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    The red planet is being colonized by one man trapped on Mars. Mark Watney, the lone colonizer of Mars, lives inside his HAB (Habitat) stranded on Mars. His team had left him, consequently he now has to survive until he can travel home, but he doesn’t have enough food. Mark dreams that he will make it home safe and sound, although he thinks he knows he won’t; but he still tries. The author of The Martian has led an interesting life, as well as his main protagonist Mark Watney. Through Andy Weir’s…

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    Persuasive Essay On Mars

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    Woooooooo!!! mars one’s first Crew has landed. The Issue is Mars One is going to Mars. Some people are not wanting to go at all whatsoever. We are going to be telling you about a planned trip to mars in the late 2020’s, we think it should happen, but some people think it is bad. We will tell you who it is a good thing, and can be helpful. Mars one is a good thing because we get to learn and explore a new planet. The first reason is that when planet earth runs out of resources like iron and…

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    Asteroids Research Paper

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    impact on Earth; some are capable of even causing a global disaster. Asteroids are said to be leftover particles from when the solar system was formed. Early on, the beginning of Jupiter prevented any planetary bodies from forming in the gap between Mars and Jupiter, causing the small objects that were there to collide with each other and fragment into the asteroids seen today (Space.com). In the 1800's, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered what he thought to be a new planet. He named the asteroid Ceres…

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    Pluto Exploratory Mission

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    Our NASA team is proposing an exploratory mission to the planet Pluto. Although the planet is very far away we have reason to believe that with the technology to get there and set up a base. We have done extensive research on this planet and strongly recommend that this mission is approved and carried out. One reason that this mission is essential to the development of NASA and the human race is the physical features of the land. Pluto is cold, but has 30% water ice and 70% rock material.…

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    the TEDTalk video, Let’s Not Use Mars as a Backup Planet by Lucianne Walkowicz, she makes use of several rhetorical devices such as: parallelism, imagery, simile, and metaphor in order to further her claim that is, people should take responsibility of the Earth rather than spending valuable time on making Mars a possible planet for people to move in, which will take hundred of years. Walkowicz makes use of parallelism to highlight the comparison between Earth and Mars. For instance, “though…

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    if the goal is to establish permanent colonies, settlers would need to develop a way to grow food on Mars. In the Martian, the character Mark Watney survives his dilemma because he is able to use his knowledge of Botany to grow potatoes in the Martian soil. Watney turns the HAB floor, as well as some pop up tents normally used in case of a rover breakdown, into a garden by covering it in a layer Mars’ red dirt. The soil on Earth contains certain bacteria and nutrients that are an essential part…

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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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    its sights set on Mars, but getting to Mars and back poses a more difficult task than anything we’ve ever done before. However, because new technology is being developed every day to help humans get to Mars, a manned mission to Mars should be realistic by the 2030’s. Just getting to…

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    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 be found. When looking at parts of how Mark Watney was stranded, the main cause is fictional and non-fictional characteristics of Mars. Before…

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    Ethnocentric Behavior

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    In the Martian Chronicles, the author was able to integrate this message into a chapter called the Locusts. The Locusts talks about how when the Earth men come and the second they step foot onto mars they change it to fit their needs without consulting the last living Martians beforehand. It also talks about how when they come they are like a swarm of locust just eating up the resources and then moving on to the next place. “The rockets set the…

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