Space exploration

Synthesis of the moon landing Introduction My synthesis is about the article ‘The Great Moon Hoax’ which shows the common reasons why people believe the 1969 moon landing was a hoax and shows reasons why that could have happened on the moon. As well as the article ‘The Faked Apollo Landings’ which tries to prove once and for all that the Apollo landings where faked. Article 1 - The Great Moon Hoax The first article that I am looking at (The Great Moon Hoax) tries to prove that the moon landings…

A wish is something that you want that is impossible or near impossible to attain, for example, wishing for a billion dollars, a mansion, or a trip to Mars. A goal is something that you aim for that is attainable or can be made attainable, such as setting a goal to publish a book, become a teacher, or to learn a language. The difference between a wish and a goal is that a wish is a desire that would come true without the effort and hard work you would do to achieve a goal. The two aspects I…

In 2009, James Cameron released his film Avatar. It was an intense mix of sci-fi and adventure, with plenty of action intertwined in its storyline. The story is of Jake Sully, who is a paraplegic marine who is sent to a distant moon called Pandora. There Jake fills the position of his deceased brother, becoming an Avatar of the native peoples the Na’vi, and is working for the government as humans mine the planet for precious metals. Jake is at first operating under the orders of the military…

Going to Mars is a bad idea Should the U.S. invest in a manned mission to Mars? No we should not. There are many reason why we shouldn't go to Mars. First is brain damage. The second reason is bundle of cost. Also their many more reason why. I do not think we should make a manned mission to Mars. One reason is that we humans can get a disease which can give us brain damage. Before I tell you more reason why going to the planet called Mars is a bad idea, it can also be a good idea to. People…

The texts to be discussed are as follow: ‘District 9’, ‘The Sentinel’ and ‘Victory Unintentional’. These texts are of the theme Humans vs Aliens. The self/other binary concept is conformed and challenged in these texts. For instance, in ‘District 9’ the self/other binary is followed and it is suddenly challenged as Wikus undergoes a transition. Another example is in ‘The Sentinel’ where the self/other binary is inverted as humans are seen as the ‘other’ and the aliens as the ‘self’ due to…

experiments, made incredible advances in space medicine and was even given the name “Father of Space Medicine” (Lagnado). Because of these advances they created a yearly award in his name, the Hubertus Strughold Award (Lagnado). Arguments have been raised on whether or not to keep his name in the award because of…

One day, David Bowie watched “2001: A Space Odyssey” while stoned, and was inspired to write a song titled “ Space Oddity,” a song about an astronaut named Major Tom who is lost in space. The song was released days before the first moon landing and became an instant hit. Even though he got recognition for that song, David Bowie set out to have his named recognized. Bowie took inspirations from Iggy Pop and Lou Reed and would incorporate it onto his own image. In an interview he stated that he…

President John F. Kennedy presented NASA with a challenge. The president’s challenge was to put a man on the moon. With this the United States could be victorious in the space race. Apollo 11 would show that the borders of reality could be pushed, anything was possible. The goals Apollo 11 was much more than just to win the space race. It was to explore and document unknown territory. To accomplish this Apollo 11 had a few goals. Goal one was to safely transport astronauts to the moon and…

Throughout human history, people have dreamed of flying. Leonardo Da Vinci drew images of flying contraptions, the Montgolfier brothers invented the hot air balloon, and George Cayley invented the first glider. But, humanity had yet to achieve man-controlled flight until 1903. Two brothers, who developed their mechanical passions through a bicycle shop, opened up the world to a new realm of airborne possibilities. The Wright brothers were the first to make the dream of flight a reality. The…

Nebutud Fealadsef and the Flex Tape® As he was visiting the Swintar Galaxy, Nebutud Fealadsef, a naval general, saw that just as North Korea, so the galaxy was really economically depressed. People were using slingshots to get to other planets, people built spaceships out of tin cans, and there was no strong government. He wondered what he could do to help them. He thought to look into the government. It was a democratic republic, but it wasn’t democratic or a republic. It was a…