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    Muscle Loss Research

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    Instead, the issue might lie with the vigorousness of the exercise. In 1990, a head down bed rest was conducted that examined the bone loss of its participants compared to the measured loss of those aboard the space station MIR. It was found that the bed-ridden participants experienced a bone loss similar to those astronauts aboard MIR. Furthermore, the astronauts were a part of a moderate exercise routine, where the bed members were not (LeBlanc, et al., 2000). These…

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    Astronomy Research Paper

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    working on new and improved things. Right now NASA is planning a one way ticket to mars. NASA is building a ship powerful enough to take people to Mars, it will have enough supplies for 1,100 days in space. They are sending down overs to build the station and bring supplies. They will not come back on this mission but hopefully next time they will. Scientific discoveries have influenced society by even some of the earliest times. For example, did you know the Mayan calendar was one of the first…

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    Mars Pathfinder

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    rover (JPL, 2001). The mission was planned to last for only 7 days but the rover stayed on Mars, collecting data, from its landing on July 4, 1997 to September 27, 1997 which ended up being a total of 83 days. The lander itself (Carl Sagan Memorial Station) collected data via the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) and Atmospheric Structure Instrument/Meteorology Package (ASI/MET) (Nelson). The Sojourner rover was equipped with an Alpha/Proton/X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and rover imaging cameras…

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    create an epic story of space, time, and technological progress. Kubrick sets the film in three different places: the African desert, inside a space station in orbit, and in space itself. When Dr. Heywood Floyd reaches the outpost station on the moon, Kubrick uses a wide angle lens to exploit the distortion of the lines. Such distortions make the station appear claustrophobic and serves as a reminder that the characters and we, as viewers, are in space. In the scene where Bowman appears to be…

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    Radiolab Podcast Essay

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    and language, professional guests, and the use of audio clips and sound. Throughout the podcast, there is a perfect balance between information and new ideas, facts and opinions, as well as personal and general experiences in the history of space. Hosts, and accomplish cramming a lot of information into an hour-long episode and still making it fun and interesting for all listeners. The Radiolab podcast does a great job of introducing information and ideas, one of the best ways of doing this is…

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    Should Pluto Be A Planet?

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    According to many different articles filled with facts and opinions, Pluto should be a planet. Scientists have been debating for years whether Pluto should considered a planet and part of our solar system. Pluto should still be a planet regardless of its size, and there are plenty more information to understand why it should be a planet, especially in our solar system. First of all, according to, Discovery Education, “For 80 years, schoolchildren have been taught that the Solar System has nine…

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    The government should continue to fund NASA because according to the History of Space Exploration Project we did, it shows that we weren’t able to see what Earth really looked like until Explorer 6 was launched. This is important because for the longest time, people thought the earth was flat. Then, after that we said it was a sphere. But, we never really knew what Earth looked like until launching a satellite capable of sending pictures of Earth from space. These pictures showed if Earth was…

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    My Timeline

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    My Timeline focuses on inventions spanning from 1900 to 1910, this decade saw a lot of new concepts that no one ever touched before. It also covers everyday things we use, such as the thumbtack or windshield wipers, and even things we take for granted such as the electric washing machine. We have definitely come a long way since 1910, it was over 100 years ago. Things have changed dramatically since then, we’ve landed on the moon, we have iPhones, and the internet is everywhere. But some things…

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    This is my report.The Hubble Telescope does not travel to stars, planets or galaxies. It takes pictures of them as it whirls around Earth at about 27 000 kilometers per hour. But there were five missions that went to the Hubble Space Craft. All of the missions were servicing missions where they upgraded the Hubble space craft so that it would operate for a longer time because it was making so many interesting discoveries.The Hubble Space Telescope is unmanned. A unmanned spacecraft is when no…

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    A unmanned spacecraft launched in 1997 called Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004. After, its last flyby of one of Saturn's moons on April 21st Cassini, was prepared for what mission planners called mission planners are called its "Grand Finale." On April 22, 2017, a final flyby of Cassini was sent through the gap between Saturn and the inner ring. The spacecraft came within the cloud on jupiter and 200 miles of the most visible edge of its ring. As it has never been done before mission managers…

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