"The X PRIZE Foundation was established in 1994 as an educational nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring private, entrepreneurial advancements in space travel", and the sole purpose of its founders was , "to realize the dream of spaceflight for the general public" (Diamandis). What a great place the world would be if men like these were more common. Just recently, In the Months leading up to the culmination of the X-Prize there were two serious contenders for the fabled X PRIZE, A rocket
Pictures are not made without a reason. Every visual construct has some underlying purpose. Often times this purpose is to express the thoughts or emotions of its constructer. Political cartoons are used to this effect. These cartoons speak volumes about a period or event in time. If a picture truly is worth a thousand words, a political cartoon is worth one thousand one. Political cartoons are almost always drawn from the ideas of the public. Because of their significance to an event in time, they
situation, a numerous amount of African-American authors, poets, and playwrights write about their experiences throughout America’s inception. In his time period, Wilson was one of these voices who wrote out how he felt on the issues. His Pulitzer Prize winning play, The Piano Lesson, is an example of the literary depth he wanted to accomplish. However, with many things in the world changing how well does this man’s word resonate with today’s audience? How powerful are Wilson’s works and how do they
The Space Race NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration, also known as NASA. NASA is the American agency for aeronautics and aerospace research, and it was established in 1958 by the former President Dwight David Eisenhower. NASA´s purpose was the explore space in a peaceful and none military way, and the agency was operational on October 1, 1958. Before 1958 NASA was named NACA, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Since the moon landing in 1972 NASA has not launched any major space
and services that it sells to be seen by the people involved in the organisation. Burt Rutan founded SpaceShipOne, along with his company Scaled Composites and who ‘scale developed’ a model of the ship (Virgin Galactic, 2013). His scale won the Ansari X Prize, along with $10 million for being the ‘world’s first privately developed manned spacecraft.’ (Virtuoso, 2014) It allows customers to experience space travel and tourism in a whole new way, for a much lower costs, than competitors before them.