillls. He had volunteer to deploy with the Army to get out of his "hole in the ground."

      aerospace physiology - This job is more in the medical career field.

      SERE,EOD and PJ [probably more of impulse choices] - EOD has a 85-90% wash out rate. As a crew cheif I met several guys who had washed out of PJ school and SERE school and got transferred to being crew cheifs. As a PJ you will not spend a lot of time at home - one of the girls I was deployed with had been married for 3 years and spent about 6 months of time with her husband. Immediately after she returned to the states her husband was deployed for another 6 months. SERE is actually an instructor position. You will be training aircrew and intel troops on Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape. Public speaking is part of it - I knew one guy who got washed out because he couldn't give a 5 minute speech without cursing.

40. QUESTION:
    Advice on Air Force Jobs?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate next june.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice I like to help people and to make an actual difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Chaplain Assistant(I dont know much about this, is it or is it not a combat job?)

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    Intel (Dreams of one day working in the CIA)

    Crypto linguist (I am Greek and am interested in learning Greek, but I know that Arabic is in high demand, I wouldnt mind learning this, and maybe I could get stationed at souda bay in crete,greece...just a thought)

    Airfield Transportation/Management

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    SERE,EOD and PJ [probably more of impulse choices]

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    integrated avionics systems
    Intel
    Air Traffic control or crypto linguist or Chaplain Assistant

    Thank You and God Bless.

    What is harder to become SERE, EOD, or PJ?

    PS: I have also thought about the coast guard as an AST (Aviation Survival Technician) and more minor as Damage controlman
    Also, How much time do you have between tech school graduation and base assignment?

    • ANSWER:
      You cannot simply decide to become a PJ in impulse, it takes a lot of preparation to get to the level you need to be at to even try to make it through indoc. This is a Special Operations careerfield that has a 90% attrition rate, you must truly want it to get it and you must be prepared before trying.

      SERE is a conventional job, it is not Special Operations, but it also requires some preparation on your part. The indoc for SERE isn't nearly as strenuous as PJ indoc, but it does require you be in somewhat good physical conditioning. You'll also need to have an interest in becoming an instructor and have an interest in the material you'll be teaching. That is their mission, teaching.

      EOD is also a conventional job, though in other services they are often times pulled to support Special Operations due to their highly specific skillset. AF EOD not that often, but it does happen. They currently have a 60% attrition rate, the school is very long and very academic. If you want to render safe unexploded ordnance and IEDs, you would probably enjoy this career.

      You have an incredibly large list of things that vary .. I would suggest sitting down and narrowing it down to at least three and working from there.

      If you do decide you would like to try out for Pararescue, you will need to get that in a guaranteed contract (GTEP) as we're not really looking for volunteers out of basic training thanks to the GTEP contracts. Indoc classes are filling months in advance. You will also need to spend about a year preparing for it because if you don't, you will fail indoc and when you do .. it's needs of the Air Force for the most part.

      Good luck.

41. QUESTION:
    US Air Force Job Advice? (Meps in the future)?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    aerospace physiology

    EOD (Explosives Ordnance Disposal[probably more of an impulse choice])

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    Crew Chief/aerospace maintenance
    integrated avionics systems
    emergency management/readiness(I would really like to know more about this job in particular)

    I dont know much about these jobs and I could use a lot of first hand info about them and others you would recommend. Thank You and God Bless.

    • ANSWER:
      The best advice that I could give you is don't settle on something just because the recruiter tells you that it's hard to get. They may try to make it seem like they are doing you a favor, but in reality you are doing them a favor by signing up. Their whole job is getting people to enlist.

      If you really want Fire Protection and have the ability to be patient, hold out until there is an opening. Don't sign anything until you have that job offered to you in writing. I've seen too many people who joined up too quickly and settled on a job that they didn't really want and thus are not happy with what they do.

      Having said that, I can only offer advice about two jobs. I was in Avionics in the Navy (which is similar to Aerospace Maintenance) and am currently in the Air Force Reserves as Security Forces.

      The Avionics helped me to land a great job in the civilian world. If you are interested in aircraft, I don't think that it's a bad job.

      Security Forces is a combat position, so it sounds like you wouldn't be interested in that.

      I would recommend talking with a recruiter(s) about the other jobs. If you would like to talk to more than one so that you can compare their answers and see if they are being honest, you can chat with a recruiter online.

      Here's the website: http://www.airforce.com/contact-us/live-chat/

      If you have any other questions that I may be able to help with, feel free to send me an e-mail.

42. QUESTION:
    Help Selecting Air force job?
    I am turning 17 this august and still am in high school, therefore i am planning to enter the air force through the softbook program. I have talked to my recruiter and even though I am dying to be a firefighter in the AF, I know the job is very hard to get a spot in even though I volunteer now at a station will have have FF I and FF II cert. by the time I graduate.

    Anyways I need to pick 4 jobs as a member of the Softbook program. One is for sure fire protection apprentice. I do not like to do paper pushing jobs or sit in an office all day. I like to do hands-on, challenging, and interesting NON-COMBAT jobs. More than anything though, I like to help people and to make a difference. I also want something that has a good translation to civilian life.

    I was thinking possibly as the other three:
    Chaplain Assistant

    Aerospace Maintenance/ Jet Mechanic/Crew Chief

    Emergency Management/Readiness

    Aerospace Propulsions Systems

    Air Traffic Controller

    Security Forces

    Integrated Avionics Systems

    space systems

    aerospace physiology(I know nothing about this job)

    EOD (Explosives Ordnance Disposal[probably more of an impulse choice])

    If I had to pick today i would put:
    Fire Protection apprentice
    Crew Chief/aerospace maintenance
    integrated avionics systems
    emergency management/readiness(I would really like to know more about this job in particular)

    I dont know much about these jobs and I could use a lot of first hand info about them and others you would recommend. Thank You and God Bless.

    • ANSWER:
      Yea Fire Protection would be good. because when you finish AF, you can as same job in your fire department

43. QUESTION:
    I need help from AD Air Force person?
    my MTL hasn't made an AF Portal for me yet

    I wanted to know what colleges where partnered in the AU-ABC program and giving degrees with the "Air & Space Operations Technology", degree from CCAF.

    thank you

    • ANSWER:
      The AU-ABC is separate from the CCAF degree. The degree you will get from CCAF is an associates. AU-ABC helps you get a baccalaureate.

44. QUESTION:
    A few questions about the US Air Force?
    First and foremost, I'd like to apologize if I'm breaking any rules or traditions here by asking more than one question in one submission.

    Moving on. Hi, I'm extremely interested in joining the United States Air Force, and I've been doing a lot of research, but there's still a few questions I have before officially sitting down with a recruiter.

    1) How hard is it to even get into the USAF? I've been getting mixed messages from all over, some saying that it's fairly hard to get into the USAF, but I'm constantly hearing reports that the US Military is always looking for more people.

    2) How does the whole college process work with the USAF/USAFRC? Right now I'm a high school graduate and I took one year at my local community college, but I've decided that I wish to join the USAF, for multiple reasons (one of them being the cost of tuition for when I transfer to a university).

    Now, as I understand it, the USAF will cover college tuition with something called a "GI bill". What I want to do is, serve my country under the USAF, but I also wish to obtain a Bachelors Degree, for if I ever want to become an officer (which I'll be getting too next), or a few years down the road; leave the service and take a civilian job.

    Really, what would be the best way to accomplish this? Or if I decide to make a career out of the USAF when I'm done with my required four years, would it be *that* beneficial for me to get my BA from a college? And suppose I do leave after my four years, and want to go to college, the USAF will still be covering it, right? Even though I'm no longer in the service?

    3) Assuming I do get my BA, and decide to become an officer, how does the whole process work? Is it even really worth it to become an officer? What are the main differences between an enlisted airman and an officer?

    4) Now, assuming I make it into the USAF, my main career interest lies in two places: Space operations (NASA, USAF's space program, etc), and the IT industry (computer sciences, networking, server/database administration, etc).

    Throughout my whole life I've been fascinated with outer space, other planets, stars, alien life, you get my drift. And I've been going through the USAF website and all that, and I know they have a hand in the governments space operations. I understand the chances of becoming an astronaut are very slim (in fact, I think most of the astronauts from the military come from the Army), and that's fine. I just want a job that directly deals with the USAF's space operations, and hopefully down the road even make it into NASA somehow. But I would imagine that jobs in the USAF's space program are pretty competitive, and hard to get into. So I guess my main question here is; how hard is it to get your way into their space program?

    And on the IT side, I would imagine that, as in the civilian world, where the IT industry is booming and is one of the fastest industries in the world, it's the same in the military. All my life I've been growing up around computers as my father is an IT-expert, having been building and fixing computers all his life. I also share his passion for computers, and that's actually what I was in school for (CS/Networking). I would imagine jobs in this field are more abundant and easier to get into. Although I'd prefer to work in the space program, I'd like a job in the IT-side of the USAF almost just as much. So really, how should I decide this? Should I follow my heart and try for a space-related job, or follow the statistics and try for a IT-related job?

    5) I have two friends going into the Army (who just finished the enlisting process a week ago, actually), so I know a bit about the ASVAB already, but I'm looking for more information on how the whole enlisting process goes. I know after you speak with the recruiter initially, you take a practice ASVAB, and a few days later (whenever you feel you're ready), you take the real ASVAB and sometime later you go in for a physical and all that, once you pass all that, you pick your job and swear in, and all that.

    What I'm also interested further in, is the ASVAB. I know they use your ASVAB score to determine your intelligence and aptitude. What I'm wondering is, does your ASVAB immediately reflect what kind of job you can start off with? For example if you scored pretty high, such as the 80s or 90s, would they start you off in a more advanced position rather than if you scored somewhere in the 40s?

    6) What kind of questions should I have ready for the recruiter, when I finally do go in and talk to him? I've been told many times that it's all about asking the right questions, and knowing everything you can find out, and that the recruiters will often withhold certain information unless you specifically ask for it.

    Again, sorry for having so many questions in one submission like this. I just figured it'd be easier than making four or five separate submissions. Any and all help will be *greatly* appreciated, than

    • ANSWER:
      OK, OK. Slow down. This is becoming an essay.

      1.) The Air Force is the most selective of the four main branches of the military. Their ASVAB score requirement is the highest, and they have been downsizing for many years while simultaneously being flooded with more recruits than any other service. Because of this, the Air Force has its pick of the litter when it comes to recruits. If you want to join in a timely manner, you need to have an ASVAB score of at least 50 and have no medical or moral issues that require waivers.

      2.) That's up to you. The GI Bill is a way to obtain a bachelor's degree after you're finished with your enlistment period. It will not pay for you to obtain a degree so that you can become an officer: that is handled by various USAF commissioning programs, all of which are highly competitive.

      3.) If you get your BA prior to entering, you will attend Officer Training School pending your completion of the AFOQT (Air Force Officer Qualifying Test). It is a rigorous 12-week program in which you will learn Air Force history and be pushed to your physical limits. After successful completion of the program, you will graduate and be commissioned as a USAF Second Lieutenant.

      4.) There are plenty of AFSCs that relate to the space industry, and even more that have to do with IT. Your ability to enter one of these fields is wholly dependent on your ability to score high on the ASVAB and pass the tech school for that particular specialty.

      5.) There are no advantages to scoring higher on the ASVAB aside from more job openings. You won't be placed in a more advanced position or given a fast track to high rank based on test scores. Your ability to climb the ladder of the Air Force is dependent on your ability to prove yourself and earn it during your service.

      6.) Any questions you have at all, really. Be sure to listen to everything he or she says: don't catch the selective listening virus. Go over your individual situation, wants, and needs with him or her, and they'll give you advice and recommendations on what to do from there.

      Good luck!

45. QUESTION:
    If information released by the Air Force this week is true should Bush and Cheney have been aware?
    Copied from an article on Air Force "Preparedness" :

    Report indicates GPS in jeopardy

    WASHINGTON - The reliability of the U.S. global positioning
    system could be in jeopardy next year because of its aging
    satellites, a federal government report warns. The U.S.
    Government Accountability Office report states the U.S. Air
    Force may not be able to get new satellites aloft fast
    enough to prevent disruption in GPS service for military and
    civilian users, InformationWeek.com reported Wednesday.
    "Of particular concern is leadership for GPS acquisition, as
    GAO and other studies have found the lack of a single point
    of authority for space programs and frequent turnover in
    program managers have hampered requirements setting, funding
    stability and resource allocation," the report said. "If the
    Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development
    of GPS IIIA satellites, there will be an increased likelihood
    that in 2010, as old satellites begin to fail, the overall
    GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites
    required to provide the level of GPS service that the U.S.
    government commits to." The GAO report did add that the Air
    Force and others involved in the GPS system could take enact
    contingency plans, if necessary. Beside the aging satellites,
    the Air force also has had headaches getting the next gener-
    ation of satellites to interface properly with equipment on
    Earth, the agency said.

    What do you think?
    Sorry but the last president to have any say during the process was Bush.
    Actually something as important to our troops should be something a sitting president should be aware of and in the loop on. Considering that GPS is critical to everything from ground and sea movements to GPS guided munitions, I personally think a president should think to include himself in the loop.
    And yes I think Obama should consider keeping himself informed on what is happening with the GPS systems.
    Thank You, Bwana, your dissent is well thought out and raises some good questions.

    • ANSWER:
      If it was made known to them, if it was even necessary that they become aware of it.

      Government is huge, and there is no way the President can know or be aware of everything, nor is that necesarily desireable that he be inundated with trivia.

      The problem is obviously one of jurisdiction - which department is responsible for the GPS system? If it is DoD or NASA or whatnot, then plans and budgets for the development and deployment of new satellites was that department's responsibility to have it in their budget requests.

      Is there any evidence that any department put these outlays in their budget requests at all?

      Did any department head bring it to the attention of the president that there was a jurisdictional issue and that he needed to clarify using an executive order which department was responsible for the maintenance of the system?

      Did your article include any statements from anybody, or are you just using conjecture to blame Bush and Cheney for all the world's ills?

