Outer space

Imagine seeing yourself staring at the sky at a big black object. You know that it’s foreign. Is this what you were waiting for? Is this it? In The Invasion From Outer Space Steven Millhauser gives a remarkable story about a town that is invaded by ,what the people call, “inanimate dust”. The people of the town get extremely disappointed on what they get and slowly find out that soon their town will be buried alive never to see again. The people of the town knew that they were going to be…

element that needs to be improved upon with crew safety lies within the area of bacteria of celestial bodies, but from space itself. Mankind has never been in contact with these bacteria that originate from other celestial bodies, and the consequences of encountering these forms of bacteria are unknown. The safest and most logical concept is to improve upon all the shielding from space, to create as little contact with the forms of bacteria as possible (Krishen 5). Another area of crew safety…

The differences between the acting By: Jessica Svoboda “Casablanca” and “Plan 9 from Outer Space” are two very different movies. They each have very opposite writing and direction techniques. They both, however, should have the same skill in acting right? Wrong. They are on opposite ends of the movie spectrum. With “Casablanca” on the good side, and “Plan 9 from Outer Space” on the bad side. By telling a little more about the actors, comparing and contrasting, and picking out good or bad…

Steven Millhauser’s story Invasion From Outer Space takes place in a normal city. An object from space has been detected and is going to hit the town. All the citizens of the town are forming crazy expectations for the object. The story shows that expectations give life meaning. From the beginning, the author’s style shows the strength of expectations. Sentences like “And so, when it finally happened, because it was bound to happen, we all knew it was only a matter of time, we felt in the midst…

wave is a chain of vibrating molecules. In general, a wave transfers energy from one place to another. 2. Can sound move through outer space? There is matter in outer space, it’s not the vacuum people say it is. It contains a few hydrogen atoms per cubic meter. So, if there is a sound, the sound can travel or move through the matter that is present. There are gases in space…

Andreas Gursky was born on January 15, 1955 in Leipzig, Germany. He is a German photographer and a professor at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, which is as well in Germany. This photographer is best known for his monumental digitally manipulated photographs which portray various aspects such as consumer culture and busyness of modern life, resulting in dramatic images that mark the line between the representation and the abstract. Gursky began photographing in black and white with a hand-held…

The motion picture "Armageddon" was is a sci-fi film around a planet-murdering space rock whose impact course will crash the Earth. The researchers at NASA plan to explode an atomic bomb under the space rock's surface that will soften it up two, making it miss the crash with the Earth. One bomb must be covered no less than 800 feet beneath the surface so with a specific end goal to accomplish their objective, the researchers from NASA find the best oil driller on the planet: Bruce Willis (Harry…

on Mars One, a project that will be able to get humans to and from Mars. There are numerous hazards with going to Mars, radiation being one of them, so NASA is currently working on how to deal with the radiation on Mars. NASA is also building the Space Launch system, which is supposed to carry 130 metric tons, and is scheduled to launch for the first time in 2018. SpaceX is also on the race for Mars. They recently launched their Falcon 9 rocket, which brought many satellites into orbit that Elon…

The Space Debate Whether or not America should be funding space exploration, namely the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), does not really get debated much. However, when this subject is brought into question people tend to take a strict stance on one side or the other. It is easy to dismiss the entire objective of putting man in space as a waste of time and resources, but that could not be further from the truth. Space exploration stimulates technological innovation and…

Often, the form of government that a society utilizes is determined by a variety of factors that are complex and difficult to control. However, as we look towards the formation of extraterrestrial colonies, we have the chance to discuss the governance of these colonies in a way that could shape the future of humanity. There are a variety of options for the governing of such a society, and each must be considered as we discuss the form of government to adopt in such colonies. With several factors…