Аннотация: Jim Bridenstine. Elon Musk. Bill Nelson. A some details of biographies. An essay.
Jim Bridenstine. Elon Musk. Bill Nelson. A some details of biographies. An essay on the history of space research.
1942 - Bill Nelson was born.
On May 25, 1961, in an address to Congress, President John F. Kennedy Kennedy announced a national goal - " landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
On July 20, 1969, the astronauts landed the Apollo Lunar Module and walked on the lunar surface. They landed safely on Earth on July 24.
Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last, Apollo 17, in December 1972. In these six space flights, twelve people walked on the Moon .
In 1970, the Apollo 13 landing was prevented by an explosion of an oxygen tank on the way to the Moon. That explosion destroyed the propulsion system and life support systems. The crew returned safely to Earth, using the lunar module as a "lifeboat".
Elon Musk was born in 1971.
Jim Bridenstine was born in 1975.
In January 1986 - 16 days before the Challenger accident - Bill Nelson spent six days in Earth orbit aboard the Columbia spacecraft .
2002.
In 2002, Elon Musk founded SpaceX.
In 2002, Jim Bridenstine serves as a Naval Aviator in the United States Navy.
Bill Nelson was a senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019.
2008.
The first three launches of the Falcon 1 rocket between 2006 and 2008 ended in failure. The first successful launch was carried out on September 28, 2008.
In December 2008, Bridenstine became the executive director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum.
The first major Falcon 9 crash occurred in late June 2015, when the seventh ISS resupply mission CRS-7 exploded after launch.
In early September 2016, the Falcon 9 exploded during a rocket fueling operation for standard static tests prior to launch. The payload, the US $ 200 million Amos-6 communications satellite, was destroyed.
2018.
In 2018, Jim Bridenstine is confirmed by the Senate as NASA administrator. Bill Nelson opposes the appointment.
Bill Nelson ran for a fourth term in the Senate in 2018, but was defeated. In May 2019, Nelson was appointed by Jim Bridenstine as a member of the NASA Advisory Board.
March 3, 2019 SpaceX is the first private company to autonomously dock a spacecraft (Crew Dragon Demo-1) with the International Space Station (ISS).
On May 14, 2019, Jim Bridenstine announces that the set of space programs is being named Artemis.
On May 30, 2020, SpaceX successfully launched two NASA astronauts into orbit during the Crew Dragon Demo-2, making SpaceX the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
January 20, 2021 Jim Bridenstine is stepping down as head of NASA.
On March 19, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intention to appoint Bill Nelson to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Additional Information: In writing this essay, materials of Wikipedia, as well as works (posted on the Internet) on the nomination of Bill Nelson for the post of head of NASA were used.
[XXIV. The tale about conversation between Nicolaus Copernicus and Isaac Newton. (From the Collection "Two Tales of Four Technical Revolutions"). (English). - March 26, 2017.
XLVI. The Fairy Tale about the King of stellar creativity - April 25, 2017.
MCIX. Fyodor Dostoevsky and the USSR space project. A literary note. - November 6, 2019.
MDXXI. A comparative history of the MIR space station and the Mirny Antarctic station. Essay on scientific and technical history. - June 26, 2020.
MDXXX. Liquidation of the supervisory-intellectual, space and literary intelligentsia. Common features and differences. The essay. - June 30, 2020.
MDCXLVII. How an inventor from USA launched the US space program. A sketch about the history of the space race. - August 16, 2020.
MDCCCLXXXIX. A Cosmic Throw in the information holding. A story. - December 9, 2020.
MMXXI. A fundamentally new space technology - a space helicopter. The note. - February 19, 2021.
MMXXIII. A long-awaited successful breakthrough in nanotechnology. MiMi Aung and the space helicopter 'Ingenuity'. A super brief review. - February 20, 2021.
MMXXVI. To Mars - for apples. ("Dare Mighty Things"). An essay. - February 22, 2021.
MMXXVII. Orbital stations, Sun, Moon, Mars, Saturn ... A note. - February 22, 2021.
MMXXXV. Principles of coding and decoding of messages from a higher civilization. ("Dare Mighty Things"). The note. - February 25, 2021.
MMXXXVI. Ian Clark - who is he and what is known about him? The note. - February 26, 2021.
MMXXXVII. They made the parachute work under harsh conditions. ('Luck favors the prepared'). The note. - February 27, 2021.
MMXXXIX. Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Pasteur, the InSight project ("I am on the edge of mysteries"). The note. - February 28, 2021.
MMXL. William J. Broad on United States Space Force. A super short review. - February 28, 2021.
MMXLVIII. Chance favors the prepared. Elon Musk and the Universal Space Apparatus. The essay . - March 5, 2021.
MMXLXVIII. Let us look to the future. A space orbits for a financial means and for a concerted action. The note. - March 10, 2021.
MMLIX. France. From the Athena-Fidus satellite incident to patrol satellites ... A note on defense space trends. - March 11, 2021.
MMLX. A space solutions in a large information holding. A story (continued). - March 11, 2021.
MMLXI. "He brought the stars closer." Emmanuel Macron will take part in space exercises. The note. - March 12, 2021.
MMLXVI. A space anti-brokering in the information holding. The story (continued). - March 14, 2021.
MMLXVIII. The space exercises in France have come to finish. The next step is the creation of a NATO Space Center of Excellence in Toulouse. The note.. - March 15, 2021.
MMLXXIX. It is not enough just to desire: you have to do it. A moving towards the Great Space Revolution. The note. - March 15, 2021.
MMXСIII. Edison, Tesla, Sikorsky, Hughes, Musk. Tsiolkovsky, Krzhizhanovsky, Korolev. ... Kellner, Deripaska ... A culturological essay. - March 30, 2021.
MMСI. The ten thousand global economies. "We are pushed to our limits at all times." NASA's Psyche mission and Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton. The note. - April 5, 2021.].
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