About the author: Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology,
Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.
And,
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers

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     First of all, do NOT under any circumstances profess a belief or even interest in astrology if you want to work anywhere in the astronomical field, as you will be automatically excluded.
     Astronomy offers jobs in the following areas: government (Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, weather service are the main areas); industry (firms in defense, communications and other areas, including several planning civilian launches); education (universities, museums, planetariums, of which there are 3000 in the USA); observatories, including observational, radio, and ground command.
     Education to enter any of these starts with college, where you would need at least three semesters of math plus a course in statistics; 4 semesters of physics, a year or more of chemistry, all the astronomy available, and a year of geology would be a good idea. Then a Master's level degree. This would be sufficient for entry level work in government, industry, museums and planetariums.

3. QUESTION:
   What is the best option for me in space science?
   I am in tybsc (chem) but also interested in space science. Is there any option for me enter in this field. Can you give me any information about astrochemistry / courses in astrochemistry.

   • ANSWER:
     Astrochemistry would be an interesting field. The chemical makeup of our Universe and you could possibly one day be the person who discovered a life signature on another planet due to that planets chemistry (H2O and O2)

4. QUESTION:
   What would you consider 1 if the most scariest things there is to know about space/science?
   My science teacher is going to tell us 1 out of the 5 most scariest things there is to know about science/space. So maybe if you know what it might be, can ya help me? Thank You

   • ANSWER:
     I'm over 50, haved served in the military in wartime, have been in car wrecks, have had cancer, have lost loved ones unexpectedly. But I've been an amateur astronomer since I was 12 and the scariest thing that I've ever learned, and, I think, the scariest thing there is to know, is that human beings do not have "guarantee" on their existence nor on their society.

     1)
     In northwest Wyoming in the United States, there is, under Yellowstone National Park, a supervolcano that is about due to erupt. It might not happen for 200,000 years, or it could happen this year. If it were to erupt, most of the United States would become unlivable because of the ash and gasses that it would put out. The rest of the world would probably have to endure decades of terribly cold SUMMERS, during which farming might be difficult or impossible. Billions could die of starvation. The Wyoming supervolcano is not the only one in the world, but none of them appear to be in imminent danger of erupting.
     2)
     Orbiting the Sun are hundreds of thousands of asteroids. Thousands of them cross the Earth's orbit or pass close by. Should one of those asteroids, say a mile or more in diameter, strike the Earth, civilization (or all humans) could be wiped out. A similar event 65 million years ago killed off the dinosaurs. Even if we were to see the asteroid coming decades in advance, right now there is nothing we can do to save ourselves. In a few centuries, we should be safe from that danger, but in the meantime, we are at risk. Even a smaller asteroid, say 1/4 mile (1/2 Km) in diameter could cause a major calamity in both it's immediate impact and in the change in climate that would occur afterwards.

     3) Zombies......just kidding.

     The good thing is, that supervolcanos and dangerous asteroids are low probability events for the near future, and hopefully, by the time we have to worry about them, we'll be ready to protect ourselves.

     For you, the scariest thing should be getting your driver's license. I know it's the scariest thing for me every time I go driving. ; )

5. QUESTION:
   What do you think sounds like a good name for a childrens book for earth and space science class?
   Okay, so i have to do a science project where i have to write a childrens book talking about things i have learned in Earth and Space science. I want to do a book about the solar system. What do you think could be a cute name for a science book for children? Thank you.(:

   • ANSWER:
     "Our Neighborhood in Space"
     "This is Where We Live"

6. QUESTION:
   Can anyone help me with my Space Science Project?
   I'm in a space science class at my college, and instead of taking a final we need to make a project that relates to anything in the class. We've talked about everything from a planet to solar systems and astronomy before and after the telescope. I have a couple ideas of my own, but they're either too ambitious or I dont know how to apply them. I'd prefer to build something rather than make a movie.
   Any ideas?

   • ANSWER:
     You can make your own comet.
     http://www.noao.edu/education/igcomet/igcomet.html
     http://www.noao.edu/education/crecipe.html
     http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/astronomy-and-time/astronomy-facts/comets-meteors-asteroids/how-to-make-your-own-comet

7. QUESTION:
   Does anybody know anything about Laika the space dog or space science?
   My cousin has a project to do about space exploration and decided to do Laika the space dog.

   Does anyone have any wenlinks or information about her or her mission??

   Does anybody have any weblinks or info about the science of getting into space in her time??

   Anything would help! Thanks loads!
   xx

   • ANSWER:
     Laika was the first dog in space. She was a stray, found in Moscow I believe. She was one of the many dogs who have given their lives on the orders of their human masters: she died a couple of hours into the flight of Sputnik 2.

8. QUESTION:
   Do you believe that everything science tels us about space and time is relevant?
   I mean, how could it be? We haven't even traveled to other planets in this galaxy yet, let alone be equipped enough to be able to assume the staus of neighboring planets and galaxies. We don't know what's in them at all. I like space science just as much as the next man, but I think that we need to be more fact oriented rather than just making up guesses.

   But that's just me...

   • ANSWER:
     Science is rotten logic. That is it is not normal,it revolves around and along complex logic lines in such a manner that very few human minds can comprehend.In order to achieve their obective;to garner acceptence from the normal poulation they balance their act of alchemy and good reasoning.Alchemy and the like are not new but around this era where they are able to sent a rocket to the moon alchemy or wizzadry is rampant under the cover of science.Curiosity does not kill just the cat,if you observe clearly enough its muscular atrophy and losing ones sexuality or manhood, inother words you are selling your right to be part of the kingdom of GOD;mankind and the natural world.

9. QUESTION:
   i need some interesting facts about space for my science homework?
   i hardly know anything about space and i want to find out something not many people in my class will know
   i am in year 9
   i am working at level 7c

   • ANSWER:

10. QUESTION:
    Can you help with these two Earth and space science questions?
    Like the north pole, the south pole receives little solar radiation during the winter. Unlike the north pole, however, the south pole does not send outbreaks of extremely frigid air as far as the subtropics? Why?

    You hear on a news report that an area has received nearly twice its normal snowfall during the winter. What can you infer about the position of the jet stream from this report?

    Help please.....

    • ANSWER:
      The south polar vortex causes winds to just circle the antarctic area constantly instead of heading for lower latitudes.

11. QUESTION:
    What should my childrens book for Earth and Space science project be about?
    I have a project where im making a childrens book any ideas( has to be about the earth or planets, water cycle, layers of the atmosphere, sun, moon, rocks ect.)

    • ANSWER:
      The moon can talk to the sun and the sun and moon can talk to the stars etc...and then the moon could say something like, "I'm not made out of cheese. The first human to ever walk on me was Neil Armstrong etc etc..."

      That's all I'm giving, I'm afraid.

12. QUESTION:
    Space Science Question about the alignment of the planets?
    ok in science class i have to make a small book, and in that it has to be like a tour guide. In that a criteria is i have to get to each planet very quickly. So my question is when do the planets come closer to each other, so you can travel between them. Or when are they aligned so you can get to quicker

    • ANSWER:
      The outer planets take many years to orbit, so unless you want to delay your trip by decades, waiting for alignment isn't practical. You would do better to speed up your journey with a fancy type of rocket or with a gravitational slingshot (see link).

13. QUESTION:
    In which colleges can i study about astronomy n space science?
    after 12th how n where can i study these subjects?

    • ANSWER:
      ASU, Arizona State University one of the best astronomy lessons inn U.S

14. QUESTION:
    Any good sites/games about info on outer space/science topics?
    Im currently doing astrology in science, and im really interested in the topic. Since My best subject is science, im wondering if there are any good sites or games about the topic.

    I know of some books, and I own Spore on my laptop. What else is there out there???

    Thanks for taking the time to comment :)

    • ANSWER:
      Did you mean astrology or astronomy? If you really meant astrology, there's a section on that in Yahoo Answers. You didn't mention your age, so these might be too young for you. I've enjoyed playing with them just for educational reasons though. Also, on some you can choose a harder level. I like the crossword puzzles and hangman, and I'm not a kid (well at heart I am).

      Also, I have a feeling you would really enjoy this link:
      http://www.exploratorium.edu/

      Here are the others:
      http://www.astrosociety.org/education/surf.html

      http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/index.htm

      http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml

      http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

15. QUESTION:
    I'm so interest in space science..I would like to become a astronaut.What will I do?
    I'm Now waiting for my +2 result.I may score about 90% marks in science subjects .I would like to become a astronaut.I would like to work as a designer of rocket and satellites.Then Does Aerospace engineering help to achieve my ambition.How much can earn from this field?

    • ANSWER:
      To be a professional astronaut you have to pass a rigorous physical and psychological profile and have 20/20 vision without the aid of contacts or glasses. A degree in science, math, medicine or engineering is also a must. Then you can apply and undergo the selection process. Alternately you can become very rich and buy a ride from the Russians.

16. QUESTION:
    How good is this institute " IIST - Indian Institute of Space science and technology"?
    hi.. i m in class 12th right now. Want to do BTech after this. can anyone please tell if IIST is a good institute.. i mean i know its a deemed univ but still if someone can tell more about it.. dat will be great!
    i m actually preparing for IIT.. I am lukin for alternatives as well...! :)

    do help.
    thnx

    • ANSWER:
      The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology or IIST is India's national institute for the study and development of space science. IIST is sponsored by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under Department of Space, Government of India. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, is the Chancellor of IIST

      IIST offers graduate and postgraduate programs in space science and technology, and also serves as a research center.

      The institute offers the following undergraduate programmes (4-Years duration)

      1. B.Tech. (Physical Sciences) with space applications in the areas of Astronomy, Earth System Science, Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing.
      2. B.Tech. (Aerospace Engineering) with provision to specialize in Aerodynamics, Flight Dynamics, Propulsion, Aerospace Structures, and Manufacturing Technology.
      3. B.Tech. (Avionics) with provision to specialize in Digital Electronics, RF and Microwaves, Control Systems, Software Engineering.

      Admission to IIST will be based on the ranks obtained by candidates in IIT-JEE . IIST is the best Institute.
      hsj

17. QUESTION:
    What would be some then interesting about space science?I have to write a research paper.?

    • ANSWER:
      Singularity; the deepest point in a black hole where all laws of physics break down. Can you imagine such situation?
      The bending of the fabric of space-time by a mass. How elegant such concept is..
      The barrier set by light speed. What if we reach light speed, does the passage of time stops??

18. QUESTION:
    Please answer this earth space science question?
    based on what you know about radiation and conduction, what conclusion might you make about summer temperatures in a large city compared with those in the surrounding countryside?

    • ANSWER:
      Temperatures in the city are greater than those in the countryside because conduction occurs more efficiently when nothing blocks the air. Many buildings in the city serve to block or mitigate the airflow. In terms of radiation, if the energy is absorbed into the ground, when less is around to absorb it, the ground will get heated. But in the city, buildings take in the energy, emitting it into the atmosphere.

19. QUESTION:
    What's the Earth and Space science class about?
    What kind of things do you study?

    • ANSWER:
      this is a really hard question but after hours of thought ill take a stab at it and say Earth and Space

20. QUESTION:
    I need a science fair project idea for a 3rd grader about earth and space science?

    • ANSWER:
      http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

21. QUESTION:
    I need help in earth and space science?
    Oceans gold one cubic kilometer of ocean water contains about 6 kg of gold. If you must process 4 million liters of ocean water to get an amount of gold worth 4 c ( with a slash / ), how many liters of water would have to be processed to get gold worth ?
    so is that the answer? i dont get it.
    well i guess it is thx a lot.

    • ANSWER:
      4 million L : x = 4c : 100c

      x = 400 million Lc / 4 c

      x = 100 million L ___________ You need to process 100,000,000 L of water.

      Yes, 100 million L of water needs to be processed in order to get worth of gold.

      ⁶⁴⁵

22. QUESTION:
    Space science show with rovers on far planet?
    ok my last question about this was a little vague so ill try to explain better here. The show is about us(humans) sending a ship with two rovers outside of our solar system to a planet, the rovers are launched onto the surfave and start exploring, finding lakes trees and everything, the show ends when one of them was following some creature and got killed by it, anyone know the name of the show?

    • ANSWER:
      Alien Planet.

      I own it, its a really cool video.

23. QUESTION:
    How long until we have a civilization in space? (science geeks required!)?
    Like on Mars or the Moon? I was watching a program about this and Stephen Hawking thinks within 500 years there will be a major city on Mars with its own currency and language and stuff. Total Recall anyone? lol.
    Total Recall is a film, set on Mars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Recall

    • ANSWER:
      You mean a self-sustaining space colony?

      Unless we discover an unknown physics, to get somewhere faster, or learn of a technology to artificially create synthetic gravity and magnetospheres, never.

      Building bases on celestial bodies is feasible, if a person stationed there spent less than one year at a time there, this would come down to funding issues, and if the powers that fund space exploration want to go in that direction. If we started now, it wouldn't be out of the range of possibility to have a Moon base in the next 20-50 years.

      Total Recall is flawed, because it doesn't take into account the bone density loss and muscle degeneration that would occur to humans for an extended stay in Mars-like gravity, and it doesn't explain how the people are protected from the solar radiation.

24. QUESTION:
    What kinda job can a degree in Space Science get me?
    I was thinking about taking the 4 year Space Science course at Royal Military College of Canada

    • ANSWER:
      Not a lot. If you want to be an astronomer, you'll need a PhD to do that (and a physics major would be better) - there really aren't any jobs that aren't research or teaching. You can work as a technician or data analyst with a 4-year degree, but there aren't a ton of those jobs.

25. QUESTION:
    10 pts to answer 2 question about earth space science plz help!?
    1) What type of volcanic eruptions seems to occur most often where plates are coming apart or in the middle of a plate"?

    2) Tectonic plates are either oceanic crust or continental crust and when plates collide there are three possible collision scenarios. What are they?

    P.S> tell me the sourse you got it from cause I need to get every thing correct on this. thanks (I will be checking the answers for who is correct)

    • ANSWER:

      1) The types of volcanic eruptions at rift zones would most likely be of the Icelandic type. Named so because it is seen in Iceland which is on the Mid-Atlantic rift. Relatively mild outflows forming epansive basaltis plateaus.

      2) The 3 types of plate collisions according to crust type would be:
      a) oceanic/oceanic collision
      b) oceanic/continental collison
      c) continental/continental collision

      hope that helps...

