Essay on Life on Mars

numerous varying definitions. It appears as if each individual— a few of whom include Oliver Sacks, Sigmund Freud, and Jean Piaget— has his/her own unique understanding of the seemingly simple term. In analyzing Oliver Sacks’s An Anthropologist on Mars, the definition of creativity is a crucial factor in the clarification and appreciation of individuals with a variety of neurological disabilities. Without a universally accepted definition, creativity in the lives of Sacks’ patients would be…

Jordan Johnson Mrs. Laird Composition 1 24 February 2015 Extraterrestrial Life The Extraterrestrial, beings that are said to be from another world. The galaxy that humanity lives in is said to be endless, with the vastness of space so grand that no man shall ever reach its end. What inhabits this vastness of space, humanity. However, there has been a long mention of life beside humanity. Space has a vast history filled with fact and fiction. The thought of beings beside humanity seems like…

started by Congress in 1958. NASA’s main purpose is to explore space and aeronautics, or research about flight. There are four Exploration Missions taking place. One being DLRE (Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment), MER (Mars Exploration Rover- Opportunity), Mars Odyssey, and MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). There are two International Space Station Missions taking place, ISS-RapidScat and OPALS (Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science). There is one Aeronautic Mission, which is Dawn. There are…

history. It would be uniquely isolated from other civilizations. The colonists themselves would be comprised of highly educated individuals and would more than likely include people from very diverse backgrounds and cultural heritages. Essentially, the Mars colony would be a cross section of humanity. Removed from the constant troubles of international politics, relegated to limited communications with Earth, and comprised of highly diverse individuals these colonists would have the opportunity…

Mars, and even its surrounding asteroids, are brimming with resources from metals – such as gold, silver, and platinum (NASA) – to gases – such as deuterium, a natural gas not abundantly found on earth, which has the capability to produce a copious amount of energy (NASA). These natural resources provide an immediate reason to attempt to make meaningful contact with Mars as they could be used on Earth; they are also an economically viable…

Mission To Mars “We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard” -John F Kennedy. Back in May of 1961, John F Kennedy challenged the United States to land a man on the moon, and be the first to do it. However, now the challenge has escalated from a moon landing to a landing on an entirely different planet… and living there. Many different organizations have proposed the idea and are currently working on figuring out if we can reach Mars. We have to ask ourselves, how…

NASA Overview The Mars Surveyor Program (MSP) was managed under the cheaper, better, faster paradigm at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). This corporate culture created an environment which challenged NASA engineers to develop innovative, cost saving processes when designing and developing projects. This paradigm did have drawbacks though; putting too much emphasis on decreasing cost, and failing to integrate risk management in their projects. Ultimately, this mindset led…

To the folks at UFO Sightings Daily, NASA's archive of Mars images from its rovers is better than a candy shop. Every visit yields a new treat. "Alien critter found on Mars, gazing at rover," reads the headline on a post published recently. If you squint at the accompanying image, which is so zoomed-in that it's pixelated and fuzzy, you can almost see a tiny creature with spindly arms and a pumpkin-shaped head peering out from behind a rock. Also spotted: two alien ships, a reptile head, a…

Dr. Gu says “It is a fully autonomous robot, that is in line with a future mars sample return mission.” with a straight face as if that is no big deal. Just that statement alone explains the huge difference between robotics in high school and college. Fully autonomous means that there is no human contact at all, and the robot…

It's understood that films are viewed with our eyes and heard with our ears but, "Scavengers" is proof that you can also implement taste and smell into film even if the smells and taste are absolutely disgusting. The title, "Scavengers" flew over my head even after the opening summary that states that the main characters of the film were left stranded on a strange planet after communication from VESTA-1 (a spacecraft) was lost. As the animation takes place we learned that the VESTA-1 was…