Alan Shepard Writing

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Christopher Bates

Mrs. Dwyer

11-3 History

3/14/10

Although, denied the opportunity to go to the moon, because of Ménière's disease,

the bold courage of Alan Shepard, and his spaceflight were vital as the U.S. sought to

surpass the USSR in the space race.

I. Intro.

A. Alan Shepard was the first American in space.

B. Alan Shepard helped the US reach or surpass the USSR in space race with Project

Mercury.

C. Although set back by Ménière's disease, he does end up going to the moon in

Project Gemini.

D. As a he was grounded he played a role in astronauts roles as Chief of the

Astronaut Office

E. Although, denied the opportunity to go to the moon, because of Ménière's disease,

the bold courage of Alan Shepard, and his spaceflight were vital as the U.S.

sought to surpass the USSR in the space race.

Paragraph 1.

As a piece of the cold war the space race was a heated contest, with Alan

Shepard¶s flight to outer space.

y Project Mercury officially began on October 7, 1958. Its stated goals werethreefold: to place a piloted spacecraft in Earth orbit, to investigate human performance in space, and to recover the pilot and spacecraft safely.

y Project Mercury proved that people could be sent into space, perform useful

duties, and be recovered safely. These events alone fulfilled the primaryobjectives and provided a test bed for spaceflight management, communications,

planning, training, and basic spacecraft engineering, proving that all worked well.



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Paragraph 2.

Though, initially not able to go to the moon because of Ménière's disease, he did finally

end up going to the moon after being reinstated.

y Shepard, was diagnosed with Meniere's syndrome, a condition in which fluid pressure builds up in the inner ear and makes the semicircular canals and motion

detectors extremely sensitive. It results in disorientation, dizziness and nausea. Hewas also diagnosed with glaucoma, an elevated pressure in the eyeballs.

y Shepard and Edgar D. Mitchell landed in the Antares lunar module near theMoon's Fra Mauro Crater on February 5, 1971, while Stuart A. Roosa orbited inthe Kitty Hawk command module. Shepard and Mitchell, transporting equipment

in a two-wheeled cart, walked 2.1 miles, and reached a distance of some 4,600feet from the lunar module.

y He became reinstated on May 1969 to full duty as an astronaut. His second flight

he was the commander on Apollo 14, January 31 - February 9, 1971.Paragraph 3.

While grounded, Alan Shepard took on a much different role than a traditional astronauts,he became in charge of all astronauts activates and became quite a businessman.

y After being grounded Shepard became, Chief of the Astronaut Office whenSlayton was moved up to the new position of Chief of Flight Crew Operations. AsChief Astronaut, he was responsible for monitoring the coordination, scheduling

and control over all activities involving the other astronauts.

y This included monitoring the development and implementation of programs for training spaceflight personnel, and furnishing pilot evaluations of the design,

construction and operations of spacecraft systems and related equipment. He also

assisted in overall mission planning and selecting experiments to be carried intospace.

y Unable to take part in active astronaut training, he devoted his free time toinvesting his money in banks and real estate. He became so successfully well-

connected with the Houston elite that he was widely accounted as the firstmillionaire in the astronaut corps.

Closing paragraph.Though not able to go initially to the moon because of Ménière's disease, his space flight

brought the U.S. even to the USSR in the space and the cold war.Alan Shepard, was the first American astronaut to go in to space, though his

dream had to wait to go to the moon, he finally accomplished his dream of landing on the

moon.



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