Human spaceflight

By only measuring between one to one hundred nanometres and some weighing less than 10 grams makes the nano drones the smallest drones available. A nano-drone is a billion times smaller than regular drone or 〖10〗^(-9) the size. Each piece of the Nano-drones has to be designed and functioning individually before they can be pieced together to form the final product. The naked eye cannot see the drones when they are one billionth the size of their counterpart. By making the drones to look like…

is comparison. Roach utilizes this strategy to demonstrate how scientists view humans and how they view machinery. When Roach is comparing humanity to machinery, she informs the reader that it is reasonable to bring something to space that is “stable and undemanding,” but also reminds them how much more intriguing it is to bring humans; something that is “unpredictable” and “inconsistent” (paragraph 1). Because humans are described in this manner, it is evident how space exploration expands the…

'A Journey into the Inevitable' Shanti Swaroop Kandala Over the years I have always been asked that one question which probably everyone coming out of their family's highly established occupation would have been asked- "why haven't you taken up law?" As Sherman Alexie in his essay "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" narrates that he learned to read with a superman comic book, I realized that I was interested in space when I was amused by flying objects. As a child, I was fortunate…

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…

However, I believe that if we honor this proposal we are limiting ourselves as a human race. First, we live in just a small speck of the Universe, and it is hard to believe that we are the only living creatures within that universe. Second, putting more money into the education system maybe good for the short term, but what happens when we out-grow the planet we inhabit. Finally, exploration is what defines us as humans, so to deny that is to deny our very essence. First, the age old question…

idea. Humans going on space missions only make the already expensive mission exponentially more expensive. Humans are also very adapted to this earth and are susceptible to much harm in the outer world (Dunbar). This fact makes it difficult to keep humans safe while also keeping the cost of the mission down. Another reason the cost would go up is the fuel. If we send humans to outer space, we not only have to get them there, we also have to get them back (Krauss). Although sending humans…

So despite the fact that space travel is a complete waste of money, it’s also absolutely way too much. Even though paying to save lives is basically the point and that it’s not all the money in the world, just think of it like this. To get every human on the planet to a different planet would cost probably millions; or even billions of dollars. Plus, where’s the money even going? If we are paying to go to a different planet, what would the money be used for? To create all the spaceships, gear,…

The Martian, by Andy Weir, is a novel that is extremely comical and surprisingly, scientifically accurate. The Martian chronicles the tales of Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut who was left stranded on Mars after his crew presumed he was dead. Mark Watney uses his engineering and botany skills as a means of surviving on the barren planet that is Mars. In Watney’s stay on Mars, he must determine how to make more food, how to make more water, and ultimately, how to got off of Mars. The Martian obtains…

The Christian theme of the inviolable dignity of the individual human being is present throughout Ridley Scott’s film “The Martian.” In the film, NASA astronaut Mark Watney is on Mars with a team of other astronauts. The team gets caught in a huge storm, and Watney is swept away. His team thinks that he is dead, so they leave. Watney survived being swept away, but then he is stranded on Mars and has to survive. To survive, he applies the scientific method in creative ways. When NASA finds out…

galaxy where mankind originated, his thoughts were "guided" by the AC. The AC showed him the original galaxy but he was disappointed because it looked just like the other galaxies. This event is important because it shows that the new galaxies that the humans in the story were occupying are no different from the galaxy where they originated. This tells us that their means of living might not have changed that much. In this chapter, the AC is called the "Universal AC". It was…