26. QUESTION:
    what is any job oppurtunities in space science with a high salary of around 20 to 40 lakhs per annum.?
    job immediately after graduation.........if the person has qualified from institutes like IIST or IIT. I would also like to know about other such highly reputed govt. colleges having under graduate programes in fields of space science like aerospace engineering and avionics.....please help....

    • ANSWER:
      Maximum initial salary 5 lacs per year.

27. QUESTION:
    what are some good sites that tells u about space science? i am learning this in grade 6!!!?
    our new science topic is space science, our teacher want us to read about it over the 4 day long weekend. i went on google to search but i couldn't find the right thing.... i was wondering if u have been it to gade 6 and know some good sites about space science?? thanks SOOOOO much!! >_<

    • ANSWER:
      Have you tried NASA's webpage or maybe Popular Science's website?

28. QUESTION:
    uhm okay cananyone confirm this about earth and space science?
    when does the sun rotate? i as taking notes in class and it said every 31 days that doesnt make sense and the answer is wrong ? help thank you

    • ANSWER:
      When does the sun rotate? It rotates all the time, not at a particular time (that's what "when" means, a specific time).

      The sun rotates at different rates, depending on the location.
      The equator of the sun rotates in 25.05 Earth days.
      But at the poles it rotates more slowly, taking 34.3 Earth days.

29. QUESTION:
    1 question about EARTH SPACE science 10 pts today?
    Scientists have used a combination of relative dating and absolute dating techniques to create the__________, the "map" of past eras of earth's history.

    PLZ help but answer it only if you know it cause it is a study guild for a big test.

    • ANSWER:
      That's the 'Geologic Time Scale'
      it records earth geologic history
      100% sure

30. QUESTION:
    space science astronomy question please help?
    please help
    What are the Kirkwood gaps? How did they form?
    What do meteorites reveal about the age of the solar system?

    • ANSWER:
      1) Kirkwood gaps are zones in the asteroid belt that are empty. They are at the location of orbital resonances with Jupiter. For instance, there are no asteroids with an orbit radius of 2.50 AU, period 4 years, as that would make three orbits for each orbit of Jupiter.

      Such zones are emptied, because every twelve years the asteroid is in exactly the seem position with respect to Jupiter, feeling exactly the same gravitational pull.

      Kirkwood was the astronomer who first noticed such gaps and explained their origin.

      2) Contrary to rocks on Earth, most of which are periodically recycled and recooked in the Earth's interior, meteorites are unperturbed since the origin of the Solar system. The ages of meteorites are measured by the decay of long-lived radioactive isotopes of elements that occur naturally in rocks and minerals and that decay with long half lives. These dating techniques are used to measure the last time that the meteorite was either melted or disturbed sufficiently to homogenize its radioactive elements.

31. QUESTION:
    What are some careers in science/space ?
    Im 15 in grade 10, and Im thinking about my future . I am interested in science/space , im just wondering what are some careers I could start learning about in science and space?

    • ANSWER:
      Astronomer
      Astrophysicist (cross between physicist and astronomer)
      Physicist (theoretical, applied, ect.)
      Aerospace/aeronautical engineer
      Astrobiologist
      Meteorologist
      Astrogeologist
      Astrogeographer
      Archaeoastronomer
      Astrochemist

32. QUESTION:
    I am IN DIRE NEED about Earth and SpAce Science.?
    Can ANYONE Anyone at all, tell me a gooa site on Earth and space science!? Please this is vastly IMPORTANT!
    a site where i can find answers about earth and space?

    • ANSWER:
      Four good sites to do with astronomy are:
      astronomy.com
      space.com
      nineplanets.org
      nasa.gov

      For general science information, wikipedia is pretty good.

      For Earth sciences (depending on which science), try:
      http://www.iugs.org/
      http://www.iavcei.org/

33. QUESTION:
    Space Science in Spectroscopy?
    What is a more detailed topic about Space Science in Spectroscopy ? I need to go in more detail about this subject.

    • ANSWER:
      Determination of a stellar body's motion using infrared spectroscopy (eg red shift/blue shift and triangulation)

34. QUESTION:
    Any books about space science fiction? Aliens? City of Ember, The Host-ish books?
    Are there any books about like Earth, Space science fiction-y books. Kind of like the City of Ember or The Host? Thanks.. :)
    I love The Host.
    Stephanie must have been high when she wrote Twilight. :X

    • ANSWER:
      Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
      It's hard to explain but it's about the future, after mankind basically destroyed the earth (global warming, destroying forests, polluting, etc) survivors made a new society where there's no argueing, war, etc. Everyone is considered "ugly" until they turn 16 and have this sugery that makes them "pretty" and they move to this part of town where all they do is have fun and party all day and night. Tally cant wait to turn pretty. She meets Shay who's a rebal and convinces Tally to leave the city for a night to see what's out in the wilderness. Tally learns all kinds of things about being pretty and the truth is.. it's not really pretty. EXTREMELY good, and the sequals are even better. It's full of adventures, cool technologies, romance, etc.

      The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
      This book is also set in the future and gets pretty intense. It's setting is in Panem, a city that's now in what's left of North America (which has become smaller after global warming and melting of the ice caps). Surrounding Panem are 12 districts where each year, one boy and girl between the ages of 12 and 18 are chosen to be in the Hunger Games where they are put into an arena and battle each other and try to survive until there's only one left and is the winner. There's also some romance in it. One of my favorite books

35. QUESTION:
    Do you know alot about earth space science? HELp ME?
    There are two days each year when either the nighttime hours or daytime hours are the longest they will be all year. These are the summer or winter __________.

    • ANSWER:
      solstices

      one is December 21st. shortest daylight
      the other is 21st June - my birthday- longest daylight

36. QUESTION:
    Need help with Earth/Space Science homework please?
    This is a weird homework assignment, which is due tomorrow. I've been looking around about about a half hour now, cant find anything:

    The Apollo mission returned part of a probe from the moon that indicated life. NAME - >
    1) The Apollo Mission
    2) The Lunar Probe
    3) The specific piece of hardware.
    4) How the life form got there.
    5) What is the significance of this?

    Best Answer will probably go to the person who gives me the longest answer. Good luck with finding the answers.
    -Andrew

    • ANSWER:
      So, if you didn't find anything, what makes you think that we'll find something? In other words: lazy boy, go back to work. Search more.

37. QUESTION:
    What is the truth behind the space exploration?
    I know that this is a weird question. But I need to find it somehow. I never know about space science but I think tragedy space shuttle challenger and columbia is too coincident, like seven astronout, fire shape like scorpio, etc.
    Lately i am interesting in the mars exploration. Is it really true there are nine planet circle the sun? Is star exploration possible in the future or just fiction cause there is no space at all? I really confious about what is real and fiction? Also history about world war is ever happend or not?

    • ANSWER:
      Wow - you are one confused cookie.

      I get the impression that, despite whatever factual information anyone gives you on here, you have already made your mind up that there is something weird going on.

      There isn't.

      In a nutshell :

      Shuttle accidents were totally unrelated and the causes have been identified. There just happens to be seven astronauts manning a shuttle - so what - the Apollo missions had three, so you could just as easily read something mystic into the deaths associated with Apollo 1 (bet you didn't know about this one did you?). As for the fire shaped like a scorpion - c'mon!

      Yes - there are, as far as we know, nine planets in the solar system. Star exploration is possible in theory if we can overcome the problem of the vast distances involved.

      Read a few books and/or a few websites to find out about the science that proves all of the above.

      Then - your off the wall - did the world war ever happen. Try talking to a few soldiers or civilians who lived through it - but you probably don't get out much, do you?

38. QUESTION:
    Why when you go to science/space do you get stories about bombers...? and not space related stories...?
    I am interested in space information yet all you get is stuff about bombers and other things not related to space.....
    I am talking about on Yahoo news, the science/space section does not seem to mention space but just bombers and things......

    • ANSWER:
      Many (most ?) "Reporters" know nothing about science and got their 'edukation' out of comics ... (i.e. they did 'Media studies' at University)

      Don't worry about it = just have a laugh at their abject ignorance :-)

39. QUESTION:
    IIST (indian institute of space science and technology)?
    just a few minutes back i got to know that i got admission in iist ( avionics ) the offer is quite tempting but it comes with a bond , you have to work in isro for a period of 5 years after finishing the course.. so can someone please tell me about iist , the campus and also if its worth taking up this course because of the bond.. (working in a government organisation is not an inviting prospect..) i'm at crossroads !! please help !!

    • ANSWER:
      Working at ISRO would sound good to me. I was at NASA for 2.5 years, and loved every minute.

      Seriously, if you blow this off, the first time that you will have your work criticized by an idiot from the marketing department, you will realize what a huge mistake you made.

40. QUESTION:
    How Would I Go About Building a Model of The International Space Station?
    For my Earth & Space science class, I need to build a model of the International Space Station. It is due tomorrow, and I, being the master of all procrastination, did not due it yet. How do I build something with such a werid shape in so little time? I can use mirrors for the solar panels..and cardboard? Any ideas would be greatly appreciatived.

    • ANSWER:
      Google up some pics and get some appropriate balsa wood and brass/steel minitubes from a hobby store like Micheals. For solar panels, cut a piece of aluminum foil, color it with a fat blue felt pen, crumple it up and reopen it, and hotglue it to a piece of poster board. Then cut it to the correct size and shape. Clean uncrumpled foil can be used to cover posterbaord pieces for the structure, also you could cover drinking staws with foil via adhesive spray, also available at Micheals. Speed is needed, so load up on hot-glue sticks. Get movin' girl!

      BW,
      Gary

41. QUESTION:
    i need help on my earth space science work, please help.?
    1.06 The Scientific Method

    1. Which of the following is an example of pseudo science?

    biology
    astrology
    chemistry
    physics
    medicine

    2. Why is pseudo science not considered real science?

    It is not testable.
    It involves the stars.
    It is based on facts.
    It is sometimes not popular with certain groups.
    Many people believe in the concept.

    3. Which of the following is fact based science rather than part of a personal belief system?

    astrology
    paranormal investigation
    chemistry
    philosophy
    cultural rituals

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    4. A scientific law is

    a universally accepted conclusion based on testing.
    always changing as new evidence is presented.
    based on new evolving theories.
    often debated in the scientific community.
    one step toward forming a theory.

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    5. A proposed set of statements or principles used to explain a group of facts or natural phenomena is a

    law
    question
    set of data
    conclusion
    theory

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    6. The relationship between a law and a theory is

    laws are based on complex theories.
    laws become theories.
    theories all become laws.
    theories never become laws.
    theories can become laws.

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    7. Identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

    Mary discovered that the cell membrane of a bacteria acts like a fence because it keeps some things in and other things out.

    Observation
    Analogy
    Inference

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    8. Identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

    Mary walked into the room where her little son was playing, found a broken window, and thought immediately that her son had broken it.

    Observation
    Analogy
    Inference

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    9. Identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

    Mary noticed that the countertop was warm to the touch.

    Observation
    Analogy
    Inference

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    10. Identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

    Mary noticed that the side walk was wet and thought that it may have been that the sprinklers had been on recently.

    Observation
    Analogy
    Inference

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    11. Identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

    Mary counted and recorded 20 heart beats in 10 seconds.

    Observation
    Analogy
    Inference

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    12. Identify as an observation, analogy, or inference.

    The Lecturer compared the human eye to a camera lens.

    Analogy
    Observation
    Inference

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    13. When “doing science” using the scientific method, which of these would be at the top of the list?

    Observing and Questioning
    Predicting and Experimenting
    Analyzing and Concluding
    Experimenting and Concluding

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    14. This step gives an investigation a specific direction or focus.

    Observation
    Question
    Hypothesis
    Analysis

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    15. As researchers begin their study, they must examine what they already know about their topic of investigation. Based on that information, they form a hypothesis. The hypothesis is

    a conclusion about what is going to happen in the experiment.
    a question about what is going to happen in the experiment.
    a guess about what is going to happen in the experiment.
    a prediction about what is going to happen in the experiment.

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    16. Writing the hypothesis in the “if” and “then” format makes it

    Easier to predict
    More accurate to analyze
    Testable
    Hypothetical

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    16. If a scientist gathered all the data and information and then based on the data they have, they tell us “what the data indicates” happened. This is

    concluding
    Predicting
    Analyzing
    Supposing

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    17. When we conduct and

    • ANSWER:
      Google is your friend. Learn to use it

42. QUESTION:
    what are the achievements and explorations of Sunita Williams journey in space, is it helpful to humanity.?
    Sunita Williuams a space austranaut has recently returned from her journey in space. She stayed for about six months. She is said to be an Indian Scientist working in NASA. She has recently visited India and interacted with School Children. It is interesting to observe that India is also planning to send people in the space for more exploration which would be a step further and contribution from India in the space science. She being an Indian born, it is interesting to note, how much she would be sharing her knowledge, experience, explorations and experiments for India's cause in this behalf.

    • ANSWER:
      Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. Williams is the second woman of Indian heritage to have been selected by NASA for a space mission after Kalpana Chawla and the second astronaut of Slovenian heritage after Ronald M. Sega. She holds three records for female space travelers: longest spaceflight (195 days), number of space walks (four), and total time spent on spacewalks (29 hours and 17 minutes).[1]

      Williams is married to Michael J. Williams, a Federal Police Officer in Oregon. The two have been married for over 16 years, and both flew helicopters in the early days of their career. Although they both have no children, they have a pet Jack Russell Terrier named Gorby. Her recreational interests include running, swimming, biking, triathlons, windsurfing, snowboarding and bow hunting. She is an avid Boston Red Sox fan. Her parents are Dr. Deepak Pandya and Bonnie Pandya, who reside in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Deepak Pandya is a famous neuroanatomist. Williams' roots on her father's side go back to Gujarat in India and she has been to India to visit her father's family. She is of Slovenian descent from her mother's side.[2]

      Among the personal items Williams took with her to the International Space Station (ISS) are a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, a small figurine of Ganesha and some samosas.[3]

      After launching aboard Discovery, Williams arranged to donate her pony tail to Locks of Love. The haircut by fellow astronaut Joan Higginbotham occurred aboard the International Space Station and the ponytail was brought back to earth with the STS-116 crew.[4]

      In early March 2007 she received a tube of wasabi in a Progress spacecraft resupply mission in response to her request for more spicy food. Opening the tube, which was packaged at one atmospheric pressure, the gel-like paste was forced out in the lower-pressure of the ISS. In the free-fall environment, the spicy geyser was difficult to contain.[5]

      *Awards and honors
      Navy Commendation Medals (twice)
      Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
      Humanitarian Service Medal and various other service awards

      *Military career
      She received her commission as an ensign in the US Navy from the US Naval Academy in May 1987. She was designated a Naval Aviator in 1989, and graduated from the Naval Test Pilot School in 1993.

