Astronomy and Flight Research and Discussions Questions
- Whose work influenced Wilbur and Orville Wright? How did they this past work into their own experiments and plans?
- What dangers did early pilots face? How do these challenges compare to dangers faced by today's pilots?
- Discuss a comment made by Senator Bennett C. Clark of Missouri in 1943: "This invention of the airplane was the greatest disaster that has ever happened to mankind."
- Besides airplanes, what are other forms of air travel? What advantages/disadvantages do these other forms have when compared with airplanes?
- How do astronauts prepare for life at zero gravity? Describe the physiological effects of weightlessness on them. What effects do prolonged visits in space have on astronauts? Have there been advances in the last 20 years that have ameliorated these effects?
- What is a satellite? Why do we use satellites? How do satellites influence our daily lives? What happens when a satellite wears out or is no longer needed?
- How has the technology used to view space from the earth changed since Galileo's time?
- How do telescopes work?
- How do astronomers determine how far away a planet, star, or constellation is?
- Discuss the value of space exploration. How does knowledge of characteristics of other planets and the universe affect our life on earth?
- Compare American aviation and aerospace technology to how the fields have developed and are being used in other countries such as Russia (and the former USSR), France, Japan, and Great Britain.
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