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    Space Exploration

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    Preparation is key to avoiding unnecessary risks in the harsh conditions in space. The culmination of all the technologies is best represented as the International Space Station or the ISS. Living in the ISS means providing all the essentials for surviving up there, “Each day spent onboard by an ISS crewmember costs about $7.5 million” (Lafleur 1). Further research signifies more precautions and safeguards to prevent casualties…

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    Modern Societies Doom without Space Exploration The world without NASA, also known as National Aeronautics and Space Administration, innovation would be a bleak world indeed. Think of all the modern technologies that you use every day without thinking twice about it. Now, imagine them gone! What would our modern society look like? Technologies like power tools, cell phones, modern computer processors, and microwaves are just some of the many contributions that NASA brought to us. Still, there…

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    In 2013, China became just the third country – following the US and Russia – to achieve a soft landing of instruments on the moon, landing the “Jade Rabbit” (or Yutu) lunar lander. The significance of this, and other China National Space Administration (CNSA) missions, however, has been the national reaction within China. According to National Geographic’s Michael Greshko, millions of people followed the rover’s activity on social media. In 2014, Yutu was believed to have failed after being…

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    Space Exploration: Why Privatization is Essential Space Exploration has been a controversial topic since the 1950’s when President Eisenhower approved the first space mission. In the following years, it has become a constant political speaking point on whether the space department really worth the billions of dollars that are spent on it annually or if space exploration is an essential department of the U.S. government. In 2013, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)…

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    What is out there in space? This is a question that has plagued many a generation while writing papers for school. This question still plagues students today. I’m going to discuss what I feel are the top three reasons why space exploration is still a viable and much needed program in today 's society as well as for future generations to come. The show Star Trek says, “Space is the final frontier.” Space exploration in general, as well as long term survival and the benefit of natural resources…

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    Cold War: The Space Race

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    On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik into orbit. From that point on, the United States and the USSR were thrown into a race to see who could get further into space and develop the technology to do so. This became known as the Space Race. In response, to the Sputnik satellite the United States launched Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958 just four months after the Soviets. Soon, both the Soviets and the Americans were launching larger spacecrafts, with animals and…

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    Mark Watney is having the time of his life, and then it turns into a nightmare. Mark is on a trip to Mars with his crew. When they arrive on Mars, they decide to start building the hab. While they were finishing the hab they noticed the radar said there was a big sand storm. The sand storm was getting closer and dangerous so they were trying to get to the rocket ship. They were in such a rush they didn’t notice Mark was not there until they got to the ship. They had to leave Mark behind because…

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    by thinking that change may worsen the current situation. Story start with search of these four characters, in the maze for the cheese what they love and what they want to make it. Every morning, the mice & the little people headed over to Cheese Station C where they found their cheese. It was a large store of Cheese that Hem and Haw make comfortable with the cheese center make it as their home and moved themselves near to the cheese Centre. To make themselves feel more at home, Hem & Haw…

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    Gattaca is a science fiction film about the idea of science and technology in the late 20th century, that created an imaginary and futuristic society based on genetic engineering. Gattaca features the actors, Ethan Hawke (Vincent Anton Freeman), Jude Law (Jerome Eugene Morrow), Uma Thurman (Irene Cassini), and Loren Dean (Anton Freeman), to relay the story of a young boy who was conceived outside the eugenics program, and struggles to overcome genetic discrimination and fulfill his dream of…

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    McBain stood in the way of unscrupulous railroad contractor Morton, for whom Frank did the dirty work. The farmer had to build a station along the new railway line to the Pacific. If McBain did not meet the deadline, Morton would be compensated for with McBain’s farm. Jill, who has a dubious past behind her and barely knew McBain, now enters the legacy of her husband. In the beginning…

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