      *NASA
      Selected by NASA in June 1998, Williams began her training in August 1998. Her Astronaut Candidate training included orientation briefings and tours, numerous scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training and ground school to prepare for T-38 flight training, as well as learning water and wilderness survival techniques. Following a period of training and evaluation, Williams worked in Moscow with the Russian Space Agency on the Russian contribution to the ISS, and with the first expedition crew sent to the ISS. Following the return of Expedition 1, Williams worked within the Robotics branch on the ISS Robotic Arm and the related Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. She was a crewmember on the NEEMO 2 mission, living underwater in the Aquarius habitat for nine days in May 2002.

      Like many astronauts, Williams is a licensed amateur radio operator having passed the technician class license exam in 2001 and was issued the call sign KD5PLB by the Federal Communications Commission on 13 Aug 2001. See http://www.qrz.com/detail/KD5PLB for verification. She used one of the two amateur radio stations aboard the ISS when she talks with school children. See http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm for information on ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station.

43. QUESTION:
    Questions you wonder about space? (Science project)?
    I'm doing a science project, and I need a question/hypothesis about high school/college; university level astronomy or astrophysics. Any ideas?

    • ANSWER:
      -what the universe would look like in the 4th dimension
      -what the universe would look like without gravity
      -if every thing in the universe is expanding and speeding up,this means space and time must follow this law to ,so do this mean the days get faster and a dino day lasted way longer then ours 2day-or when will it stop getting faster when we reach the speed of light and converted into energy?

44. QUESTION:
    IIST (Indian Institute of Space science and technology )?
    just a few minutes back i got to know that i got admission in iist ( avionics ) the offer is quite tempting but it comes with a bond , you have to work in isro for a period of 5 years after finishing the course.. so can someone please tell me about iist , the campus and also if its worth taking up this course because of the bond.. (working in a government organisation is not an inviting prospect..) i'm at crossroads !! please help !!

    • ANSWER:
      i don't think its worth taking unless you are deeply into avionics and don't of salary you'll get at ISRO..., further iist is in the list of blacklisted institutions that have been given a 3 year time..... and talking about salary you''ll get at isro, it's ranging between 18k to 35k depending on your position there....... and by chance you want to break the bond then you'll have to pay around 10lacs to the institutions...... so whatever you do, give it a lot of thought so that you don't feel bad somewhere in the future....................... good luck..........

45. QUESTION:
    Interested in space science/studying about the universe/moon walk...read on! PLEASE?
    Im really interested in astronomy, studying about the solar system, and extra terrestrials, finding new planets and things like that. I really want to go out in space, experiment and research which does not involve a lot of physics as i really dont like it.

    What kind of career includes all this? Astronaut? Engineering?
    Please help. its about my career. Thankss for the help!

    • ANSWER:
      Engineering helps you to find a way
      first of all, YOU must be in the same energy as you are now.... that is your interests in this field must not get diminished at any point in your life.... Don't think that i am discouraging or threatening you... its all about your life... so you must be very much strong enough to face the challenges in your career like:

      ==>you must be well efficient enough to answer the questions from all areas of physics, chemistry, mathematics(esp:differentiation and integration)

      ==>in your college go for some advanced courses like B.E. nanotechnology and then finish a masters degree in astrophysics or astronomy or in physics itself

      ==>get updated with every facts of the newest technologies in your field.....

      ==>after all this, keep the same burning desire in you till you achieve what you feel.......

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   Future of aerospace engineering after space shuttle program?
   How prospective is a degree in aerospace engineering, now that the space shuttle program is shut down, and the US is seeming to be cutting funds to the space program in general? I am definitely considering an engineering degree, but is this a good choice, or should I stick with mechanical/electrical?

   • ANSWER:
     As long as you can speak, read, and write good technical Chinese, you should be okay.

2. QUESTION:
   How were systems functioning 7 seconds after Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off?
   I am doing an assignment on the Challenger disaster and that was one of the questions.

   It would alos be nice if you could tell me how fast the shuttle was traveling at that time as well. Thanks.

   • ANSWER:
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
     contains all the info you need.

3. QUESTION:
   How will NASA send astronaut to space after Shuttle retirement?
   I read somewhere that the Shuttle fleet will be retired next year. And apparently the gov has canceled the latest space craft project. can't believe they cancel it now >=(

   So, are they going to just sit around waiting for a new space craft to be build from scratch?

   • ANSWER:
     It looks like the Russians will be the only way since America's space programs have been cut to pieces. Americans have gone to space in the Soyuz craft before.

     Ironic, isn't it?

     PS: One just did, today:

     http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100402/ap_on_sc/as_kazakhstan_space_launch

4. QUESTION:
   Yellow dust after space shuttle landing?
   I've noticed that there has been yellow dust all over Florida since the space shuttle landed last week. Was curious if any one know what it is? Thanks

   • ANSWER:
     Nothing from the shuttle will cause dust over the entire state. I suspect you are seeing some kind of pollen but I've no idea what pollen is produced in that part of the world at this time of year.

5. QUESTION:
   What will happen to the International Space Station's shuttle docking node after the shuttle retires?
   After the space shuttle retires,
   will the Orion spacecraft dock at the same docking node of the ISS as the shuttle did?

   Or will the docking node be replaced to align for the Orion docking?
   How will the Low Impact Docking System be delivered to the ISS if the shuttles soon be retired?

   • ANSWER:
     It will get replaced by a modernized version, using the LIDS. How and when is still to be discussed, but because of the many advantages of using LIDS, it was selected early in the Constellation program as docking system.

     One way to do this, would be delivering the replacement PMA with a COTS spacecraft, for example the SpaceX Dragon or the OrbitalSciences Cygnus. Delivery would then be similar to the soon launching Japanese HTV spacecraft, which just navigates close to the ISS and then gets grappled and moved to a berthing port by the powerful robot arm of the ISS.

6. QUESTION:
   What space vehicle will replace the Space Shuttle after it's retired this year?
   I've read that the Space Shuttle program will end this year (2011), but it is not clear what they will use as a replacement for things like sending people to/from the Space Station. Thanks for any insight.

   • ANSWER:
     For people, NASA will buy seats on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft until a domestic option is available.

     Possible USA-made replacements for ferrying people:
     - the SpaceX Dragon:
     http://www.spacex.com/
     - the Boeing CST-100:
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CST-100
     - the Orion capsule may be finished after all and launched atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket

     See also
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Development

     Cargo/supplies will continue to be launched in unpiloted spacecraft like the Russian Progress, the European ATV, the Japanese HTV, etc.
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_%28spacecraft%29
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Transfer_Vehicle
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-II_Transfer_Vehicle

7. QUESTION:
   Is that true that even after the space shuttle retirement, NASA will still keep one space shuttle ready?
   I think that I heard that on NASA TV,
   that even after the space shuttles retire, NASA will still keep one space shuttle ready to launch in case they would need to get some needed equipment to the International Space Station.

   Do you think it's true?
   In my opinion, it sounds very reasonable.

   • ANSWER:
     No there are no such plans. And they are also not very reason able at all: The launch pads on LC-39 are both needed for Ares, what sense is behind a Shuttle if you have no more launch pads for launching it? And building it will also be hard - the factory which builds the external tanks will switch to Ares I upper stages and Ares V first stages.

8. QUESTION:
   What happens to the external fuel tank on the space shuttle after it is jettisoned?
   Does it burn up on re-entry?

   Does it just float away in space?

   What happens?

   • ANSWER:
     The external fuel tank never quite makes it to orbit. It is released from the orbiter at about T plus 8 minutes (or so) by the firing of explosive bolts. Unlike the solid rocket boosters (which are released at a much lower altitude), it then largely disintegrates and burns up in the atmosphere, with fragments falling into a remote area of the Indian Ocean.

     There are proposals and (naturally) pros and cons for making this tank reusable. Quoting from wikipedia, "During early shuttle development there was great debate about the optimal shuttle design that best balanced capability, development cost and operating cost. Ultimately the current design was chosen, using a reusable winged orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and expendable external tank."

9. QUESTION:
   How will they re-boost the Space Station's ever-receding orbit after the Space Shuttle is gone?
   It is my understanding that budget cuts cancelled the planned "space tug" that would periodically re-boost the Space Station, so they relied on the Space Shuttle to give it a little boost now and then to keep it high above the orbiting space junk. I hope they didn't forget to plan a method to reboost it when there are no more Space Shuttle launches to perform the function.

   • ANSWER:
     The space shuttle has only been used on occasion as a convenience. The Station can also be boosted by its own on-board rocket module, or by one of the docked Soyuz ferries. Using the Shuttle has only been to save propellant in the rocket module.

10. QUESTION:
    what is next after the Space Shuttle program is over?
    what is next for NASA when the space shuttle is over? is it to mars? is space exploration completely over?

    • ANSWER:
      It was going to be the Orion capsule on an Ares rocket, but that program is canceled in the proposed budget and NASA would have to rely on private companies to supply rockets and space craft. There is no funded plan to go anywhere other than low Earth orbit.

11. QUESTION:
    An astronaut carrying a camera in space finds herself drifting away from the space shuttle after her tether?
    becomes unfastened. If she has no propulsion device, what should she do to move back to the shuttle? Explain

    • ANSWER:
      She would need to throw something away, in the direction opposite to where she wanted to go. There is an equal but opposite effect on her as on the object she throws away. So if the camera weighs 1 kg and she throws it at 50 kph then if she weighs 50 kg her velocity toward the space shuttle would change.
      The formula is m/v = m/v
      so 1/50= 50/v
      v = 1 kph

12. QUESTION:
    why didnt america plan ahead after space shuttle retirement?
    ok im proud to say that i'm an american. i take pride it all that we as a country as accomplished. when russia copied and built buran they realized it was too costly and switched back to multi stage rockets. america had the money so we used the shuttle..which is fine. my question is we knew the shuttle wouldnt last forever. so why wasnt there something in the works for the past few years before the shuttle retired today. i'm totally for world peace and cooperation but you're telling me we are now dependent on russia to get us into space... that in my opinion is sad. what's your thoughts?

    • ANSWER:

13. QUESTION:
    Are parts of space shuttle after reentry and landing radioactive from cosmic radiation?
    When Columbia crashed was it safe to pick up some debris from the ground?What about fallen meteorites?

    • ANSWER:
      No, not that much at least. It gathers some isotopes from the solar wind that are not stable and decay, but the effect is almost impossible to be noticed if you don't gather samples directly in space. The same with meteorites. The radiation in space is different to radiation from nuclear reactors or nuclear bombs, you can't directly compare them without going deep into the details of nuclear physics.

      When columbia crashed the bigger danger had been the rocket propellants used inside the Space Shuttle itself. While the big orange tank contains only hydrogen and oxygen, the Shuttle uses so-called storable propellants that remain liquid at room temperature. These are Hydrazine, Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) and Dinitrogentetroxide (N2O4). While being pretty good for using them for attitude control and maneuvering engines, the chemicals are very nasty for humans: They are all toxic even in low densities, and Dinitrogentetroxide has the ability to ignite all organic matter (All molecules that contain carbon) - that is why MMH and N2O4 are good for all kinds of engines that are ignited and stopped often, N2O4 and MMH ignite already on contact and need no igniter. Hydrazine is a so-called monopropellant, that easily decomposes into steam by contact with a catalyst. It is used as low-performance rocket fuel (MMH+N2O4 is three times more powerful), or inside the Space Shuttle, for driving the turbopumps that power the hydraulics of the Space Shuttle. Hydrazine has a strong fish-odor which is a warning sign if you work with satellites and a good reason to run out of the assembly building and get a lot of fresh air.

      Because of that chemicals, there is always a huge fan in the vehicle convoy when a Space Shuttle lands, to blow away any toxic vapors.

14. QUESTION:
    What will NASA use after the space shuttle?
    Finally the shuttle age came to an end! What will we use now?

    • ANSWER:
      Private companies like space x will be taking the astronauts as well as civilians into space. For now NASA will pay russia to ferry astronauts to and from the space station.

15. QUESTION:
    What happens to the rocket booster and gas tank on a space shuttle after take off?

    • ANSWER:
      The solid rocket boosters (SRB) are recovered and reused. The large propellant tank is designed to burn up in the atmosphere, once it is ejected from the shuttle.

      Check out the YouTube link below for some pretty cool videos of the SRB falling back into the ocean.

16. QUESTION:
    What will become of the ISS project after the Space Shuttle Program has ended?
    How will astronauts reach the ISS in the future?
    Using Soyuz spacecraft?
    @ Miles Dewar - It is an international effort. I was specifically speaking of the US contribution to the project. The US is not permitted to use Russian transport technology to reach the ISS. I have since learned that the US is only planning unmanned ''drop off's'' and has limited its input into the ISS.
    @ SpartanCanuck - Sweet

    • ANSWER:
      The U.S. will buy Soyuz flights from the Russians until the MPCV or Dragon or other new U.S. space craft is ready to carry astronauts.

17. QUESTION:
    What Comes after the space shuttle?
    Nasa already has plans to scrap the shuttle project in 2010, but probably wont even wait that long, and will end up scrapping it as soon as our obligations to the space station are met.

    My question is, what are we doing to replace it?

    I haven't heard anything about a replacement for almost four or five years... do they know what they are doing or what?

    Links appreciated

    • ANSWER:
      It will be replaced by the Orion spacecraft, which will launch from on top of an Ares I rocket.

