Mars Blackmon

Thank you for choosing my school to select three artifacts for a time capsule that will be taken to Mars on your next space mission. I have chose three artifacts that would be significant to the future generation. These three artifacts consist of, a CD, a book, and a phone. I think these items would be significant because they were such monumental changes in our society today. The first artifact I chose is the CD, “Straight to DVD 2”. CD’s are disks that hold data, the data on the CD can be…

For my major paper I would like to discuss the ethnographic component of Lucian’s account of the moon people in his True Histories. This would cover both how Lucian’s describes these people and the significance of what he is describing. I would begin by discussing the influence of other authors in his description of the moon people. His account is similar to those of historical authors and their descriptions of non-Greeks and their unusual customs. I would use this section to explore any…

For example, thanks to the Kepler, telescope launched in 2009, scientists now know that there are possibly over 3,000 planets orbiting over 2,000 stars in the Milky Way galaxy none of which were known about until the last couple of years! Orbiter and Mars rovers, Spirit, Opportunity,…

Building bottle rockets can be a fun and learning experience, as many students at UCAS found out. There were many things to test, and many interesting aspects of the rocket. Three main features of the “Mission to Mars” are how to construct the rocket, rocket performance, and physics of the rocket. When these items are viewed, it is evident that students can see the effects of physics in real life problems. And by doing so become more intelligent as teenagers want to learn more, and have fun…

water existing on Mars. Water is pretty common here on Earth, so why is this such a big deal? The big deal is that this is one of the biggest discoveries in Mars history. The discovery of liquid water, provides limitless options from colonization, to the fact that there may be life there now. But how did the media impact this disclosure? Normally space discoveries never get extremely popular. I thought to myself what was so different about this one. I conceded that since life on Mars has been…

Water On Mars Have you ever thought that it would be great if there was water on Mars? Well, there is evidence that there is water on Mars. I never thought that it was possible for water to be on Mars, also water is a great place for life. We already know for sure that there is lots of water on Mars, it is just frozen at the north and south pole (Redd). The specific name for the frozen water is ice caps. The ice caps are gigantic, they are around 2 miles across each one and there are two of…

American author Andy Weir. His book was later turned into a motion picture that was released on October 2, 2015, which stars Academy Award winning actor Matt Damon as the main character, Mark Watney. The Martian is about six scientists who travel to Mars aboard a NASA spacecraft to check the planet and it characteristics. While they are there collecting dust, taking pictures, and recording data everything seems to be fine; then tragedy strikes. Scientist Mark Watney is going to have to fight for…

The short story “Naming of Names” by Ray Bradbury is about the protagonist, Harry, who moved to Mars with his family and immediately doesn’t like the change. Resisting change causes more harm than good. When his friends tell him, ”You’re getting thinner Harry”, he responds I’m not. They tell him, “and taller”, he yells, “liar!”. Harry loses some of his social friends due to his bad behavior. Harry adjusts to change very poorly and ends up hurting himself and other people. As soon as Harry…

Pluto is widely known as the tiniest planet in the solar system. Pluto is also the ninth planet closest to the sun. Pluto is now referred to as a ‘dwarf planet’ and is the smallest than any other the other planets. Though smaller than the popular planets in the solar system, Pluto is the largest dwarf planet. Some time ago, Pluto was discharged and lost its’ title to be declared a planet thanks to scientists and geographers. It is a planet that has been long overdue some attention apart from…

what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” For Mark Watney his decision to not die on mars allowed him to fight through his trials on the planet mars. In “The Martian”, by Any Weir, Mark Watney is faced with a struggle to survive on a desolate planet where he has to fight everyday for his survival. Mark Watney’s voyage to Mars led him into an unforeseeable conflict between man and nature; Mark’s journey for survival will be hard to achieve. A hero…