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    Space Shuttle Essay

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    Shuttle was used in spacelab mission as well as construction of ISS. Shuttle was used to send crew to Mir and ISS and servicing and repairing them. Shuttle was also used to repair Hubble Space telescope and other orbiting satellites. It helped in performing manned experiment in Low earth orbits. Though the shuttle mission was hugely successfully, it did not reduce mission cost as previously thought. Moreover, there were many issues such as design, management…

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    Plot Synopsis: A grandfather living on a small Mars colony will begin the story by telling his kids about how he was one of the first astronauts to begin colonizing Mars. In his story, he will talk about how they survived the journey over, how their rocket worked, the specific flight path, and other particulars related to their mission. The flight and landing will introduce conflict in the form of technical glitches or psychological issues. The denouement will end the story with a successful…

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    The Accuracy of Parts from The Martian The Martian is a fictional movie about an astronaut, Mark Watney, who gets stranded during the third manned mission to Mars and his survival story. This story can be broken down into three main parts. How he was stranded, what he did to survive, and the rescue mission to return him back to Earth. Each of these categories have smaller sub-sections to them. While analyzing pieces of the main parts in the movie, scientific accuracies and inaccuracies can…

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    “Space, the final frontier,” at least that is what is said in Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek television show. Outer space has been a big topic since humans have existed the thought of being among the stars and exploring space. This curiosity became a reality with the creation of NASA on July 29, 1956 bringing about a time of space exploration. Even though it didn't make it to the moon for years to come it narrowed down brilliant minds onto the task of getting to the moon. With many victories and…

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    Giant Impact Hypothesis

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    that the Moon rotates on its axis the same amount of time that it takes to complete an orbit around Earth. The current explanation for the formation of the Moon is called the giant impact hypothesis. Which proposes that an object the size of Mars collided with Earth, blasting Earth's outer layers into space. These layers would then be orbiting around Earth, accreted together forming our moon, which is about 7.342x1022 Kilograms. The composition of our moon is similar to Earth’s outer…

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    to the skies, wondering what is out there in the universe, and thinking about the glory of the moon and stars. During the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union, huge advancements in outer space technology were made, including the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. In 1958, the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, put America ahead in the space race against the Soviet Union, and set a worldwide standard for space exploration. The Cold War consisted of many…

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    In our society, people may think Mars would be easier to understand. Similiar to Earth, Mars may has ice and water in its atmosphere, different wheather in seasonal, and other recognizable features. However, conditions on Mars vary wildly from what people know on our own planet.Solar system has influenced numerous cultures effecting legends, religious beliefs and at the beginning of the 21st century. Mars Odyssey have long been achieved which is a part of Mars Exploration Program and was…

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    They can be made to help people remember to do basic tasks such as taking their medicine and remembering to brush their teeth to roaming mars to check for habitability. Robots can help astronauts do the dangerous tasks that they should not do. The purpose of the curiosity rover is to determine if mars is suitable for humans to live on and learn about the mars environment. The curiosity rover is the size of a small SUV and has a “host of scientific experiments to zap, analyze and take pictures of…

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    Sending a manned space mission to Mars sounds pretty cool, right, and we all have questions like "Is there life on Mars?" I personally think we should give Mars a visit because think about the secrets we could uncover that could be astonishing and so helpful. We could go to see if we can find information about earth or even have success living there would possibly give us time to explore longer and collect more. Imagine living up there in a sustained area waiting for whatever comes next. Now…

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    safer, and overall more cost-efficient and cheaper to conduct space travel missions solely with robots, rovers, and other technology. Man, however, has proven to have a wider range of skills and problem-solving abilities than robots ever could, and in order to eventually inhabit planets other…

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