In 1957, he made the first nonstop supersonic flight across the United States, flying from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes. Glenn was preceded in space by two Americans, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I. âGusâ Grissom, and two Soviets, Yuri A. Gagarin and Gherman S. Titov. In April 1961, Gagarin was the first man in space, and his spacecraft Vostok 1 made a full orbit before returning to Earth. Less than one month later, Shepard was launched into space aboard Freedom 7 on a suborbital flight. In July, Grissom made another brief suborbital flight aboard Liberty Bell 7.
A heat pump will replace both the furnace and air conditioner/central air unit. The average cost to install a heat pump ranges from $3,949 and $6,701 depending on the size of your home and type of heat pump. Since a geothermal heat pump requires underground installation, its installation costs will be more expensive than the costs for the air-source type.
According to the United States Department of Energy the average cost of a geothermal heat pump system is $2,500 per ton. The agency goes on to say that the average residential property is going to require a unit of three tons to supply their needs. This translates to a $7,500 cost for the system.