2001: A Space Odyssey

Article Review Space, the stars, and other worlds have been a curiosity to man ever since our existence on earth. Ancient societies saw the sun, stars, and moon as Gods and have always been captivated by their wonder. We are now in an age with such grand scientific advancements and technology that allow us to view the final frontier of space in much greater detail than past societies, even within the last one hundred years, could have imagined. In just sixty-six years, society went from the…

game that includes references to popular culture is the Fallout series. In Fallout 3, if one were to look closely at the cameras in the Capital Wasteland, one would see that a few of them have a red light. This is a reference to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and in Fallout: New Vegas if one has the Wild Wasteland perk, they can see and hear different references throughout their travels through the wasteland. One in particular being a reference to Indiana Jones when he…

In The Odyssey, written by Homer in the late eighth century B.C., the main character is Odysseus. He is king of the island Ithaca and has been gone from his country for ten years at war and spends an additional ten years on his journey home. During his return, he leads his men across the ocean, facing many obstacles. He encounters The Cyclops, Poseidon, Sirens, and many other mystical creatures. All of his men perish during the journey; some by their own fault, others by Odysseus’s mistakes.…

I believe this statement because first of all, many satellites in space captured many of the lunar missions landing sites on the moon. Also many of the lunar flights were successful. Frequently, NASA reports new evidence, like pictures, of the moon landings.…

went on to Achieve his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia University and his BA at Harvard. Tyson later was chosen by George W. Bush twice, once in 2001 to join a twelve-member commission where he studied the Future of the US Aerospace industry and second, in 2002 to join a nine-member commission that focused on the implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy. Tyson later went on to publish many books such as “Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries”, “The Sky is Not the…

Isaac Asimov In 1942, American author and biochemist Isaac Asimov published a short story entitled Runaround. No one would have guessed that this story would become such a major part of science fiction’s “zero hour”. Along with authors such as Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein, Asimov would help form the foundation of modern science fiction and explore new concepts that would soon become the commonplace of the genre. Overall, Asimov had an undeniable impact on the science fiction genre as…

with superhuman abilities or with unfathomable intelligence and we didn't know how to control it. We don't take responsibility for it. It could potentially cause armageddon. This is often seen in popular media, Skynet in Terminator, Hal 9000 in 2001 Space Odyssey, the robots in Irobot, even the Red Queen in Resident Evil. All examples of artificially created intelligence that got out of hand because it was never taught right from wrong. The A.I was never taken responsibility for therefore it…

Sci-fi or science fiction movie is a type of movie that feature a science based plot, which usually include futuristic elements such as robot, space, etc. Furthermore, science fiction sometime talks about other issues like political, social, and philosophical. According to Vivian Sobchack, an American cinema and media theorist and cultural critic said that “Science fiction film is a film genre which emphasizes actual, extrapolative, or speculative science and the empirical method, interacting in…

caps and atmosphere, seasonal patterns, canyons, volcanoes and valleys.(nasa journey to mars) Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and in possible habitable position similar to Earth. Mars is the most intriguing and most observed object in space after the Moon for centuries, and a reason is very simple; Mars is visible from Earth in nighttime. Observation from the Earth even with the most powerful telescope can not provide any information that could be scientifically analyzed or…

United States along with the help of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in what was a very dangerous mission sent a man to the moon for the very first time. NASA sent three men Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Since that very day, there have been countless debates on if the moon landing actually happened or it was just a hoax put on by the United States to beat the Soviet Union to the moon in the Space Race. After the men of the Apollo 11 mission returned…