Honors Engineering: Week Six

Today, I decided to do a bit of research on more recent events in flight history. So far, I have only really focused on influential people in flight history, and most of them were from nearly a century ago, so I feel that it is time that I do a bit more current research. I found a short timeline of some current events in flight.

One of the biggest current events actually has to do more with aerospace engineering since it has to do with space shuttles. Unfortunately, the space shuttle launches have come to a close due to lack of proper funding, so unfortunately, we won't be seeing any more rockets going up any time soon. The rocket launches aren't exactly the same as airplanes, but they are still connected.

John F. Kennedy was in office when the launch program started. It was his and the rest of America's vision to have man walk on the moon, which we successfully completed in the mid-sixties. Before that, we had already launched several items into space, (more specifically, Russia had sent several objects into space, but none the less it was a step forward for earth in general).

But now, after fifty long years of moon landings, the program is coming to a close. Fifty years, in my opinion at least, doesn't seem so long anymore since this program still seems relatively new, but this is what is new, (or at least heavily talked about) the world of aerospace engineering.