ASTRON 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Liquid-Propellant Rocket, Apollo Program, Apollo 16
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Absorbing radiation increases temperature, which when above 0 k radiates out energy directly proportional to the temperature. Multiple types of sources for paper tend to be smiled upon. Report-style from sources will be the majority of papers. Most attention on spacecraft today are on manned missions. Farthest it has gone is back side of the moon. Must bring humans back to earth safely. Famous disney animation depicted a wheel-like space station with 1g of gravity (like on earth) Four year lag between first satellite and first human in space. Run by big budgets and national pride. Russians used a similar shaped capsule from 1960s to now. National prestige was a main reason to stay in space. Soviet union and us cooperated once to show the world that they could. Built a huge one that could house 12-15 people (mir) Before iss, america heavily insisted to let mir disintegrate in the atmosphere. Apollo program set out to do this.
