Exam 3 Flashcards
Reagan and Bush differed from _________________
in that they chose projects that were very different, took a long time, and they did not have ________________ support
Kennedy
Congressional
In 1984, Reagan committed the US to a ________________.
Permanent space station
Reagan committed the US to the SDI, which stand for, ____________________.
Strategic Defense Initiative
Challenger’s impact was made all the more devastating because there was a ______________
onboard and many schoolchildren were
________________.
teacher Christian McCulloch
Watching
Factors that lead to the crash include
- Outside pressure, government, go fever
- Not enough communication between management and engineers
- Outside of acceptable safety precautions- temperature and the o rings
- No accountability
After Challenger, launch activity was ______________ for 31 months. The US had no _______________ and the commercial satellite contractors turned to ____________________.
Suspended
Launch capability
International partners
DoD wanted move away from the use of _____________ to a mixed fleet of ELV’s for assured access to space.
Shuttle
By providing them range support in the 80s, the DoD agreed subsidize the ______________.
Commercial space launch industry
Vice President _________________ hurt the credibility of Bush Sr.’s space initiatives.
Dan Quail
The space station was first named ______________. It was conceived As a staging ground to send astronauts to the moon to stay, build a lunar base, and build for Mars.
Freedom
Instead of improving SEI, Congress allowed ______________ funds through.
STS/Shuttle
________________, Reagan, and Bush believed in big governmental initiatives
Kennedy
Or
Johnson
The evolution of space tech goes through four phases…
- State purchases the tech
- Develop the tech
- make your own tech
- Share the tech
After the Cold War, NASa administration sold Clinton on the idea that it was better to _________________
Russian scientists in NASA projects rather than allowing them to participate in projects _______________________________.
Include them
That we did not see or like or had no control over.
NASA’s task force first started conceptualizing the _______________________ in 1982 as a stepping stone to the moon and, ultimately, Mars.
Freedom Space Station
The launch market changed after ________________.
The end of the cold war and the USSR
Cheap ____________ and ______________ launchers boosted growth in the satellite market.
Russian and Chinese
_________________ provide multiple satellites sending images from space.
Constellations
In 1984, Congress enacted the _______________________, a key piece of legislation driving the development of the commercial space launch sector.
Commercial Space Launch Act
The ______ was largely in response to Europe’s entry into the commercial launch market/Arianspace.
CSLS
Commercial Space Launch Act
The first post-Soviet NASA program was called ____ which stand for ________________.
SEI
Space Exploration Initiative
SEI was a _____________. It consisted of A return trip to the moon, a human expeditions Mars. It was a ____________ because it ______________________.
Failure
Failure
Too expensive, too ambious, too long of a timeline