Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Astronaut Stuck in Space

Recently astronaut Sunita Williams just discovered that she will no longer be coming home early from the NASA space station. She went up to space last December hoping to return this JUly. However due to a hail storm the shuttle the Atlantis' fuel tank was damaged and now it will not be able to go and get her. This has thrown the NASA space schedule out of whack for the whole year. The NASA spokesman have replied by saying shes ok up there she'll be fine. I don't know to many people who like to stay in space by themselves and wait for a billion dollar industry to figure out how to come and take me home. She is expected to break the most continuous time in space by a US astronaut.
This can somewhat be related to what is happening in Iraq today. The government tells us everything is fine in Iraq but can we really trust them. The soldiers tell an opposite story by telling the horrors of the war. The NASA people tell the public she is fine up in space all alone. But for all the public knows the conditions could be worst than they are telling us. She is trained to be able to last up there but does she have adequate supplies and how long can one human go without other human interaction.

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