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[[Image:Apollo 11 Launch.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Apollo 11 launch. The small cloud midway up the rocket is due to the Low Pressure in that region as the Rocket Passes through Max Q, the maximum dynamic pressure exerted on the rocket in the launch.]]

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The [[United States]] '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' (NASA) was founded in 1958. It was created by legislation for the purpose of creating a government-backed national space program in response to the launch of [[Sputnik|Sputnik I]], the [[Soviet Union]]'s the first man-made satellite. According to the act, NASA was to conduct research on the problems of flight in and out of the atmosphere with and without human pilots, and to cooperate with other nations in the peaceful exploration of space. NASA is responsible for many satellites including [[Landsat]], which was a series of satellites for the collection of information on natural resources, communication satellites and weather satellites. The [[Project Apollo]] program under NASA led to several landings on the [[Moon]] from 1969-1972. It is also the designer and developer of the [[space shuttle]].

The [[United States]] '''National Aeronautics and Space Administration''' (NASA) was founded in 1958. It was created by legislation for the purpose of creating a government-backed national space program in response to the launch of [[Sputnik|Sputnik I]], the [[Soviet Union]]'s the first man-made satellite. According to the act, NASA was to conduct research on the problems of flight in and out of the atmosphere with and without human pilots, and to cooperate with other nations in the peaceful exploration of space. NASA is responsible for many satellites including [[Landsat]], which was a series of satellites for the collection of information on natural resources, communication satellites and weather satellites. The [[Project Apollo]] program under NASA led to several landings on the [[Moon]] from 1969-1972. It is also the designer and developer of the [[space shuttle]].

Unfortunately, NASA has also lately been distracted by [[anthropogenic global warming theory]], due to the political machinations of alarmists such [[James E. Hansen]] [http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html].  George Deutsch, an appointee of [[President George W. Bush]], tried to rein in NASA's turn towards environmental radicalism, but this provoked a reaction from the [[liberal media]] [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1037099/bush-spinner-calls-nasa-site-censorship].

Unfortunately, NASA has also lately been distracted by [[anthropogenic global warming theory]], due to the political machinations of alarmists such [[James E. Hansen]] [http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/global_warming_worldbook.html].  George Deutsch, an appointee of [[President George W. Bush]], tried to rein in NASA's turn towards environmental radicalism, but this provoked a reaction from the [[liberal media]] [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1037099/bush-spinner-calls-nasa-site-censorship].

 

==NASA Manned Missions==

==NASA Manned Missions==