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Mars has an unforgiving and dangerous environment, which is why it’s not safe to send someone there. It’s not impossible to send someone to Mars, it’s that we’re not ready or prepared to send someone there yet. The program Mars One will send four unlucky people to Mars in the year 2022, and it would be a terrible idea to sign up. Many things could go wrong, including all of the low oxygen and cosmic radiation, running out of fuel and food, and the fact that Mars One is a one way trip!…

up as young children. One day, as an adult, Hanna and her fiancé took a trip to the moon to celebrate their engagement. There, something mysterious happened, causing the spacecraft carrying Hanna and her fiancé lose contact with earth controlling station. Shannon decided to be an astronaut for NASA to find her sister. After a long-time exploration, Shannon found her sister’s spacecraft in Jupiter’s orbit. Her sister was alive, but she was in severe health condition. As we all know, the human…

The editorial group at Salon shares an article, "Will we discover a twin Earth? 20 big questions about the future of humanity", originally published by Scientific American, an American popular science magazine. Amongst these thought-provoking inquiries, the question of whether we will ever colonize outer space stands out the most. The exhilarating thought of inhabiting a planet beyond Earth calls upon for assessment of which planet, when, and how. However, most fail to take into consideration…

Did you know that more than half of American households contain a device used to play video games? Video Games consist of many different types and a variety of play styles, one very popular play style is known as first-person shooter. Two demanding first-person shooter video games whom rival each other in sales, was Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare contrast in respect to the storyline of the game and the features they both…

Persuasive Paper : Juntura Sensors Introduction: What if someone were to say that it was possible to locate and rectify spacecraft damage, to provide accessible 3D printing to the masses and a strong potential of saving lives by helping the global medical industry better surgery success rates; all at a very low cost and with the same technology? Most people might feel that these actions are quite unconnected and there was probably no way of doing either of these tasks at a low cost. But,…

In 1982, National Security Decision Directive wanted NASA to focus on making a fully operational space shuttle program. The program was to be cost efficient and have at twenty-four flights per year. By 1985 though, NASA had only managed nine flights for a given year. The shuttle they were using was nine-billion dollars, and wasn’t cost efficient as desired. Then, in 1986, NASA planned its largest number of flights yet. They had fifteen scheduled flights, one that would involve a teacher in the…

Spaceflight Osteopenia (Bone Atrophy) Spaceflight osteopenia refers to the reduction in bone density that occurs during space travel. The depletion of bone mass experienced by astronauts could weaken the bones and is a consequential side effect of extended spaceflight. This could present critical problems when the astronauts return to a weight-bearing environment such as the Earth. Researchers speculate the number one cause of bone atrophy in space is weightlessness, where both the astronauts…

On June 4, 1974 was the beginning of the construction on the Challenger space craft. NASA tried many different materials to build it and each time they came up with a new idea they tested the space craft to see if it was a good idea. They finally decided to use and O-ring. An O-ring is a packing or a toric joint that is in the shape of a circle. It is met to fit tightly between two pieces of metal. An O-ring is not designed to fly in unusually cold conditions. The Challenger was built to serve…

The goal of this project was to build a rocket with three fins, that can launch 100 M into the air and fall down to the earth without the egg breaking. It had to be done by November 2. Some constraints that we had to follow that limited our design was that we could only use recyclable materials, and we couldn’t use heavy materials such as metal or wood. We also didn’t have any instructions to follow, every idea came from our brains or the internet. My group decided on a design based on the…

Apollo Missions There were many steps that were taken before the Apollo missions began. For one, there was the Gemini missions. These were meant to prove that life could be sustained in space. After they worked, and this was proven, scientists then moved to their next step. The next step was proving that a person could live in space. They took baby steps by starting with a few days and moving up to two weeks. After this was proven to be true, then scientists developed the Apollo…