The space shuttle Explorer floats 370 miles above earth surface. Matt Kowalski floats above earth strapped into a propulsion pack, which makes him be able to move around in space without floating away. He radios his complements down to Houston who surveys the area which they are working in down on earth, Kowalski continues to hear about the story of his trip to Tijuana from when his wife left him while he was on his first spacewalk. Houston reminds him that most of the workers down on Earth have heard the story, before congratulating Matt on his upcoming retirement because this would be his last spacewalk. As he zips around in the propulsion pack, Kowalski revaluate himself and takes in the beautiful view of the sun rise. Below Kowalski, two other astronauts work on the shuttle. Shariff, an engineer, who recklessly jumps around enjoying the fact that there is no gravity and takes several different opportunities to annoy Kowalski. Nearby, on a safe structure attached to the shuttle, medical engineer Ryan Stone carefully works on repairing a faulty transmission on the shuttle. Houston informs her that they are not receiving a signal, before asking her to give a new estimate on how long repairs are going to take. Stone informs Houston that the repairs will take thirty more minutes. …show more content…
Kowalski tries to rush Stone in the repairing of the transmission, but the debris crashes into the ship and destroys the structure sending Stone flying off into space. Kowalski, who was shielded by a large chunk of the structure, continues scream commands to Stone to forget about the transmission and detach herself from the structure or run the chance of dying from debris traveling at top speeds. Stone releases the strap from the structure and begins to float away into
After the accident, Gene Krantz relied on the skills and expertise of his people. A successful leader builds a strong team, but a leader must be able to separate himself/herself from the team to make the best decision. In Apollo 13, Gene empowered his team to come up with a solution for the air scrubbers. By addressing the most critical problem first, he afforded the team time to work on the other problems. The scrubbers were the most critical or they all would have suffocated. By encouraging the team to share expertise and professional opinion and separates himself by taking it all into consideration when making the decision.
On a cold winter’s morning on the 28th day of January in the year 1986, America was profoundly shaken and sent to its knees as the space shuttle Challenger gruesomely exploded just seconds after launching. The seven members of its crew, including one civilian teacher, were all lost. This was a game changer, we had never lost a single astronaut in flight. The United States by this time had unfortunately grown accustomed to successful space missions, and this reality check was all too sudden, too brutal for a complacent and oblivious nation (“Space”). The outbreak of sympathy that poured from its citizens had not been seen since President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The disturbing scenes were shown repeatedly on news networks which undeniably made it troublesome to keep it from haunting the nation’s cognizance (“Space”). The current president had more than situation to address, he had the problematic undertaking of gracefully picking America back up by its boot straps.
I personally found this book to be an excellent read, and while I haven’t read to many business management books. I can feel safe to say that I think this one does an excellent job in conveying key management principals for today’s workplace. It also appealed to me due to my fascination with the way in which our military operates. I believe he did a great job of staying clear of getting too detailed in either is leadership model and military jargon. I would recommend this book to anyone who feels intimidated by management books that read more like a textbook, who want to learn but also enjoy the reading too.
Ripley is now the last person standing on the Nostromo, and it is up to her to kill the alien, so she can return back to Earth. After Ripley believes she successfully blew up the Nostromo and is on her way back to Earth, she discovers the alien is on the shuttle with her, leading us to step nine in the hero’s journey: the chase scene. The ninth step, “is the point where the devil chases the hero has the last obstacle to overcome before really being safe and free” (Seger, 338). With quick thinking, Ripley jumps into a space suit, straps herself into a seat and opens the shuttle’s airlock, forcing the alien out into space. However, the alien is shown to be clinging on to the ship. When it tries to re-enter through the engine, Ripley switches on the engine, killing the alien instantly. With the alien destroyed and earth safe, Ripley finishes the hero’s journey by going into hypersleep, hoping her shuttle will return back to
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The first American woman in space, Sally Ride, paved the way for many women with aspirations in the field of science. She made great strides in the women’s movement. The women’s movement was a way for women to obtain equal rights. There were three aspects behind the women’s movement: suffrage, the glass ceiling, and feminism. Suffrage is obtaining the right that everyone in America should be granted, the right to vote. The glass ceiling is the idea of women getting equal rights at work. All women should get the position and pay that they deserve, not a position and pay based on their gender. Feminism is the way to legally protect women from men abusing them. Sally Ride created huge strides in proving what women could do. She is an inspiration for young girls to achieve their goals no matter what it takes.
...ary film about the expedition was released. Heyerdahl and his crew had made a tremendous feat by trusting their own theory and successfully surviving the trip.
The narrative of my chosen story, Space Jam, is about looney toon characters who must face off against a bunch of aliens. The only things is that the aliens are doing this so they can have the looney toons as an attraction at their lame theme park so it was serious match. The aliens soon are seen taking the abilities of nba all stars so they could win but this is clearly cheating. The looney toons see that they were going to lose so they recruited the best man for the job Michael Jordan. Then the big day came where the looney tunes took on the aliens. The looney tunes had a slow start but soon they had an amazing comeback and shot a buzzer beater and won. This story has to morals one is to never give up and the other is cheaters always lose.
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... to tell anyone the outcome of the experiments on the International Space Station. It is a complex machine that may create fantastic results or become a large waste of time and effort, but until the world tries, it will never know which might be the most disappointing thing of all. For now, all anyone has is hope for a brighter future, and the chance that the International Space Station may bring them a step closer to that reality. “The orbiting laboratory serves as a symbol of our future. A future that embodies the dreams of our children and that promises untold discoveries for the next millennium. One that fulfills our innate human