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    The Silent Killer Kid Cudi released the song Pursuit of Happiness on January 25, 2010, which is a part of his album Man on the Moon: The End of the Day. The song made its first television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman on September 12, 2009. Cudi’s album also consists of other popular songs including “Day N Nite”, “Soundtrack 2 My Life”, and “Man on the Moon.” Pursuit of Happiness comes across as a bright, cheerful song that is about living life in happiness, however the much…

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    Although scientists have speculated about intelligent life on Mars, it comes as a complete surprise to England when Martians land, having been shot to Earth in flaming cylinders. At first the projectiles are mistaken for shooting stars or meteors. Then Ogilvy, the first to discover one of the cylinders that has landed, realizes that it is hollow; as it cools, he can hear something inside unscrewing the cylinder’s top. Ogilvy informs a local journalist, Henderson, and soon a crowd, including the…

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    remaining of life. Anaxagoras was very enthusiastic for humanity and science. He brought the spirit of scientific inquiry and philosophy from Ionia to Athens. Additionally, he came up with new theories of the universal order because of a search on the moon, which he said that the Earth was floating in space because of a force of air acting upward. He also said that a meteorite was going to crash on Earth. Because of this theory, he created the squaring the circle. This means that in order…

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    Sputnik Achievements

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    proved to bring upon many achievements still used today such as Satellite TV and other great things such as orbiting space stations that can support Astronauts for several months. It was also one of the sole reasons that Niel Armstrong walked on the moon when he did. It also inspired former president Barrack Obama to challenge NASA to have someone on an Asteroid by 2025. Also for NASA to have a man on Mars by 2035. Why was it used in Billy Joel’s “We didn't start the fire” song? It was included…

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    Moon Myths

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    Evidence supports that the Moon strongly supports life on earth. First off, the Moon is an item of much beauty. It shines the brightest in the night and can also be the source of some stories. Second, the Moon is the main cause of our tides, which helps circulate the sea’s waters. Last of all, the moon is a very interesting astronomical subject, which has led us to many scientific discoveries. Common sense even can prove that the Moon is very beautiful. The moon is usually the brightest object…

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    Review of Literature I. Introduction- History of Ganymede Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter and in the entire Solar System. Ganymede is also the only moon to have a magnetosphere, which according to NOAA is the region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are controlled by that object's magnetic field. Ganymede was discovered on January 7th, 1610 by Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer that played a huge role in the scientific revolution during the…

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    Mentioning’s of Mars go back to Ancient Egypt, though the idea to travel there is only recent. In a novel by Andy Weir, The Martian describes the theoretical isolation of a man on Mars. The book is about astronaut Mark Watney who is abandoned by his crew due to a storm causing the crew to evacuate. Since he was injured at the time of the storm, the crew assumed he had died because of the injury. Using his knowledge of botany and engineering, he tries to survive on the harsh climate of Mars,…

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    ocean, and the Moon’s phases influences our calendar. The Moon takes about 27.3 days to orbit around the Earth. The light that the Moon gives off is only a reflection of the Sun’s light, bouncing off of it. The Moon only reflects about twelve percent of the light that hits it because of its rugged, and dark surface. The position of which the Moon is at while orbiting can also affect the light that we get from it. For example, when the Moon is full it could be up to twenty percent brighter than…

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    The Right Stuff Analysis

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    The Right Stuff- Essay As one advances through life, you begin you see people who are just cut out for it. They have have all that they need and more. They have the so called ''right stuff''.One thing you might ask yourself before reading The Right Stuff, is what is ''the right stuff''? As you continue reading throughout the book, you learn more about pilots state of mind and whether or not they have what it takes to have the right stuff. The author Tom Wolfe uses different ways of describing…

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    think, myself, screamed when the black body of the moon detached from the sky and rolled off the sun.” (889) In this instance, the moon is the devil that covers God’s angelic light from glistening over the land and the people. The experience is life threatening because the moon has created a dark feeling inside of the people that makes them realize that without the sun, everyone with cease to exist. The darkness scares them, and personifying the moon as a black body that covers the sun,…

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