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    Gattaca is a film by Andrew Niccol that depicts a futuristic society where eugenics, or the use of selective breeding and genetic manipulation, has become dominant as a way to perfect humanity. The film centers on Vincent Freeman, a naturally-conceived young man whose genetically inferior status as an In-Valid precludes him from achieving his dream of joining the space program Gattaca. Determined to pursue space travel, he assumes the genetic identity of Jerome Morrow, a genetically superior…

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    In Marvels newest television show, Inhumans, There is a group of people that have are the same as humans but are genetically wired to have certain powers. This population of Inhumans lived on earth but started to live on the moon under a dome in a city named Attilan because of the humans growing curiosity of regular humans. The people of Attilan are stuck in a caste system that isn’t lenient which angers some of the people of Attilan. The main characters who are a part of the royal family are…

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    born on February 8, 1828 in France during the Victorian Era. This part of history saw many great writers, although Verne was a prominent one. Of his many intriguing intellectual ideas, quite a few are real today. In his book From The Earth To The Moon, he imagined solar powered space ships, today we have NASA solar sails. He also had the idea of advertising in the sky, similar to modern day skywriting. Even in…

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    for they had landed on Earth’s rotating moon. The Nasa Space program must continue and receive even more funding, and the opportunities created by the use and research of NASA resources, and the opposing point against NASA spending. The Nasa Space program has been a success for a long time, but had some bumps of failure through the time. In only ten years of creation of the space program, for they had become to first program to put a man on the moon. The program has created many technologies…

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    The connection between my article Mars, the red planet and The Martian by Andy Weir is that Mark Watney uses Mars’s two moons Phobos and Deimos to help him travel to the Pathfinder so he can communicate with NASA for help.When he travels at night he can’t see any of the landmarks like the craters to help him know the direction he is going so he uses Phobos and Deimos to help him travel. “Mars doesn’t have a magnetic field.So I navigate by Phobos. It whips around Mars so fast it actually rises…

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    Dwarf Planet Vs Pluto

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    Pluto has several mountain ranges. It also has light and dark regions. Pluto also has craters that are scattered all over the dwarf planet. Pluto is smaller than a number of moons, Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, Io, Europa, Triton, and the Earth’s moon are all smaller than Pluto. Pluto has 66% of the diameter of the earth's moon. Another thing about pluto is that it sometimes is has an atmosphere. When Pluto's elliptical orbit takes it closer to the Sun, its surface ice thaws and forms a thin…

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    Ancient Astronauts Theory

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    “The ancient astronaut theory all started in 1968, when Swiss researcher and author Erich Von Daniken published a book known as Chariots of the Gods, which became an immediate bestseller.” Within the book he put his hypothesis that, “‘the technology and religions of many ancient civilizations were given to them by ancient astronauts who were welcomed as gods” (Ancient Astronaut Theory). In the book he gives evidence and reasons as to why he believes in this theory, but one thing is wrong with…

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    Dr Who Title Sequence

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    Who cannot reveal his true name and identity. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t prefer his real name. Or maybe, it’s more likely he using the name “Dr. Who” as an alias to hide his past. Perhaps, in the past, Dr. Who committed a crime and now uses his new alias to avoid unwanted attention. Whatever the reason maybe, the reason behind his name was never revealed during the title sequence and was also probably never revealed during the show as well. The third category in which the title sequence of…

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    Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930 (Nasa Administrator). In 1947 Armstrong received the USA scholarship navy and he entered the Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering study. After a year, the U.S. Navy called him to active duty and he became a Navy pilot (Neil Armstrong Biography). In 1950 he was sent to the Korean War. (Neil Armstrong Biography). Neil was the youngest pilot aboard the USS Essex. Neil…

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    The author of my biography, Ann Byers, reveals her positive bias about Neil Armstrong through the use of specific word choice. For example, she states, “[Armstrong] was far more than a dreamer... he truly believed that he could... realize his dream of... piloting planes” (p15, ¶2). In other words, the author believes that Armstrong did not just dream of flying, but was destined to become a great pilot ever since he was a child. The bias in the quote is positive, as the author complements…

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