Space exploration

What's to know about that lonely planet on the far reaches of our solar system? More than you'd think. It turns out Pluto spits out a fair bit of news on the reg so listen up. Here are five things ignorant Earthlings don't know about the planet. 1. PLUTO IS COLDER THAN WE THINK AND WE DONT KNOW WHY The upper atmospheric temperature of the planet has been found to be much colder than any Earth-based studies have previously found. About 70 degrees Fahrenheit colder actually. That's news to a lot…

A long time ago (3.9 billion years to be exact) in a galaxy far, far away, a deadly black hole ripped a star to pieces. In 2011, evidence of this was finally detected by NASA's Swift satellite. Within days, scientists around the world were able to identify the cause of the outburst. While their description has more to do with tidal disruption, one never knows when evil aliens could be to blame. NASA HOPES TO UNDERSTAND VIOLENT BLACK HOLE NASA doesn't quite understand what caused the X-ray…

Apollo Missions started it really was about a race between American scientists and officials and the Soviet Union. Russia was on the brink of sending people into space. As far as I understand it, American officials didn’t want America to seem weak and helpless in the face of new technology and discovery. So they formulated NASA and the Apollo space program where they were determined to beat the Soviet Union in the race to put the first man on the moon. During my research I studied the sometimes…

Earth, where we live. What you happen if we had no sun? What would happen if there was only poisonous gases? Earth as we know it could have turned out a lot different then it is just by these little things we didn’t know was out there, in space. Earth’s atmosphere is thick enough to prevent poisonous rays of radiation from getting to it. The earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down because of the moon. ‘’As a single footstep will not make a on the earth, so a single thought will not make a…

Space Story Intro - Well honestly, I don’t really know where to start. I’m not really even sure what the point of all this is. Well, I guess we could start at the attack? Yeah sounds good. Alright so, I’m not sure on the exact date but, it was somewhere just beyond the derious belt. Yes I think that sounds about right. At that time, I was a cadet in the G.F.C. I don’t know what it is about space, the vast openness, the overwhelming lights, or the freedom of flight; but it always gets to me.…

A Rocket is a projectile that can operate on it's own without oxygen by the combustion of it's contents. Rockets are particularly interesting because it has transported mankind where they have never been before. That is why this project is on Rocketry, but with small scale rockets. The purpose of this project is to see if a homemade Baking Soda Rocket can equal the endurance and/or the height of a Hobbytown Rocket. Though it is important to know the history of rockets and how they function, and…

the colonisation of Mars may lead to finding more sources of fuel or new elements that may have long-term uses in building material. Though, if that is deemed unfeasible then an alternative could be the use of the already developed technology for space travel, with minor adjustment, to mine asteroids for more resources, which will be less fuel intensive (). Furthermore, as demand and necessity add a sense of urgency for the development of new technology, that can assist the colony on Mars, new…

Literacy Initiative Assignment Space travel is currently and will continue to be the pinnacle of man’s scientific and technological achievement. Born out of countless hours of chalkboard math and innumerable successes and failures, space flight is truly amazing. So far, the high point of our space travel is the International Space Station, or the ISS. This space station is continually maintained through the hardworking men and women of NASA and Roscosmos, from The United States and Russia,…

“Teamwork coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress. working together is success,” (Henry Ford). The United States has been given the task of creating a lunar colony. With this mission we need to be thoughtful and specific when we pick the people to go on this mission. As the late Ford said we need the right type of people to work together to make the lunar colony a success. To begin the selection process we need to look at different types of citizens and what they can bring…

out to me. This stood out to me because of the difference it would make in the world if we did not have it today. The new frontier is modern day space. I came up with three different reasons why modern day space can relate to the book The Martian Chronicles. My reasons are the dangers of space, the benefits of space travel, and the technology used in space travel. On page 44 of The Martian Chronicles, the character captain John Black says, “As far as we’ve been able to figure, the York…