      Read more here, and external links are all over the page:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29

18. QUESTION:
    After Space Shuttle: Instead of Project Constellation using the proposed Orion spacecraft, why not use Soyuz?
    I was watching this video the other day, a NASA animation of Project Constellation going to the moon. It would involved two launches, one of the Orion spacecraft and crew, and a second, unmanned launch of a lunar lander and orbital booster, which Orion would rendezvous with and then head to the moon. And the whole time I was watching, I kept think, Instead of developing a spacecraft to be another Apollo or Soyuz, why not just go in on it with the Russians and use Soyuz?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ipfC4hhRlg
    Soyuz is a modern spacecraft, Will, right down to the "glass cockpit". It is constantly being upgraded and improved upon, which NASA should have done with Apollo instead of abandoning that technology.

    • ANSWER:
      Instead of Constellation, if NASA would go with Direct 3.0 using Jupiter 246 and Jupiter 130, a lot of money could be saved in development cost as we would be using the same SRBs and main fuel tanks as we do now, hence also reusing the tooling that is currently use to make these items for the Space Shuttle missions. Even the RS-68 main engines would also be reused and are rated for human space flight, instead of waiting to certify the RS-72 engine. (Once it does get certified, a switch to the more powerful RS-72 could probably be made.

      Soyuz maybe good to get to orbit, but in its current form will not take anyone to the moon or for ARM (Asteroid Rendezvous Mission). Also with Direct 3.0, the gap to access space would be less, from a three to five year period to 18 to 24 months. The launch infrastructure at Pad 39A and 39B would require minimal modification, where with Constellation, the pads will require extensive modification. The loss of experienced space workers from the gap generated by Constellation would be costly. And with Constellation the way it is going now, it is looking like we will have to sacrifice capability, which now seem it will drop for a six person capsule down to four, and now there is some squawk of maybe only a two person capsule, which is less than the capacity of Soyuz and even the former Apollo program.

      With Direct 3.0 is capable to deliver and would be quicker, better and substantial cheaper. (One does not have to throw the baby out with the bath water). (Safer, Simpler, Sooner). With Direct, we get 6 people to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and 100.86 metric tons on orbit, 6 to the ISS with 91.36 m.t. and 4 to the moon and 79.10 m.t..

      Direct 3.0 make better sense. We lose the big gap and save a lot of money in the process. Direct also gives us many other configurations for other launch operations. Direct is win, win all the way; Constellation is compromise and costly.

19. QUESTION:
    What will happen to NASA after the Space Shuttle is over?
    I mean I am confused. I have seen many people say that NASA is over and done with; that the Space Program is over. Is that true???

    • ANSWER:
      No, NASA isn't over. The space shuttle was only one part of what NASA does. About half of their current budget is going to supporting satellites and telescopes (James Webb, SOFIA), and the rest to research, education, outreach, designing new missions, supporting scientists, engineers, students, teachers, professors, and many more people in their research, launching and maintaining communications and weather satellites, and even things like testing the brake systems on Toyota cars after the lawsuit last year. They do a ton of useful work besides shuttles, and will continue to do so.

      http://www.nasa.gov

20. QUESTION:
    What Will They Fly After The Space Shuttle Is Retired?
    i'm curious cuz i think this year the space shuttle will fly its last mission and i wanna know what the next one is gonna be called and what it will look like thx to all who answer

    • ANSWER:
      The next one is called the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle.

21. QUESTION:
    Flame from Space Shuttle after it landed?
    I just watched the Space Shuttle land, it was sitting on the run way and I see this small flame from the top by the tail section. What is that???

    • ANSWER:
      The flames from the Shuttle forward of the tail are the Aux. Power Unit venting. That's all I know. :)

22. QUESTION:
    What is NASA using to travel after the space shuttle is retired?
    Is it a rocket?

    • ANSWER:
      Don't listen to Dante, your question makes perfect sense...and the answer is the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Here is a link to more information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Exploration_Vehicle

23. QUESTION:
    What's next for after the space shuttle for NASA?
    Since the space shuttle program has ended, what is next for NASA in the next 5 to 10 years? Space is going to miss the U.S

    • ANSWER:
      It's hoped that the Orion program will (literally) get off the ground. Orion is described as an "Apollo capsule on steroids" - capable of sending up a crew of 6 (or 7, depending on the version they go with) into Earth orbit.
      Coupled with Orion is the new Lunar Lander, about 4 times the size of the Apollo LM, that would be capable of stays as long as two weeks on the lunar surface. The lander would be launched separately from the manned vehicle (unlike Apollo, which carried both the Command Module and the lunar module up on a Saturn V).

24. QUESTION:
    Do you think NASA should retire the Space Shuttle?
    I think they should not retire the Space Shuttle. After the Space Shuttle, they are going to use a program just like Apollo. It is called Orion. It will be launched on an Ares 1 Rocket. Do you think NASA should retire the Space Shuttle?

    • ANSWER:
      It's an old fleet.
      The government will only fund specific missions, and making new and imporved shuttles isn't on the funding list.
      Statistically, it's one of the most dangerous human devices ever used for transportation.

      I'll miss it too, but I think it is time we got beyond earth orbit for the first time in my life.

25. QUESTION:
    Why is NASA going bak to rockets to launch humans and payloads into space after retiring the shuttle?
    Is it more efficient?Safer?Cheaper?Why are they scuttling a "plane" type craft for rockets like the days of old?

    • ANSWER:
      Some lessons have been learned from 5 decades of manned space flight. These lessons have made it apparent that expendable rockets are a better solution.

      It is safer to launch cargo and astronauts on separate launch systems. The cargo launcher can be optimised for lifting power and efficiency, whereas the astronaut launcher can be optimised for safety.

      There has been no real advantage to having a return capsule with wings. An ablation shield as on a conical reentry system is just as effective and far simpler and more reliable and less vulnerable to damage.

      The shuttle launch system allows no way for the astronauts to escape a mishap during launch. Whereas the old Apollo style launch system provided an escape tower that could pull the astronauts clear during a fire or explosion.

26. QUESTION:
    What comes after the space shuttle?

    Im talking about the near future, within the next ten years, I dont think we will getiing anywhere close to the speed of light (because going over is impossible) in the next 10 years.
    Thanks Kyle S

    • ANSWER:
      The Constellation Program

27. QUESTION:
    Why wasn't there another space shuttle built after the Columbia disaster?
    After the Challenger disaster in the 80's, another space shuttle, Endeavour, was built to replace it. Why wasn't another space shuttle built to replace Columbia?

    • ANSWER:
      A Space Shuttle is one-of-a-kind vehicle, they don't have an assembly line for them. The Shuttles were constructed out of highly-specialised parts, and those parts were in limited supply.

      Endeavour was built from spare components left over from the construction of Discovery and Atlantis. Since then, there were no components available to build another Shuttle. It would be possible to stars the manufacturing process again, but it would cost a lot of money.

28. QUESTION:
    why are synchronized clocks on the space shuttle and at mission control different after a space shuttle trip?
    what i mean is why are the clocks on the space shuttle behind ones here on earth after a trip?

    • ANSWER:
      The space shuttle is travelling at high enough speeds that time dilation takes place. This is when time inside the space shuttle flows slower than time back at home. This means that everything inside the space shuttle flows slower in terms of time. Nobody inside the space shuttle will notice it but they will notice the time on Earth flowing faster. An outside observe will notice the time flowing slower inside the space shuttle.

29. QUESTION:
    What will happen with nasa after the last space shuttle?
    and what will happen with the kids space program after the last space shuttle by nasa?

    • ANSWER:
      Nothing, except that NASA will probably have more money to spend on it, since they won't have to spend a fortune every year trying to keep those ancient shuttles running. They were a pretty dubious idea back 30 years ago when they were built, and have proved to be a major drain on NASA's resources.

30. QUESTION:
    After the space shuttle retirement?
    As the space shuttle will retire on September, 2010,
    it's believed that many jobs will be lost because many of the duties won't be necessary at the new constellation program.

    Do you think that it will be a significant amount of jobs lost, and what other new jobs might NASA need for its new constellation program?

    • ANSWER:
      Yes, some jobs will be lost in the switch from the shuttle program to the Constellation Program. They have actually already starting cutting people like the technicians who work on the shuttle for such thing as putting on new tiles, etc. However, most of the programs NASA runs and their employees are just switching over to new programs, and a lot of the programs don't have anything to do with landing on the moon or mars. I do not think that too many people will lose their jobs; however, most jobs are taking a new focus. I was an intern for NASA this summer and Charles Bolden the new administrator had a meeting, and he said Obama is focused on education from NASA rather than exploration. So, I'm not quite sure what that means for the Constellation program.

31. QUESTION:
    how will the ISS get supplies after the space shuttle retires?
    i was really wanting to know

    • ANSWER:
      For the first time like it gets most supplies already today: By Progress, ATV and HTV unmanned cargo spacecraft. And there are already very advanced commercial spacecraft in the USA, like the SpaceX Dragon or the Orbital Sciences Cygnus, which will be ready for service soon, in the context of the Commercial Orbital Transport Services program of NASA.

      Especially note that the Space Shuttle was never able to refuel the ISS - only Progress and ATV are able to transfer fuel to the ISS tanks. also the Shuttle was not very powerful in transporting water or gases to the ISS. The Shuttle was very good (and will be missed) in transporting complete modules and the standard payload racks to the ISS. As well as complete lockers with new food.

32. QUESTION:
    What was the Smoke being released by space shuttle atlantis after it landed?
    What was the Smoke being released by space shuttle atlantis after it landed? When it was sitting on the tarmac there was what looked to be an exhaust fume coming from above the shuttle.

    Image: http://imgur.com/Xkgdm

    • ANSWER:
      Is hydrazine but i think that is not from manouvering rockets.
      According to Nasa documentation that smoke is exaust from APU (Auxiliar Power Unit).

      http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/orbiter/apu/
      In this document you can read this: The turbine exhaust flow returns over the exterior of the gas generator, cooling it, and is then directed overboard through an exhaust duct at the upper portion of the aft fuselage near the vertical stabilizer.

33. QUESTION:
    What is coming after the Space Shuttle era?
    What will happen after Atlantis

    • ANSWER:
      For the time being, it will be the "Taxi-cab" era.

      NASA will be paying for rides aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for manned spaceflight until a new launch vehicle is developed.

34. QUESTION:
    Why does the Space Shuttle roll after take off?
    Why does the Shuttle roll after take off (it rolls about 100 degrees or so just after clearing the tower). Why does it do this - and what would happen if it didn't? Thanks.

    • ANSWER:
      The vehicle lifts off the pad 0.3 second after SRB ignition, rising vertically in attitude hold until the SRBs' nozzles clear the lightning rod tower by approximately 41 feet. The vehicle begins a combined roll, pitch and yaw maneuver that positions the orbiter head down, with wings level and aligned with the launch pad. The orbiter flies upside down during the ascent phase. This orientation, together with trajectory shaping, establishes a trim angle of attack that is favorable for aerodynamic loads during the region of high dynamic pressure, resulting in a net positive load factor, as well as providing the flight crew with use of the ground as a visual reference. By about 20 seconds after lift-off, the vehicle is at 180 degrees roll and 78 degrees pitch.

      If the vehicle did not roll upside down, the pilot would not have a ground reference out the window. Also, the g-forces push the astronauts down as the shuttle arcs towards the horizontal; any other roll position would cause side forces or try to lift the astronauts off their seats, even as they are pushed into the back cushions; uncomfortable at best. Lastly, this is the best position to reduce loads on the shuttle during ascent.

35. QUESTION:
    What are NASA going to use after the space shuttle?

    • ANSWER:
      The Orion capsule, described as an 'Apollo capsule on steroids', was under development; however, funding for continued progress has been halted, and the project has been shelved...

      I think it's a *huge* mistake.

36. QUESTION:
    What ideas/solutions have come out of the space shuttle/station after all these years and dollars spent?
    Seems that all I ever see is astronauts tumbling around the shuttle, and performing experiments that seem to amount to nothing. What experiments have they performed and what has it done for the world?

    • ANSWER:
      A very short list of inventions or improvements brought about by space exploration and experiments:

      Cordless tools
      Computer-aided tomography (CAT scans)
      Magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs)
      Water purification systems
      Scratch resistant lenses
      Ear thermometers
      TV satellite dishes
      Virtual reality software
      WD-40
      Space blanket
      Graphite fibers used in ultra lightweight boating, golf clubs, Stealth aircraft, etc.
      Work on ARPANET inter-computer data link aided in the development of the Internet

      Because of development of technology, NASA generates .00 for the economy for every .00 they spend. It is one of the very few government agencies to do that.
      .

37. QUESTION:
    what will happen to the space shuttle after 2010?
    after 2010 will the space shuttle be d anymore? what will nasa be like after 2010?

    • ANSWER:
      The plans are to continue expanding and replacing outdated components

38. QUESTION:
    What will happen to the Space Shuttles after they retire?
    Will they be placed in a museum or someplace else or deconstructed to parts so that the parts of the space shuttle could be recycles and reused?

    • ANSWER:
      They'll probably be placed in museums, though the first one or two retired may be used for spare parts first.

39. QUESTION:
    should nasa keep the space shuttle after 2010?
    why or why not?

    • ANSWER:
      Yes so they can escape the earth in 2012 lol.

40. QUESTION:
    what is the max speed of the space shuttle after launch?

    • ANSWER:
      Of the responses posted so far, Ronin's is the most correct. In orbit, the shuttle is traveling at about 17,500 miles per hour.
      The escape velocity (for earth, about 25,000 mph) and the low orbital velocity (for earth, about 17,500 mph) are, for any planet, different by a factor of the square root of 2.

41. QUESTION:
    How does the Space Shuttle propel itself in space?
    After the space shuttle launches and takes off,
    how does it propel itself in space?

    • ANSWER:
      The Space Shuttle is put in orbit by rocket engines, which are detached and fall away. In orbit it doesn't need propulsion (just as the moon orbits without propulsion), but it has small rockets for steering to get exactly where it needs to be.

42. QUESTION:
    How does it become difficult for the foam to do harm to the space shuttle about 135 seconds after liftoff?
    What is the physics behind the safety of shuttle after liftoff at certaing altitude. How is it safe after & before being hit by debri?

