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Appendix

Newton's Laws of Motion

  1. Objects at rest will stay at rest and objects in motion will stay in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
  2. Force is equal to mass times acceleration
  3. For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.

United States Treaty on Outer Space

Acquisition in outer space is prohibited under the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space signed in 1967. The law states:

ARTICLE I: ..." Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies. There shall be freedom of scientific investigation in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, and States shall facilitate and encourage international cooperation in such investigation."

ARTICLE II: " Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means." "Frequently Asked Questions 3," NASA, http://www.nasa.gov/qanda/nasa_space.html, last updated February 29, 2000, accessed June 28, 2000

Time Line of Human Spaceflight

Date Event Importance
October 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 First man-made object in space
November 3, 1957 Sputnik 2 (Laika) First living creature in space
January 31, 1958 Explorer I First U.S. object in space
October 1, 1958 NASA created U.S. civilian space agency
October 7, 1958 Announcement of Mercury 7 Beginning of U.S. manned space program
April 12, 1961 Vostok 1 First human being in space
May 5, 1961 Freedom 7 First U.S. citizen in space
May 25, 1961 President Kennedy's speech to Congress -
"Before this decade is out."		 Committed U.S. to landing on the Moon by 1969
February 20, 1962 Friendship 7 First U.S. citizen to orbit the Earth
March 18, 1965 Voskhod 2 First human to "space-walk"
June 3, 1965 Gemini 4 First U.S. space-walk
January 27, 1967 Apollo 1 Launchpad fire
July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 First human being on the Moon
April 12, 1981 Columbia First space shuttle flight
January 28, 1986 Challenger disaster Major space shuttle accident
Upcoming http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm Launch schedule for the space shuttles

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