The Foundation of Nasa and the Space Race

  Read the following article about the birth of NASA and answer the questions below. https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/whyweexplore/Why_We_29.html Why was Sputnik seen as a technological saltation? Why did some believe it wasn't?

  Read through the article below about the beginnings of NASA. Then answer the following question. https://www.nasa.gov/specials/60counting/begin.html#:~:text=In%20July%201958%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,1%2C%201958. NASA needed to be created to avoid many disadvantages as a country. What were some of these disadvantages and why were they urgent enough to create NASA?

  Read through the document below and respond to the following question. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/report58.html What was one objective of creating a civil space research program? In your answer explain how the objective would be beneficial.

  Listen to the following Speech given by John F. Kennedy. Then answer the question below. https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/address-at-rice-university-on-the-nations-space-effort Kennedy states, "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." What did he mean by this and what is its importance?

  Read through the information below on Explorer 1 and answer the following question. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/explorer-overview.html What did Explorer 1 have that previous satellites launched didn’t have? In your answer explain the importance of this add-on.

  Read the following article on Langley and space preparation. Then answer the question below. https://www.nasa.gov/langley/100/making-space When Neil Armstrong was asked what it was like to land on the moon, he responded by saying “Like Langley.” Who is Langley and why was that Armstrong’s response?