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Rocket Science (2007)
IMDB rating: 6.80
Plot: Coming of age in Plainsboro, New Jersey. High school student Hal Hefner stutters. On the evening his parents stop arguing and separate, 43 miles away at the state tournament, his school’s legendary debater, Ben Wekselbaum, goes blank mid-sentence, Ben’s teammate Ginny Ryerson doesn’t get a first-place trophy, and the world changes. That fall, to Hal’s amazement, Ginny recruits him for the debate team, mentors him, and will be his partner. He still has his stutter, but he works hard and he falls in love with Ginny. On the day of the first debate of the season, the world changes again. From then until the day of the state tournament, Hal has a lot to sort out. Is love rocket science?
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Directors: Blitz Jeffrey
Actors: Thompson Reece,D’Agosto Nicholas,Piazza Vincent,Yoo Aaron,Kay Josh,Park Steve,Ginsberg Maury,Ambudkar Utkarsh,O’Hare Denis,Comedy,Drama,
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i have to do research on sputnik 1 and i found alot of facets…how could i reword this to where it sounds like i did it?
On Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earth’s orbit. Thus, began the space age. The successful launch shocked the world, giving the former Soviet Union the distinction of putting the first human-made object into space. The word ‘Sputnik’ originally meant ‘fellow traveler,’ but has become synonymous with ’satellite’ in modern Russian.
This historic image shows a technician putting the finishing touches on Sputnik 1, humanity’s first artificial satellite. The pressurized sphere made of aluminum alloy had five primary scientific objectives: Test the method of placing an artificial satellite into Earth orbit; provide information on the density of the atmosphere by calculating its lifetime in orbit; test radio and optical methods of orbital tracking; determine the effects of radio wave propagation though the atmosphere; and, check principles of pressurization used on the satellites.
Sputnik 1 was launched into earths orbit on October 4th 1957. It was the first man made satellite and was made by the Soviet Union. To put sputnik into space the soviets used a powerful rocket to launch it high above Earth and shoot it to the ground at a very high speed. It’s primary purpose was to send back temperatures of space. It did so in the form of beeps. Sputnik weighed 405 lbs, and It’s diameter is 23 inches across. Sputnik was in orbit around the earth for 3 months after it’s launch in 1957. Then after it’s 3 month journey in space it burned up in the atmosphere. It was a very big step that launched the space race.
Immediate Results
1. The Americans were surprised at the launch of Sputnik.
2. Many Americans were mystified at and fearful of the prospect of a satellite in orbit.
Some Americans began to doubt the American educational system, while others openly attacked it.
Long-term Results
1. America put a greater emphasis on science and engineering in education.
2. The Americans tried extra hard to develop space technology.
3. The Americans and Russians began competing for better space technology.
The "Space Race" started.
1. The United States and Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR, now Russia) had been disagreeing on issues since 1917.
2. When World War II ended in 1945, the Cold War began.
3. The Cold War was not a real war, but only a fierce competition for military leadership; it was more political than anything else.
4. It developed after WWII between groups of Communist nations (lead by the USSR) and non-Communist nations (lead by the US). During the Cold War, distrust, suspicion and misunderstanding reigned between the two groups.
5. The US thought the USSR was trying to expand Communism throughout the world, and the USSR thought the US was practicing imperialism and attempting to stop revolutions in other countries.
The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union. The Russian word "Sputnik" means "companion" ("satellite" in the astronomical sense).
In 1885 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky first described in his book, Dreams of Earth and Sky, how such a satellite could be launched into a low altitude orbit. It was the first in a series of four satellites as part of the Sputnik program of the former Soviet Union and was planned as a contribution to the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). Three of these satellites (Sputnik 1, 2, and 3) reached Earth orbit.
The Sputnik 1 satellite was a 58.0 cm-diameter aluminum sphere that carried four whip-like antennas that were 2.4-2.9 m long. The antennas looked like long "whiskers" pointing to one side. The spacecraft obtained data pertaining to the density of the upper layers of the atmosphere and the propagation of radio signals in the ionosphere. The instruments and electric power sources were housed in a sealed capsule and included transmitters operated at 20.005 and 40.002 MHz (about 15 and 7.5 m in wavelength), the emissions taking place in alternating groups of 0.3 s in duration. The downlink telemetry included data on temperatures inside and on the surface of the sphere.
Since the sphere was filled with nitrogen under pressure, Sputnik 1 provided the first opportunity for meteoroid detection (no such events were reported), since losses in internal pressure due to meteoroid penetration of the outer surface would have been evident in the temperature data. The satellite transmitters operated for three weeks, until the on-board chemical batteries failed, and were monitored with intense interest around the world. The orbit of the then inactive satellite was later observed optically to decay 92 days after launch (January 4, 1958) after having completed about 14
The answer is B.
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