    • ANSWER:
      The atmosphere gets really thin as you increase altitude. By about 135 seconds into a shuttle's flight, the atmosphere is so thin that you're basically in a vacuum. Therefore, if something falls off of the shuttle, it won't immediately run into a gushing current of air which will speed it up in the opposite direction of where the shuttle's going.

43. QUESTION:
    What will NASA use for space travel after they retire the space shuttle fleet?
    They need to keep making manned trips to the ISS at the very least. Will they build new space shuttles?

    • ANSWER:
      The ESA is poised to launch it's first ATV (Automated Transfer vehicle) called Jules Verne in the first half of 2008. It has a system for automatic rendezvous and docking, a forward air locked section allowing it to be unloaded from the ISS without space suits, and a rear propulsion section with fuel to boost the station as well as to boost itself to burn up as it's de-orbited after it's been unpacked, used up, and packed with refuse. Food, water, fuel, and other items for station resupply will be carried.
      .
      One of these ATVs will launch from the ESA launch complex in South America on a regular basis. It will take over the same task being performed by the Russian Progress supply craft but will have much larger capacity.
      .
      NASA astronauts will have to rely on the Russian Soyuz for rides to the station for about 5 years while the Orion spacecraft and Ares booster are developed.
      .

44. QUESTION:
    What is the maximum airspeed that space shuttle reaches after the launch?
    while it leaves the earth's atmosphere?And how much G+ acceleration sustains the crew?(forgive me if I make mistakes I'm not American)

    • ANSWER:
      Forgive the morons who answer that the maximum airspeed of the shuttle during takeoff is 17,500 miles per hour, because they are a little rusty on their science. The shuttle reaches its maximum airspeed at around 50,000 feet or so, at which point it is traveling at about Mach 2, give or take, which is around 1,500 miles per hour, give or take. After that, it is gaining speed and rapidly leaving the atmosphere on its way to orbit. Most of the acceleration from Mach 2 to 17,500 miles per hour takes place out of the atmosphere. And in case you morons don't know, there needs to be air in order to have airspeed. If the Shuttle ever tried to fly through the atmosphere at 17,500 miles per hour with the booster rickets and fuel tank attached, it would self-destruct. Even without these things, when it tries to reenter the atmosphere, it needs to slow way down, well under 17,500 miles per hour, before it even gets to the atmosphere, at which point it uses the atmosphere to slow down until it can safely maneuver in the atmosphere using its wing surfaces. As far as G-forces, anywhere from 2-4, usually closer to 2.

45. QUESTION:
    Is it possible for me to see the space shuttle sometime after the launch?
    I read someone said they could see it from quite a distance in the evening or something. Will I be able to see it from where I am?

    44.6431, -65.6435 (Nova Scotia)

    • ANSWER:
      it may be visible at certain days just after sunset or before dawn when the sun is shining on it against a darker sky. NASA probably has a site telling when you can from a location. You may be too far north, although the ISS orbit is tilted.
      I had browser problems, but using one of the links in the other answers and going further here is a viewing times page for ISS and Shuttle for Halifax http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Canada&region=Nova_Scotia&city=Halifax As I thought, the times are all just after sunset.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   What color of walls would go good with posters?
   I want to paint my room. The wall colors now is green and pink. I hate them. I want a color that will go with every color (not black or white because some of my dressers are black ad some are and white.) I want a color that will go good with posters. A color that, if i put pictures on my wall, will not over shadow them. Oh and i am 15

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2. QUESTION:
   How to get noticed at a concert?
   I am going to a One Direction concert and i am at Section 4, here is the link to the seating chart. http://patriotcenter.com/mse-patriotcenter/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/End-Stage2.png
   Im wondering if i CAN get noticed, and if i can what should i do to get noticed?
   I am making a poster, and putting on poster lights. what should i write on the poster?
   please help, thank you!

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3. QUESTION:
   What's the point of a hot chick poster?
   I don't want to masturbate everytime! That could ruin my life!
   I'm only 13 boy and i get "horny" easily, i think it's because of my hormones...
   When i get older i will be able to enjoy those posters without getting an erection?

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4. QUESTION:
   How wide is a meter ruler?
   I need to measure my poster for a project, however due to me being slow, I didn't get a chance to measure my paper during class yesterday. I have a ruler that's in centimeters and inches.
   ( The width of the meter ruler is going directly down on the left of my poster).
   Any ideas on how wide a meter ruler is?
   ( The one teachers use).
   @Big Daddy, I tried that.
   @Redneck , I thought all meter rulers that teachers used were the same width. ( I must sound stupid.)

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5. QUESTION:
   Need ideas for what to write on a poster for my friends dance show?
   just like a poster to hold up in the audience. any ideas?

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6. QUESTION:
   What posters should I hang up to liven up a blank wall?
   My apartment is very narrow and long. We have a really long wall and nothing to cover it. So my roommate and I thought it would be cool to hang up some posters, in black poster frames in a row along the wall. Maybe like five posters? We want them to match, or go together. Like all funky colors, or all black and white, or have some sort of theme. Any ideas on which 5 posters would go together? Or any other ideas for how to liven up the wall?

   • ANSWER:
     Caitlin, here are a couple of great sites to browse.
     www.allposters.com
     www.moviegoods.com

     The second site has artwork with three or more "panels" that form a complete scene. They are meant to be mounted along a wall in succession to create a full image.

7. QUESTION:
   Where to print images as posters/canvases?
   I've got quite a few pictures that I'd like to print as posters or canvases in order to decorate the house with.

   I've been looking for websites that do this type of thing. Managed to find Truprint and photobox. Looking for sites that print/send to the UK.

   Has anyone used these sites? What are the posters like for them? Generally, any other site recommendations?

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8. QUESTION:
   How do I hang posters in my dorm without damaging the walls or posters?
   I want to use the poster hangers I already have if possible. I was thinking that maybe I could hang the poster hangers on a small strip of wood and then attach then hang the wood to the wall with those removable adhesive strips, I think they're made by 3m, I don't know what they're called, but that sounds kind of complicated. Is there an easier way to hang the posters?

   • ANSWER:
     Hi, Use the 3m command poster strips as they do not damage the walls when you want to remove your posters. They also have great holding power http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=3m%20command%20poster%20strips&tag=recommended0b-20&index=tools&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 Hope this helps.

9. QUESTION:
   How should I mount posters onto a foam core board?
   I have twenty-five 24" x 36" posters I need to mount, individually, on foam core boards. The foam core boards are 24" x 36", so they don't need to be cut. I want to mount them using double sided tape, because I have a limited budget. What would be the best way to mount the posters using the double sided tape? What else could I use to mount the posters at a low cost? Also what are some possible pitfalls I should look out for?

   • ANSWER:
     I would suggest getting a bottle of spray on adhesive, it works great and it won't wrinkle your photos. Elmers Glue makes one I believe. Its pretty cheap at 3.25 a can and it lasts for some time. You could also try using just regular white glue and painting on or using your fingers smear on the edges of the pictures you are mounting, just be sure that when you are done take a clean roller or a paint brush or something with a flat edge and push out all the air bubbles and keep a damp towel close by to clean up any paint mishaps or exess that may come oozing out of the side.

     I hope this helps.

10. QUESTION:
    How can I hang up posters without damaging my wall?
    How can I hang up posters without damaging my wall? I moved into a new apartment and have a whole bunch of posters I want to hang up. But I don't want to punch holes in the walls with tacks or pins. And I tried using the blue putty stuff, but it stuck to the wall and some of the paint came off when I tried to remove it. Also, the puddy was simply not strong enough to hole up even the smallest poster for more then a week. Any ideas? Thanksss!

    • ANSWER:
      Use bluetac

11. QUESTION:
    How can I attach posters to my wall?
    Ya, I know, it sounds like a really stupid question. But the problem is that my parents won't let me tape posters to the wall, cuz they say that the paint will get ruined or something like that. That's why I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me how put posters up without actually using any tape. Thanks in advance!

    • ANSWER:
      There is a product that looks like a putty or gum. I think they call it mastic. It comes in a small plastic tube, & you pull out a wad of this stuff, break it into four smaller pieces, squash them flat, & put one at each corner of your poster, & stick it to the wall.

      I have left posters up for years with this stuff, & was able to remove it later without harming the wall or the poster.

      You'll probably find it in any hardware store, or Home Depot, or Staples.

12. QUESTION:
    What is a creative way to display posters on a wall?
    I have two large posters that I really like but I actively dislike putting them onto the wall as is. I don't believe posters are a good design or decorating idea, generally, but I adore these two prints. What is a creative way to display posters on my wall without making it look cheap or tacky?
    I'm looking for a way to do so without costing way too much money. These posters cost about each, and I don't want the frames to cost more than that.

    • ANSWER:
      You need to have them dry mounted at a frame shop, and then frame them with the poster frames made especially for this. Dry mounting is very important if you want to keep these posters for years to come.

13. QUESTION:
    Is it tacky to hang posters on your walls?
    I just moved into my first apartment and it has cathedral ceilings so there is a lot of blank wall. I wanna hang stuff up so it doesn't look so institutionalized (all white walls...) but is it tacky to hang up posters? Like... just paper posters.

    • ANSWER:
      I'd opt for some beautiful rugs or fabric with an intricate, color coordinated pattern that you love.

      Posters are fine but you are right, too many can make a place look tacky. I hung large baskets on the walls in the kitchen and beautiful rugs in the living room. I saved the bedroom and bathroom for posters where not too many people but me hung out. The rugs can be used sometime later on in your life on the floor when you have collected some artwork for the walls.

14. QUESTION:
    What are all the required posters/information that you need to post inside a small business?
    What posters or information do you need to post up for customers to see, and/or information for the back staff? Like certificates, business license's, workers comp posters etc etc?

    Thanks in advance!

    • ANSWER:
      I think that would depend on your business and what state/country your business is in...

      EOE
      Minimum Wage
      County/State Business License
      Occupancy
      Health Inspection/Dept of Agriculture

15. QUESTION:
    Redecorating: Where is a good place to get posters framed for a cheap price?
    I really am not a poster person, but a very close friend of mine online delivered five amazing posters and plus I have a few more given by friends. I recall breaking a frame of my mother's when I was a teenager, but it was expensive at Michael's to get it fixed. Does anyone know of a cheap place I can get posters framed professionally?

    • ANSWER:
      Poster frames are fairly inexpensive at Michaels or other arts and crafts stores; you may have broken a frame that was replaced with a custom frame (usually very expensive) or a moderately priced one that seemed expensive to you at the time. I do recommend that you dry mount the posters so they don't ripple.

16. QUESTION:
    How do I hang pictures/ posters on a concrete wall without using screws?
    I have posters, pictures, and banners I want to hang in my basement which i have just turned into an entertainment area. The only thing is I can't use tacs or tape. I also don't want to have to use screws to hang up posters. Any suggestions?

    • ANSWER:
      use those 3m command hooks. they don't leave any marks on the wall and they work well.

17. QUESTION:
    What is a good way to hang posters on a plaster wall?
    my house is quite old and i have lots of cool posters that i want to put in my room but a nail will damage the plaster wall. they are stuck up on my wall with the gum type stuff but it shrinks or something and the posters dont stay on the wall or flat. any suggestions?

    • ANSWER:
      Try Fun-tak, that's what it's made for. It's blue but don't buy another blue brand, they don't work as well.

18. QUESTION:
    What kind of places print large colored posters for a cheap price?
    FedEx Office prints them for like .

    They must exist, because those "street teams" that put up music posters around town can't be paying a poster for them.

    The print I want to put up will go outside on a shop - and it's expected to get damaged over time from weather and perhaps a passerby picking at it.

    That's why I don't want to spend a lot of money on it.

    • ANSWER:
      You want one poster, which means it has to be printed on a large expensive ink jet type printer that costs a small fortune (check, in fact, that you can put them outdoors) and the paper has to meet the printers needs for ink absorption.
      But the guys trashing the city with music posters are using stuff on cheap paper that was printed by the hundreds if not thousands on offset presses. The set up costs for offset presses are higher than the you quote for a poster, several hundred dollars, but if you want 500 or 1000 posters or even 10,000 the cost per poster comes way down. And to make it cheaper per city - part of the poster area was printed in color by the 10,000 and then 1,000 per printed in plain black (date and location) in a local job shop fro

19. QUESTION:
    What are those sealed posters that you see on the walls of theaters called?
    You know when you go into theaters, and you see these posters in a frame, showing movies playing or coming to theaters? What are they called?

    • ANSWER:
      They're called posters.

20. QUESTION:
    How to protect marker posters from fading in the sun?
    I have a bunch of posters that are colored with markers on my door. I have been noticing lately that the colors have been fading.
    Is there any way to stop this?
    Any way to prevent it from happening?

    • ANSWER:
      You pretty much have to keep your posters or any artwork from having sunlight shining on them. Even if you have the posters framed and behind glass, hanging them in sunlight will cause damage to them. Better to hang something on your door that you don't care so much about so that when it fades, you will replace it with something else and not be heartbroken over the damage to the first item. Why not make something like a fabric wall hanging to hang on the back of your door? It will fade, but if you make it out of very bright vibrant colors, you will be less likely to notice the fading for some time. While you have the fabric, make two wall hangings so you're ready to replace the first one when necessary or you can alternate and hang one wall piece for a week and switch to the second and then just alternate back and forth. In the meanwhile, you could be making other wall pieces to add to the rotation. Eventually you'll have enough wall hangings that the rotation will keep them in fairly good condition and if your friends see these, they just might ask you to make one for them and then you can start up a little business.

21. QUESTION:
    Where can I find posters of real architectual gargoyles?
    I am trying to decorate a room in my apartment in gargoyle motif, but I am having trouble finding posters or pictures of real gargoyles on buidlings.

    • ANSWER:
      That's such a cool theme!

      http://www.art.com/asp/search/ProductSearch-asp/_/Search_String--gargoyle/posters.htm?filteroptions=0&SearchFromLocation=TopLeft&ui=CC87EBFFE5764102858A70FDAF6E86B6

22. QUESTION:
    How to hang up posters without scratching the paint?
    I have a lot of posters in my room and I hang them up with sticky-tac. And most of them stay, but a lot of them fall too. Is there any other way that I can hang them up without scratching the paint of the wall?

