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    scientists can possibly use to understand Earth’s changing climate better. The Mars ice age ended roughly 400,000 years ago, yet the planet is still pretty frosty. Scientists believe that the massive amount of ice that once accumulated around the Martian poles could be the reason. The study’s findings noted that if all that ice was spread over Mars, the planet would be covered in an ice layer two feet thick. Mars Similar to Earth The recent study published in the journal Science has discovered…

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    for the Continuance of Space Exploration The idea of space travel has fired the imaginations of people for hundreds of years. From the publication of Jules Verne’s book, From the Earth to the Moon, in 1865 to the recent release of the movie, The Martian, space travel has held a special place in the hearts of human beings. However, unlike so many other fictional sciences, modern humans actually have the capability to travel through space! Unfortunately, some skeptics say that space exploration…

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    and was “pressure packed” using a heavy weight to compress the parachute assembly [12]. The lander utilises a radar altimeter to determine its height above the surface and inflates airbags around itself to cushion its landing on the hard and rocky martian surface [13]. Following inflation of the airbags, three rockets fire to reduce the lander’s vertical velocity to zero at which point the airbagged lander is released to freefall the remaining distance to the surface [14]. The entry, descent,…

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    With the discovery of water on Mars, the life expectation on Mars is increased in the minds of people. According to NASA, it is found that early atmosphere of Mars was as thick as or even thicker than Earth’s atmosphere today. NASA has also discovered that the air on Mars, whatever is left, is leaking into the space at a speed of half a pound per second. The new readings taken by NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, shortly known as Maven, show that whenever a solar storm hits…

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    The War of the Worlds and The Invisible man Herbert George Wells is greatly known for the works of his famous science fiction novels, The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. Wells demonstrates how two different plots could intertwine with each other and be understood on the same level of understanding through out both novels. He ties in both of these novels with a power, community, and a violent driven theme to show the reader how two different worlds relate on different levels.…

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    distant emptiness of space. However, centuries later, space travel has become a reality, and with that, society embraced the science fiction elements often found in movies today. In 2015, Ridley Scott, director of the 1979 film Alien, released The Martian, another renowned movie to occur outside of Earth. After a ferocious storm on Mars, the crew abandoned the station, unintentionally leaving a wounded—but alive—Mark Watney behind. Watney, played by Matt Damon, then colonizes Mars by growing…

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    Ripley”, “The Bourne Identity” – "Supremacy" and "Ultimatum", “The Departed”, “Invictus”, “Interstellar”, “The Martian”, etc. Along the years, he collaborated with famous actors like: Jack Nicholson, Bill Murray, George Clooney, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Morgan Freeman, etc. He received an…

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    Red Star Research Paper

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    this space sweet spot. If Mars is on the edge of the red star boundary, it would suggest that aliens do in fact exist on the Red Planet. In theory. NASA and SpaceX are pushing hard for Mars colonization. But one of the biggest problems is that the Martian atmosphere is too cold. In a few million years, this could all change. This would make NASA sort of right about Mars. And Elon Musk really thinks ahead, although he will be long dead before Mars hits that sweet spot. Aliens Do Exist If you…

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    NASA Discovered: We May be ‘Just A Cousin’ with Martian NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) released the finding of the possible fossilized life on Mars. Three small rocks that NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover examined on site identified to be the organic compounds that includes complex compound so-called PAHs. Nasa announced that this evidence may show the existence of primitive life in Mars. Ashwin Vasavada, project scientist for the Mars Science Lab (Curiosity), NASA Jet…

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    and oxygen other with the humans that go on the mission to mars won't live very long on mars. Secondly, the scientist also believe that germs could contaminate the whole planet of mars, killing all martian life before anyone can even find any. Lastly, something that's even worse if any of the martian germs hitched a ride back to earth animals, plants, and people could go extinct. There is a small yet terrifying chance that any microscopic life already there might be harmful to us. Humans would…

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