To Fly By Weil Degrasse Tyson

Imagine yourself in a plane about to take off and suddenly you are shot up into space. This is exactly how the astronauts on Apollo ll the Lunar Landing felt when shot up into an unknown, nonhuman explored area. Of the two passages, “To Fly” by Neil deGrasse Tyson best portrays the dream or fantasy of human flight. One way that “To Fly” describes human flight better is by referring to the idea of Chuck Yeager and how he broke the sound barrier. When Chuck was younger and worked in the US Army, he piloted the first-ever Bell X-1 plane. This was a big achievement because it was the first human-made object to fly and beat the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager's initial idea was to fly the first-ever X-machine, but instead, he broke the sound barrier and rode the first X-machine.

Evidence of this is when he says, “Much of the claptrap was written about the impossibility of objects moving faster than the speed of sound.” This piece of text shows that many people believed it was impossible, but Chuck proved them wrong by showing the public that if bullets can fire and break the speed of sound, then so could he. In “Uncle Marcos”, we learn that Marco didn’t just learn to fly, he learned to accept failure, but to also achieve his dreams. He never gave up just like Chuck kept trying until he achieved his goal or exceeded the limit, but also flew the first X-1. Another example of how “To Fly” shows our dream of flying is one of the biggest achievements, the Voyager Two. It was used to fight and bomb people in London. It wasn’t particularly an airplane, it was an oversized missile that could be launched several miles from its target. This is the idea that birthed modern rockets, and the idea of gravity alone. The V2 gave the idea to improve the missile so that they were able to be fast and used in the Cold