    • ANSWER:
      You art probably using the best method. If they fall off then use more blobs. lots of small ones are more effective than big blobs.

      There are iron on solutions where you reheat to remove them but they are more likely to damage the wall and much harder to find.

23. QUESTION:
    How to stop posters from getting air inside?
    I've got a wall full of posters and when I put them up with blu-tac they look alright for about two days and then they get air inside in the middle and sometimes it makes the posters go a bit wavy. It annoys me especially since I'm crazy about things looking perfect, is there anything I can do? Maybe something better than blu-tac? And I don't wanna frame them because there's way too many posters.

    • ANSWER:
      Sara, Unless you glue them directly to the wall, ( NOT a good idea), or have them framed, they will always puff up from air moving through your room.
      Maybe it's time to reduce your inventory, and have you favorites framed.

24. QUESTION:
    How easy is it to detect female posters from male posters?
    I've had many posters on here mistake me for being a man, although I never understood why.

    What are the 'give-aways' on here?

    • ANSWER:
      Some people's gender SEEMS to come through in their writing, but I think it's very hit or miss.

      I think some tend to associate certain traits with gender, even in writing. The majority of your posts are well thought out, articulate, and sometimes your answers even come off as hostile in their straightforwardness. To me, those traits aren't gender specific. To some, those traits would wrongly shout "male!"

      I have been confused before too, with certain users. I have wrongly assumed that someone who is more friendly or caring is female. That is not the case! As I said, most traits aren't gender specific, and as time progresses that existing gap closes. I think this confuses some people more comfortable with 'gender norms'.

25. QUESTION:
    How can I hang posters on a cement wall without damaging the wall?
    I just moved into a new practice space. Two of the walls are cement. We want to hang a bunch of posters to absorb some sound. Duct tape didn't work, they all fell down after a few days.

    • ANSWER:
      double sided tape

26. QUESTION:
    How to hang posters well without having to pay for framing?
    I got two new posters, and I'm not quite sure how to hang them without them falling. I don't want to put holes in them, and they fell down with sticky tack. One is 24x36 and the other is 21x63. Framing just one would probably cost more than both posters cost me together. Do they make anything special to hang posters with? Or is there a place I can buy cheap frames?
    I'm mostly worried about finding a way to hang the 21x63.

    • ANSWER:
      glue

27. QUESTION:
    What is the best way to hang posters, big sheets of paper on the wall?
    I'm a new teacher and I have posters and big pieces of paper to be hanged on the wall. What is the best way to hang these stuff so that the poster/paper doesn't get damage and so doesn't the wall?

    • ANSWER:
      adhesive strips are relatively cheap and easy to use (and take off), without damaging either the wall or the posters. i also like using this cheap tape - it's almost like painter's tape, but white. it's adhesive without being clingy. however, if the poster is too thin, it will rip when the tape is removed.

      hope this helped(:

28. QUESTION:
    Where can I find vintage Hollywood movie posters?
    I am currently re-decorating my bedroom and I choose the vintage Hollywood theme because I love old movies. I am looking for vintage movie posters, so far I was only able to find three at the stores (Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's and Mairlynn Monroe in that white dresss). Does anybody know of any good websites where I can find some Hollywood movie posters? I would also like to point out that I am on a budget : ) Also, does anyone have any tips for decor that would enhance my theme?

    • ANSWER:
      As mentioned before, allposters.com has thousands upon thousands of movie posters (and posters of other types). You can pick up frames almost anywhere, but IKEA has nice beechwood frames that can be painted.

      My suggestion as to decorating is to pick a style and choose both posters and accessories that suit that style. For example, if you like Art Deco, you could get posters from movies like Metropolis, Wings, and the 1931 Frankenstein. (Posters from more recent movies like Bonnie & Clyde and the Agatha Christie mysteries work well here too.) If you wanted to go 50s retro, you could get posters from movies like Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sunset Boulevard, and Ben-Hur.

      For decorating, you could paint using historical paint colours for those eras. Sherwin Williams has a historical palette, as does Dulux in the UK. Paint is cheap, especially if you do it yourself, and can really make a big difference.

      Once you choose a specific era, it'll also be easier to find furniture and accessories that match. 50s accessories show up a lot in garage sales in post-war neighbourhoods - many seniors who were 20 in the 50s are moving into seniors' residences and cleaning out their homes.

29. QUESTION:
    How many posters of miley cyrus do you own?
    How many posters of miley cyrus do you own?
    I own five. One for each wall of my bedroom and one for the bathroom. Oh wait, I forgot about the one on my door - six.

    My favorite is my "miley cyrus Rocks" poster where she is holding a guitar upside down behind her back (you would have to see it).

    How many do you own, and which is your favorite?

    • ANSWER:
      8. I love Miley Cyrus I'm obsessed with her. My favorite one is when she is a wearing a purple short sleeved shirt and jeans and it has her autograph oon it. I didn't get my favorite poster in a concert I got it from a magazine.

30. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know where to find posters like they use in upscale clothing stores?
    I am looking for black and white posters for a friend who has just opened a trendy upscale used clothing store. We are looking for advertisement posters that you would see in strores like American eagle, Hollister, Aeropostale. Abercrombie etc. She is very picky about what she sells and we think it would be very cool to use these as advertisement inside her store. I have already looked on ebay and the poster sites and did find a few abercrombie ones but that is all we could find and we would like more options. If we can't find those we are open for other suggestions. Also the posters do not necessarily have to be black and white. Thanks for any help or ideas you can give.

    • ANSWER:
      What a lot of new business owners do is attempt to purchase them from stores store/corporate offices who aren't using old ones anymore. They typically keep them in stock for a long period of time. If you're not looking to get your hands on anything used then just do a simple search for marketing companies, once you find a marketing company that handles your sort of business, you'll have access to literally every sort of advertisements and/or print on the planet.

      -J.

31. QUESTION:
    What is the paste that is put over posters with paint rollers?
    What is the mixture that is used in the process of putting up posters. It's like a white paste I think. People would apply it with a paint roller when they put the poster on the wall. What is it composed of?

    • ANSWER:
      You're probably thinking of wheatpaste. It's one of the cheapest and hard to remove glues you can make easily at home. It's basically flour and water. You'll commonly see it used in street art when people go out to put up posters. It's waterproof and lasts a long time.

      There's a lot of info here:
      http://www.bombingscience.com/graffitiforum/showthread.php?3389-Wheatpaste

32. QUESTION:
    What is an inexpensive way to mount 12 posters on the wall without using tape, glue, tacks ect?
    I don't wanna harm the posters in anyway but framing 12 posters is a little too costly for me.

    • ANSWER:
      Train a bunch of june bugs to fly in place while holding up the posters. Pretty cheap, unless you think time spent training them is expensive.

33. QUESTION:
    How do you keep rare posters/calendars in good condition?
    I have limited edition rare life-size posters which I had just gotten hold of from Japan. One of them is worth around 00 USD.

    Are there any ways on keeping these in good quality? They were shipped to me in mailing tubes. I am deciding to keep them for a few years, is it best to leave them in the mailing tube? Or should I take it out and flatten it? (It's curled inside the tube)

    Thank you!

    • ANSWER:
      Get it framed

34. QUESTION:
    How should I go about framing my 4 baseball posters?
    I have 4 baseball posters that I would like to frame. They are 22x34 and I cannot find frames for them. The craft stores charge too much. What is a cheap way to frame my posters?

    • ANSWER:
      What I done was went to a local Walmart and they had black poster frames there. The front of them are plastic not glass but it works to protect them and it is cheap. If you don't have a walmart you can always get them shrink wrapped on a piece of cardboard.

35. QUESTION:
    does hanging up posters on a a ceiling really make mold?
    i want to make a jonas ceiling, but my mom said i cant because she said because of the heating on the ceiling the back of my posters will get mold on them...(theres no mold on my ceilings though...) so will posters on my ceiling really make mold?

    • ANSWER:
      no, mold comes from moisture(water) built up....not true whatsoever!

36. QUESTION:
    How can I hang pictures and posters, and possibly some mirrors on a cement block wall?
    I want to turn the basement into my bedroom and the walls are unfinished cement block, some of the walls are painted and others are not. How can I hang pictures (some with frames, some without), posters, and mirrors on the walls with them falling off and without drilling any type of hole into the walls? Also, what are some good at home tricks to reduce moisture in the basement?

    • ANSWER:
      A dehumidifier is the best way to reduce moisture, failing that setting up some airflow in and out. Leave doors and windows open when ever you can. Hanging framed pictures without drilling holes is hard - would it be possible for you or someone to put a picture rail around the walls (ie, a thin plank of solidly attached wood, that you attach everything else too). Unframed posters are easy: there are those adhesive strip things designed for just that.

37. QUESTION:
    What did the original Star Wars movie posters look like?
    I am fixing up my husband's "man cave" and as a surprise, I'm including three framed Star Wars posters (his favorite). I already have the first one and need Return of the Jedi and Empire Strikes Back. I've spotted a lot of retro looking posters and I'm not sure if they are actually reprints of how it looked back then or are new posters that are made to look vintage. I don't want actual vintage posters, just reprints of what they originally looked like. Does anyone know? Thanks!

    • ANSWER:
      There are actually quite a few for each of the movies ... it was almost like every time a new trailer came out so did a new poster.

      I have a bunch of these "posters" including the "misdirection" one that was put out claiming that the name of ep VI was "Revenge Of The Jedi" instead of "Return Of The Jedi". Drop me a message with your email address in it and I'll be more than happy to send them out to you.

      May The Force Be With You ...

      .

38. QUESTION:
    What are those posters with a lion made out of lions?
    I'm trying to find a poster my brother used to have. It's a composite image of a lion, made out of smaller photographs of lions. They're all separate images, but when you step back, they merge into one image.

    Does that make sense? I think there used to be a company that made these posters, maybe in the 1990s.

    • ANSWER:
      What you are looking for is called a photo mosaic. Good luck in your search!

39. QUESTION:
    What does PacSun do with the huge posters in the store for advertising after they are done using them?
    There is a poster of a guy on the wall by the check out line at one of the PacSun stores near my house. . . And I want to know what PacSun does with the big posters after they are done using them? I sort of want to get one somehow and put it on my wall because my room is sort of. . PacSun/Collage posters looking. Will they give a poster to me if I ask for one?

    • ANSWER:
      We receive Sign Discard Lists and we are supposed to discard all the signs and posters on the list. I suppose it is up to the Store Manager though. No one has ever asked me to have a poster. Just call you local PacSun and ask to speak with the Store Manager and ask her if you can have the (whichever poster) when it is time to discard it. Offer her your number and tell her you will come pick it up. She may say, I can't or she may say ok. Worth a shot. Good luck.

40. QUESTION:
    What type of camera do they use to create movie posters?
    I am a movie poster fanatic and I love photography and I want to create movie style posters. Does anybody know what style camera they use and if they use a photoshop software? Is this something I can do at my home?

    • ANSWER:
      you can use any kind of cameras to create movie posters. It depend on your Photography skills and digital imaging.

      if you ask, what cameras they use (for examples hollywood movie posters), they use Medium Format cameras like Hasellblad and then they modified it with digital imaging..

      cmiiw.

41. QUESTION:
    How can I get posters to stick to a popcorn ceiling?
    So I want to put a bunch of posters up on my ceiling, but it's a popcorn ceiling. It's all bumpy and rough. It's not a flat enough surface to easily stick things to. I can't use tacks. Scotch tape is too weak. I'd prefer something that won't cause damage to the posters, but I really appreciate any ideas at all.
    Thank you!

    • ANSWER:
      Try blue sticky tack. I think it's sold as "poster tack". It's just sticky putty. It'll come right off the ceiling and the posters.

42. QUESTION:
    Can you make regular posters look like real paintings?
    I was given some really cute Normon Rockwell Posters -- but even in a nice frame they look like just posters. I would like to make them look more like paintings...It seems to me I remember seeing something once about how to make the paper appear more like canvas but I am having trouble finding the info now.

    • ANSWER:
      Check out hgtv.com - do a search on what it is you're looking for. Same with diynet.com
      Here's one result for a quick search - ENJOY!

      Antiquing Paintings
      Make ordinary poster prints look like old masterpieces.
      Shown on: Decorating With Style DWS-628

43. QUESTION:
    How to put up posters without damaging them?
    I have a lot of poster that I like to move around, but the staples and tacks leave holes where ever I put them.
    There's the framing option, but I have too many posters to get a frame for every single one of them.
    I don't want to tape them either, even if the tape doesn't leave residue/tear the paint off the walls.

    • ANSWER:
      Try sticky tacks.

44. QUESTION:
    How much should 18x24 posters cost of some pictures I've taken?
    I am considering making posters out of some pictures that I have taken of the landscape, some interesting buildings and some models that I have been working with. I am looking for a low priced print option so I can sell the posters online... hopefully for profit. Please let me know if you can help.

    • ANSWER:
      While there are other lower cost printing options out there, for a first time selling online something like CafePress would be your best shot. You upload the image and set pricing. They take the cost out of each sale, handle the payments, and the shipping. This will make a huge difference on how you have to handle sales taxes and other paperwork because CafePress is handling most of the details.

      http://www.cafepress.com/make/poster-printing

45. QUESTION:
    What do cinemas do with the movie posters they no longer display?
    do they keep them in storage for a while or throw them out straight away? not just the posters but cardboard cut-outs too.
    oh, and would they be willing to either give away or sell these old ones to someone? if so, who would i need to ask in the cinema about getting one?

    • ANSWER:
      Depends on which cinema chain. Depends on the distribution company.

      I used to manage cinemas and some distribution companies would ask for them to be returned before they would allow that cinema to have the film. This was the case for certain Star Wars Episode 1 and LOTR:TFOTR posters. The cinema would get a large fine for not returning them.

      What is left is usually given out to the staff or should a customer ask and they have anything left then maybe they would get one.

      Go along to your local multiplex and ask!!!

      If you don't ask you don't get!

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3. QUESTION:
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   • ANSWER:
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4. QUESTION:
   what is a free homework math site to help 7th grade students?
   I have been out of school for 32 years and not great at math and my Junior High age son needs lots of help with math especially and also other subjects. i know there are some excellent free sites but not sure where they are, please advise and need ones easy to navigate as am new to computers. Thank you.

