The-New-Space-Race

THENEWSPACERACEBACKGROUND:THESPACERACETheSpaceRacewasamid-to-latetwentiethcenturycompetitionbetweentheSovietUnion(USSR)andtheUnitedStates(USA)forsupremacyinouterspaceexploration.Between1957and1975,ColdWarrivalrybetweenthetwonationsfocusedonattainingfirstsinspaceexploration,whichwereseenasnecessaryfornationalsecurityandsymbolicoftechnologicalandideologicalsuperiority.source:—SputnikonewassuccesfullylaunchedinUSSR.source:——Sputnikcrisis.NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA)wasestablished.source:——That'sonesmallstepforaman.Onegiantleapformankind.source:::://://://遥感卫星RemoteSensingSatelliteChineseFirstRecoverablesatellite中国第一颗返回式卫星试验宇宙飞船ExperimentalSpacecraft神舟号Shenzhou(DivineVessel)The1stChineseunmannedspacecraftsuccessfullylaunched.ItconsistedoftheOrbitalModule,Re-entryModuleandPropellingModule.TheRe-entryModulewassuccessfullyrecovered嫦娥二号Chang'e-2（moonprobe）source:://://://“Forme,itwaslikebeinginheaven—itwaslikebeinginasecondlife.”—DennisTito•AnoushehAnsariaveryrichwomanandanactiveproponentofworld-changingtechnologies.Shebecamethefirstwomantotravelspace.“ByreachingthisdreamI’vehadsincechildhood,Ihopetotangiblydemonstratetoyoungpeopleallovertheworldthatthereisnolimittowhattheycanaccomplish.”—AnoushehAnsari://•VirginGalactic(acommercialspace-flightcompany):Ticketswillcost$200,000,butpricesarelikelytofallswiftlyastheindustrygrows.•SpaceAdventures(anotherspace-travelcompany):TheywillrunsimilarflightstoVirgin'sformorelike$100,000.•Expertssaysthatin10years,thecostofatripintospacecoulddroptoaround$50,000.•TheVirginGalacticexperiencewillstartwithacoupleofdayslightpreparation:medicaltests,safetytrainingandsometimeforthespacetravelersandpilotstogettoknoweachother.Theaircraftwillsetoffattachedtoamothership,whichwillclimbto50,000feetbeforedetaching.ThentheEnterprise'srocketmotorswillignite,acceleratingtheshiptothreetimesthespeedofsound,takingitupovertheEarth'satmosphere.Atthatpoint,theengineswillshutoff,leavingpassengersweightless,abletotumblefreely,and,mostimportantly,seeEarthfromspace.•——That'sthepointwhentheswitchflicks,saysAttenborough,CEOofVirginGalactic.Yougetanunderstandingofthefragilityoflifeandthebeautyoftheplanet.AfterfourorfiveminutesgravitywillbegintodragtheEnterprisebackdowntoearth.Thewholetripisoverinlessthananhour.CREDIT:VirginGalactic/sky26—whichtravelhundredsofthousandsofmiles,asopposedtosub-orbital's100miles,andlastaround10days.=orbital.ClientsOrbitalisabsolutelyarealspace-travelexperience.It'sthedifferencebetweenticketstotheWorldCupwhereyou'resittinginthefrontrowandafive-secondviewofitonTV.It'sjustnotthesamething.BySpaceAdventuresCEOAnderson