   • ANSWER:
     http://www.examhelp.in is a good site for practice and generating practice sheets. Yes, this site is free to use.

5. QUESTION:
   Where is a good math site where I can learn the basics and up?
   Hello I want to start from the bottom and go all the way back up to college level math so I can strengthen my mathematics foundation. Thank you.

   • ANSWER:
     khanacademy.org

     he'll teach u everything

6. QUESTION:
   Does anyone know of a good online math site that my daughter could use in order to increase her math grade?
   My daughter has always been a good student (straight A's and such), but since entering middle school her math grades have began to slip. I was hoping to find some help online being that math isn't my strongest subject. Any suggestions?

   • ANSWER:
     1-800-ASK ROSE
     Students from Rose Hulman University in Terre Haute, Indiana, give free help in math and science via telephone on Mon--Thursday evenings. Just call that number. Sometimes she'll have to tell them to slow down an explanation. These are really bright college kids. They want to help. During school vacations, the Ask Rose hotline shuts down. Call that number 1-800-ASK Rose and you'll get excellent help.

7. QUESTION:
   Is there a math site to help me understand math better?
   I'm in 8th grade and I need help with...pretty much everything. My teacher can't explain well, my mom isn't helping, and I'm failing math. I was looking for math sites on the internet but I can't find any. So, is there any site you know that could help me with 8th grade math?

   • ANSWER:
     http://www.math.com/

     http://hotmath.com/

     http://www.algebrahelp.com/

     http://www.purplemath.com/

     http://www.sosmath.com/wwwsites.html

     http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/math.htm

     I don't know what you're doing right now in math, but I'm assuming algebra, right? That's what I'm doing right now and I'm in your grade. Try these websites. Really, the best way to go though is with a tutorer. (I don't think I spelled that right!) Try talking to your math teacher, older sibling, counselor, friend who's good in math, etc. for help, and I'm sure that all of them would be glad to help. I hope I could help! Best of luck pulling your grade up!

8. QUESTION:
   whats a math site where you can find math vocabulary?
   I need a site that will give 6th grade algebra vocab words. And also that will give examples of the words please help!

   • ANSWER:
     i dont know of math, but i know volcabulary levels and units...

9. QUESTION:
   What is a good,virus free,help only math site? I need help really bad.?
   I need a good clean math site that can help me with my math, or like I can chat with someone and they can help me with my math. :( Thank you.

   • ANSWER:
     This is a very good site where you can learn at your leisure. Good Luck!
     http://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard?move_on=1

10. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know a good math site for elementary students?
    I have friends that need to learn math in a fun way.

    • ANSWER:
      www.multiplication.com (has more than just multiplication)
      www.aplusmath.com
      www.internet4classrooms.com

11. QUESTION:
    I need a good math site 10 points best answer?
    Does anyone know of a free website where you can put in or ask college algerba questions and get quick answers or formulas.

    • ANSWER:

12. QUESTION:
    Can anyone tell me a good math site explaining the Laplace transform?
    I really prefer a site concerning how to use the Laplace transform solving differential equations. In addition to anything that has to do with Laplace in plain english.

    • ANSWER:
      Here is a pdf that may be of help. It tries to get at why one wants the Laplace Transform, and how it is used in ordinary differential equations.

      There are two types of treatment of the Laplace Transforms -- those with complex analysis and those without. The treatments without complex analysis are easier to get into, but you do not end up with as powerful a set of tools to work with. Those with complex analysis require that you have more mathematical background, but then you end up with a better tool set.

      Laplace Transforms can take you in many directions, but this paper may be a good place to start. You will not need much more than calculus and basic ODE's to read it. They give examples and excercises to work through.

      http://www.fmat.cl/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=434

13. QUESTION:
    whats a really good math Site to help me with HW?
    like i need a website thatll do problems almost for me and teach me everything. is there such a website?

    • ANSWER:
      Try

14. QUESTION:
    Math site that helps you wtih math?
    Is there a free site where you type in your math problem and they show you how to do it for free?

    • ANSWER:
      You can try this:
      http://www.wolframalpha.com/

      You can try this:
      www.mathway.com

      Blessings

15. QUESTION:
    Which online math help web site is the best?
    So i need help on math. and i know they have those online math sites. But a lot of them cost money, or ask for personal info like my phone number?

    what web site really helps the most, but without costing money or giving away my phone number?
    Just to let you know, i am really smart. Its just some problems dont make sence. i am in advanced math. Pre- Algebra, while most of my grade is in just regular math.
    and..... i need the web site that has online 24/7 tutors, ones that i can talk to

    • ANSWER:

16. QUESTION:
    What's a really good math site?
    I have this math homework due tomorrow (PreCalc: functions) and I really REALLY need help.
    If you know a web site that could dumb it down for me I'll appreciate it. Thanks, really.

    • ANSWER:

17. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know of a good math site that helps you with algebra?

    • ANSWER:
      www.coolmath.com helped me so much when I was in high school.

      If you need any help, e-mail me!

      good luck!

18. QUESTION:
    What is a math site to find The Slope Of Lines? (like a cheat site)?
    i have had 8 pages of homework to do today and i on my last one and it is math. i don't feel like working out everything, so do you know a good site?
    some problems on the page are like B(-4,4),R(0,2)

    homework blows.

    • ANSWER:
      simple formula:
      (maybe too simple for a site)

      R/B = (2 - 0)/(4 - -4)

      ie
      R/B = 2/8 = 0.25

19. QUESTION:
    What is a math site where i type in a problem and it tells me how to do it step by step?

    • ANSWER:
      Try Wolfram alpha.
      Beware, sometimes the method the computer uses is rather different from the one a human would use.

      Use it wisely. No point getting 100% in homework, then flunking the exam!

20. QUESTION:
    does anyone know a good math site?
    well im wondering about if anyone knows a great mathsite with questions, methods and tips and maybe even a video or two. soo any good site would be good, but i am looking for math at a highschool level or higher.

    • ANSWER:
      go to Phschool.com and have your math book or code aj-0205 is a random code

21. QUESTION:
    Where is the best free place to post to find people to contribute to a math site?

    • ANSWER:
      Dr. Math http://www.drmath.com/ has contact with many math experts!

22. QUESTION:
    What is a good online math site?
    I want to learn the basics of physics, what is a good online math/science site? (not khan)

    • ANSWER:
      I would recommend MIT open-courseware and Wolfram's mathworld.

23. QUESTION:
    Anyone know of a good free math site?
    i need help doin my algebra homework. and i use hyyp://mathway.com but it don't give me step solutions to my problems only answer. and it cost to get the steps. so can someone tell me of a good web that is free and gives step by step answers. best one get best answer! help.

    • ANSWER:
      cool maths
      my maths
      BBC Bitesize maths
      Have fun ;D

24. QUESTION:
    Is there a Math site that will help me improve my Math skills
    I'll be taking an evaluation test in a few weeks and want to brush up on my Math skills. Is there a website that will help me practice my Math and instruct me on the areas I need more help on?

    • ANSWER:
      Microsoft Math is supposed to be a good program. Users have given it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

25. QUESTION:
    Where Can I Find a Math Site That Does The Problem & Shows The Work?
    Like say put a simple divsion problem into a calculator or something and then show the steps it took to get it...

    • ANSWER:
      There is a really awesome site called your brain that will perform this skill nicely.

      As much as it sucks to do the problems on paper, you need to know how to do it...unless you will carry a calculator with you for the rest of your life.

26. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know a math site?
    Does anyone know a site that has the questions for the Larson-Hostetler Algebra Trigonometry 4th edition book?
    I really need to know the questions for pg 139; 9-33.
    Even if you don't know a site, it would be super cool if you could type it up.
    ^ for exponents
    sqrt for square root
    I am not looking for answers, just the questions themselves. My book is still at school and it is a huge problem.

    • ANSWER:
      Try to do the questions by yourself instead of begging for answers. This helps you a lot when studying for exam.

27. QUESTION:
    is there a math site that can help me study for a test?
    I have to study for college placement test and im good at math but i havent done anything since i left school 2 moths ago so i wanna refresh my memory. im not good at studying the old fashioned way so
    im looking for a site where it gives me a problem and i have to solve it then i put in the answer and it tells me if im right or wrong . college algebra, algebra, and pre-algebra

    • ANSWER:
      just skim through on google. there r thousands, some good, some bad.
      i used to use those 8 dollar review books.
      go to the local library - REA's precal, algebra,
      algebra made easy, etc.
      that book- 3000 solved problems trig, precal, algebra.
      check it out.

28. QUESTION:
    where can a parent find a free math site to help my 3rd grader with homework?

    • ANSWER:

29. QUESTION:
    what is the best math site for algebra ?
    plz give site and a reason why its the best .

    • ANSWER:
      For testing or for answers?

      If you want help, I would suggest this site, Yahoo Answers.

      If you want to be tested and learn more about it then I would suggest www.math.com. :)

30. QUESTION:
    Is there a good Math site?
    I was wondering if anyone knows of a site that you can enter a math problem and it will solve it for you so I can check my answers?

    • ANSWER:
      This has proven useful for some applications, especially for graphs:

      http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2+%2B+2

31. QUESTION:
    What Is A Good Math Site For Algebra?

    • ANSWER:
      this is a very good site...
      but you should really award best answer for all the questions that you ask... many ask questions and never give the points for the answers...

      and some of us like to get BA points...

      :)
      good luck.

32. QUESTION:
    What is a good math site?
    Ok I am going into seventh grade and my grades were awesome in all subjects except math and I really suck I need some help so I can study my butt off so i can at least comprehend what my teacher will be saying. I just need a website that with help me learn with 6th grade math and +. Please and thank you.

    • ANSWER:
      there's no website as such.i think you should appoint a tuition teacher-that's a better idea

33. QUESTION:
    i need a really good math site for 5th graders. i need it quick. it has 2 b easy yet fun.?
    i really need it. but i dont want to download it, or buy it. plz, this is for something realy important.

    • ANSWER:
      Here's 2 freebies that I really like:

      rainforestmaths.com

      funbrain.com (go to the math arcade!)

      Hope this helps!

34. QUESTION:
    where can i find a math site?
    I need it for a math project

    • ANSWER:
      As previously mentioned, http://mathworld.wolfram.com is one of the best mathematical resource sites out there. But also check out:

      http://mathforum.org/index.html
      http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
      http://planetmath.org/
      http://www.abc.se/~m9847/matre/index.html

      Hope that helps =)

35. QUESTION:
    What's a good site for math help?
    I'm currently in calc 1 and I need help with antiderivitatives. Does anyone know any good math sites?

    Thanks

    • ANSWER:
      coolmath.com

36. QUESTION:
    An awesome math site? (for a highshool student, or just not for kids)?
    I'm decent at math, but I need to study much. The math/algebra classes in our school are suckish...I'm sure I'll be getting into more advanced maths, gotta make sure I know the lower-grade stuff first I suppose, but I mean lower-grade, high school stuff. Anyone know of sites I can study from?

    • ANSWER:

37. QUESTION:
    A good and fun math site?
    Im in grade 8 (sec 2) and i am having my math exam in a week. I already know everything, but i keep feeling that i need to do more math work. Does anyone know a math site where i can practice math stuff and teaches me some stuff? and if its possible, a fun site so i dont get bored on the site?

    • ANSWER:
      Try A+ Click

38. QUESTION:
    Any good math tutoring site that is free and has videos?
    I'm really stuggling right now. I have a test tomorrrow too and I have about 4 hw assignments to do tonight but I have no idea what the hell to do. I'm starting to get very frustrated.

    • ANSWER:
      I do not know about "free". When it comes to free tutoring, you usually get what you pay for: bad service, untimely responses (if any at all), plus there is no guarantee that the information you receive is correct.

      If you want a FREE TUTORING TRIAL I would suggest Felicity Motivational Group (www.felicitymotivationalgroup.com) for the following reasons:

      1. All of their tutors have at least a bachelor's degree (and believe me, that makes a BIG difference when it comes to tutoring)
      2. Their online whiteboard is more interactive (you can speak to them on their toll free number or via internet, your choice)
      3. Their sessions are unlimited time, so you won't have to worry about running out of minutes in your time bank
      4. Your past online sessions are saved for you in video format to download onto your computer or MP3
      5. They have tutors available BOTH online and in person, nationwide!
      6. They are non profit, so even though they use state of the art technology, they cost about half of what you would pay at other websites such as tutor.com

39. QUESTION:
    What's a helpful math site?
    I have my math exam coming up, and I'm trying to study as much as possible. Can you link to me a helpful math site?

    • ANSWER:
      I like purple math, but as a learning tool I'm also impressed with UCCP open access (link below).

40. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know a good math tutoring site that's free?
    I really need help in math and every site that I go to seems to want money which is a little ridiculous. America wants their children to be smart and educated, but it has to costs 49 dollars a month to do so, which in my opinion, is dumb!

    Does anyone know a good math tutoring site that can help out for free?
    Tutorvista wants money.

    • ANSWER:
      try tutorvista that might work.

41. QUESTION:
    I need a free math site that i can give the math problem and get the answer with how they work it.?

    • ANSWER:
      Yahoo Answers...

42. QUESTION:
    Is there a math site that can help u with any level of Math?
    What I mean is...U put in a math equation and it breaks down all the steps for u (i.e. the set-up process, figuring out the solution) until u get the correct answer...

    • ANSWER:
      nope mate,life would be really easy for u and hard for the teachers then!!!

43. QUESTION:
    I need to find a good math help site. Know any good ones?
    My girlfriend needs help with math, but i can't help her cause i could possibly be worse. Can someone help me out?

    • ANSWER:
      quickmath.com

      It solves the answers for you, but also shows you have to solve them.

44. QUESTION:
    Is there a math site I could study from for the ASVAB?

    • ANSWER:
      Math.com
      Also, military.com has the fully asvab on there. The army also has a site called march to success

45. QUESTION:
    Which website or a math site can help fill in a graph for me, if I put in the info, and then generate it?

    • ANSWER:
      or else buy a graphing calculator - thus, you do not need to have access to the internet!